Only four new screeners tonight from IFC Films and they are fairly bland, so unlike my first Screener Watch I posted where I included blanded photos, I’ll spare you this time. Here’s what I received from IFC:

CARLOS

Genre: Crime
Stars: Edgar Ramirez, Alexander Scheer, Alejandro Arroyo
Director: Olivier Assayas
Premise: The story of Venezuelan revolutionary Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the 1975 OPEC meeting.
Rating: (Unrated)
Oscar Chances: None: The film was released as a miniseries, making it far too long for most Oscar voters to watch (over 5 hours). That and being in a foreign language won’t win it much attention since it’s not in the Foreign Language Film race.
Rotten Tomatoes:
92% (49 critics; as of 11/24/10)
Metacritic:
93 out of 100 (21 critics; as of 11/24/10)

JOAN RIVERS: A PIECE OF WORK

Genre: Documentary
Director: Ricki Stern
Premise: A documentary on the life and career of Joan Rivers, made as the comedienne turns 75 years old.
Rating: (R) for language and sexual humor.
Oscar Chances: None: It wasn’t on the Documentary Feature short list, and since the Oscars rarely ever nominate documentaries outside of that category, it has no shot.
Rotten Tomatoes:
92% (86 critics; as of 11/24/10)
Metacritic:
79 out of 100 (34 critics; as of 11/24/10)

TINY FURNITURE

Genre: Comedy
Stars: Lena Dunham, Laurie Simmons, Grace Dunham, Jemima Kirke, Alex Karpovsky, David Call, Merritt Weaver, Amy Seimetz
Director: Lena Dunham
Premise: About a recent college grad who returns home while she tries to figure out what to do with her life.
Rating: (Unrated)
Oscar Chances: None: Minor indie film that doesn’t seem to have a lot of support.
Rotten Tomatoes:
86% (28 critics; as of 11/24/10)
Metacritic:
67 out of 100 (14 critics; as of 11/24/10)

WHITE MATERIAL

Genre: Drama
Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Christophe Lambert, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Isaach De Bankolé
Director: Claire Denis
Premise: A white French family outlawed in its home and attempting to save its coffee plantation connects with a black hero also embroiled in the tumult.
Rating: (Unrated)
Oscar Chances: None: It’s not a Foreign Language Film nominee and doesn’t seem to have the impetus the similarly-themed period drama Indochine did.
Rotten Tomatoes:
90% (49 critics; as of 11/24/10)
Metacritic:
79 out of 100 (17 critics; as of 11/24/10)