Howl’s Moving Castle
By Hayao Miyazaki - Japan 
Once again, Miyazaki delivers a haunting story line with dazzling visuals. The Japanese animator, who has already enchanted audiences around the world with hand-drawn feature fantasies like Spirited Away, has an uncanny ability to cross all cultural margins with a truly unrestrained imagination manifested characters like the heroine Sophie, who ages 80 years as the result of a spell, as well as the castle she ends up working in and it’s shape-shifting owner. The plot is complex enough to keep the kids busy and satisfy the most sophisticated mind. Click on the image to buy now!

Volver
Directed by Pedro Almodovar - Spain
This is film is a must-see for all Almodovar fans! A true fascination with women and their social roles lies under many of his films and in Volver— which stars Almodovar favorites like Penelopé Cruz and Carmen Maura—the Spanish film maker follows the struggles of a working-class mother, Raimunda, played by a sensual Cruz, who is haunted by the ghost of her mother. The film features a refreshingly colorful aspect of a Madrid teeming with the multitude of ethnic cultures that occupy its neighborhoods. This aspect of the film makes it as real as its hauntings make it surreal. The film is a perfect mix full of enchanting possibilities. 

Babel
Directed by Alejandro González Inárritu -  Mexico/International
Babel is a political fable that highlights the social and political trials of its inevitably linked characters. A Mexican nanny breaks the law, an American couple is attacked in Morocco, and Japanese teen has a falling out with her father. All in all, the film seems to highlight the irony in the plight of man’s classic inability to communicate. Although it tends to classify at times with its chapter-like scenes, the film holds onto its morals.