Set around the Yorkshire Ripper murders, the trilogy is made up of three films by three different directors set in three different years. Though it sounds disconnected, the overlapping cast gives it continuity. Exploring the rippling after effects of a series of serial killings, it’s like a few Law & Order episodes that go much, much deeper than whodunit.

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Despite Roman Polanski’s past personal troubles, it’s hard to argue with the merits of his artistic output. From Repulsion to Chinatown to The Pianist, he has proven, he has proven to be a master of exploring society’s dark side, while keeping tension ratcheted up to the max. Here Ewan MacGregor stars as a ghostwriter who uncovers shocking secrets about the man whose book he’s writing—a Tony Blair-like former UK Prime Minister played by Pierce Brosnan.

Opens February 19th

Winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes Film Festival, A Prophet is said to be one of the best gangster films since Sexy Beast. Set in a French prison, it follows Malik, a young illiterate Muslim, who is recruited as a hit man by the head of the local Corsican mafia. Set on various missions to the outside, Malik slowly begins to consolidate power for himself.

Opens February 26th

Martin Scorsese’s eerie adaptation of author Dennis Lehane’s creepy novel represents the great director’s first true foray into the horror genre. Though Lehane’s book was inspired by B-movies, it gets the A-list treatment here. Leonardo DiCaprio plays a federal marshal investigating a patient’s disappearance at a remote insane asylum…when a hurricane strikes. Despite the clichéd set-up, the story has amazing twists.

Opens February 19th