Rendition

A thriller in which Reese Witherspoon stars as an American woman whose Egyptian-born husband is suspected of terrorist ties and spirited away to a secret detention/torture facility. Directed by Gavin Hood, the South African who won a foreign-language Oscar for Tsotsi. With Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep, Alan Arkin and Peter Sarsgaard.

"Hot off the headlines and onto the screen, this is a rarity -- a political film that delivers its timely message with a cinematic punch and no undue speechifying." (Rick Groen, Toronto Globe & Mail)