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There Will Be Blood
2007 158mins USA (15) Thriller / Western
Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Ciarán Hinds

Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview moves to oil-rich California. Using his adopted son HW to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainviews motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives.

BLEAK WEEK : CINEMA OF DESPAIR is co-presented by the American Cinematheque.

The Mist (Black & White)
2007 126mins USA (15) Horror
Directed by Frank Darabont Starring Thomas Jane, Laurie Holden, Toby Jones

After a powerful storm damages their Maine home, David Drayton (Thomas Jane) and his young son head into town to gather food and supplies. Soon afterward, a thick fog rolls in and engulfs the town, trapping the Draytons and others in the grocery store. Terror mounts as deadly creatures reveal themselves outside, but that may be nothing compared to the threat within, where a zealot (Marcia Gay Harden) calls for a sacrifice.

Presented from Director Frank Darabont's preferred Black & White version.  

Zodiac
2007 157mins USA (15) Thriller / Mystery
Directed by David Fincher Starring Robert Downey Jr., Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Chloe Sevigny, Anthony Edwards

In the late 1960s and 1970s, fear grips the city of San Francisco as a serial killer called Zodiac stalks its residents. Investigators (Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards) and reporters (Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr.) become obsessed with learning the killer's identity and bringing him to justice. Meanwhile, Zodiac claims victim after victim and taunts the authorities with cryptic messages, cyphers and menacing phone calls.

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2007 160mins Canada, UK, USA (15) Western / Crime
Directed by Andrew Dominik Starring Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Shepard

Infamous and unpredictable, Jesse James (Brad Pitt), nicknamed the fastest gun in the west, plans his next big heist while he launches pre-emptive strikes against those looking to collect the reward the law has placed on his head. Jesse's newest recruits, Robert (Casey Affleck) and Charley Ford (Sam Rockwell), grow increasingly jealous of the outlaw. When they sense an opportunity to kill Jesse, they gun him down, but their actions backfire when Jesse's fame is elevated to near mythical status.

No Country For Old Men
2007 122mins USA (15) Crime / Thriller
Directed by Ethan Coen|Joel Coen Starring Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Tommy Lee Jones

While out hunting, Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) finds the grisly aftermath of a drug deal. Though he knows better, he cannot resist the cash left behind and takes it with him. The hunter becomes the hunted when a merciless killer named Chigurh (Javier Bardem) picks up his trail. Also looking for Moss is Sheriff Bell (Tommy Lee Jones), an aging lawman who reflects on a changing world and a dark secret of his own, as he tries to find and protect Moss.