Stephen Dorff stars as Johnny Marco in "Somewhere," directed by Sofia Coppola. The film, which also stars Elle Fanning, is being released by Focus Features on December 22. 

“After making around three dozen movies, I’ve gotten a gift of a part. Somewhere is special – poetic, sweet, and truly in Sofia’s style."

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Nicole Kidman stars as Becca in "Rabbit Hole," directed by John Mitchell. The film, which also stars Aaron Eckhart, is being released by Lionsgate on December 17.

“I related to her stoicism,” Kidman says of her character.  “I always approached Becca as if she is in such enormous pain that if she even touches on it she’ll break, which I think could be true of any woman who loses their child. She has to wake up every morning with this debilitating and crippling loss, and the only way Becca can deal with things is to just keep moving forward. She’s desperately trying to choose life – so by taking paintings down and cleaning out the house she’s saying ‘I can’t just crumple up and die now, so how do I live? I’ve got to find a way.’”

Julie Taymor is the director of "The Tempest," the screen adaptation of the play of the same name. The film, which stars Helen Mirren, Djimon Hounsou, and Russell Brand, is being released Touchstone Pictures on December 10.

“Revealing the mechanics of the theater creates its own alchemy, its rough magic, and the audience willingly plays ‘make believe.’ In cinema, where one can actually film on real locations and create seemingly naturalistic events, the temptation is to throw away the artifice and go for the literal reality.”

David Yates is the director of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1," starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint. The film, which is the second to last in the Harry Potter series, is being released by Warner November 19.

As producer David Heyman approached the last installment in the record-breaking film franchise, he realized that it presented some unique challenges, not the least of which was how to encompass all of the series' interwoven story threads as they sped toward the climactic conclusion. 

Filmmaker Tony Scott (“Crimson Tide,” “Man on Fire,” “True Romance” and “Top Gun”) likes to mix non-stop action with strong characters that bring audiences further into the drama.