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Tomas Alfredson"Mess Tailor Soldier Spy"The significantly acclaimed Swede follows up his chilly vampire tale "Let the correct one In" with this particular tightly wound Cold War puzzle about British and Russian spies and traitors. In the hands, the plot of John Le Carre's intricate novel, which required a 1979 British miniseries nearly six hrs to pay for, resolves for an elegant, atmospheric 127-minute thriller having a distinguished cast, headlined by Gary Oldman. * * * George Clooney"The Ides of March"In the 4th directorial outing, Clooney takes up a clear, crisp political drama, according to Love Willamon's play "Farragut North," that's ultimately much more about media manipulation and private foibles than actual politics. An experienced cast features a live training Philip Seymour Hoffman and Paul Giamatti, alongside Ryan Gosling because the opportunistic press secretary to Clooney's winning but problematic presidential candidate. * * * David Cronenberg"A Harmful Method"Together with his usual surgical precision, Cronenberg will get fully underneath the skin of two leaders from the subconscious, Jung and Freud, and something disturbed patient, Sabina Spielrein, in the study of the complicated dynamic between your trio. Modified by Oscar champion Christopher Hampton ("Atonement") from their own play, the film offers intellectual pleasures for Academy voters who're like doing so. * * * Clint Eastwood"J. Edgar"Second simply to Steven Spielberg because the most-nominated living director, Eastwood joined with Leo-nardo DiCaprio and Oscar-winning film writer Dustin Lance Black ("Milk") about this ambitious study of the secretive FBI honcho, mixing five decades of high-level U.S. history with fascinating conjecture in regards to a guy whose requirement for energy masked deep personal discomfort and possible homosexuality. * * * Paul Feig"Bridesmaids"A 1-time comedy thesp who moved to working behind your camera using the series "Freaks and Nerds," veteran TV director Feig powered this romantic-comedy chick-flick into that rare comedy space occupied by fully rounded people acting like identifiable people. While other helmers have certainly impressed this season, Feig is the only person to possess found an ideal balance of pathos and projectile vomiting. * * * Jonathan Levine"50/50"Building an affecting yet unsentimental comedy about making it through spine cancer, Levine ("The Wackness") will get moving performances from Frederick Gordon-Levitt and semi-comic support Seth Rogen, who performs exceptionally well inside a more severe role than normal (the second also created, asking uncle, cancer survivor Will Reiser, to pen the script). With attention to detail, Levine provides the film an authentic dimension. * * * Roman Polanski"Carnage"The Oscar-winning director of "The Pianist" put together three more Oscar those who win (Kate Winslet, Jodie Promote and Christoph Waltz) and something nominee (John C. Reilly) for that film adaptation of Yasmina Reza's Tony-winning play. As always, Polanski brings his black spontaneity to some scenario that veers from superficially polite to outright hostile during the period of a good 80 minutes. * * * Nicolas Winding Refn"Drive"The Danish helmer (accountable for "Bronson" and also the "Pusher" trilogy) won the Cannes jury's top pointing prize for creating this moody noir vehicle featuring Ryan Gosling like a taciturn Hollywood stuntman who moonlights like a getaway driver. Refn also brings about a really frightening performance from the playing-against-type Albert Brooks, who proves there is a very little difference between rage and comedy.. * * * Tate Taylor"The AssistanceInchIn line with the bestseller by Kathryn Stockett and with confidence modified with a childhood friend with precious little prior pointing experience, "The AssistanceInch is definitely an psychologically satisfying story that has some large figures and performances from an ensemble that was already identified by the nation's Board of Review. The runaway hit gained nearly $200 million worldwide, considerably improving Taylor's stock around. * * * David Yates"Harry Potter and also the Deathly Hallows: Part 2"The veteran of 4 Potter films, Yates introduced a unified vision towards the series' other half, conjuring up a significantly more dark, more harmful and ominous world for that acclaimed climactic final chapter from the decade-lengthy franchise. The wizard kids' hard-fought against journey to their adult years is underscored by thrilling set pieces and Rob Fiennes' twisted turn as Voldemort.EYE Around The Academy awards: THE DIRECTOR Helmers hot to globe trotWoody Allen Stephen Daldry David Fincher Michel Hazanavicius Terrence Malick Bennett Burns Alexander Payne Jason Reitman Martin Scorsese Steven SpielbergIn this mixture Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com