"Drawing on cutting-edge research, award-winning journalist Jonathan Rauch answers all these questions. He shows that from our 20s into our 40s, happiness follows a U-shaped trajectory, a "happiness curve," declining from the optimism of youth into whats often a long, low slump in middle age, before starting to rise again in our 50s."--Amazon.com.

Vicky Krieps gives another riveting performance as Clarisse, a woman on the run from her family for reasons that aren't immediately clear. Widely renowned as one of France's great contemporary actors but less well-known in North America for his equally impressive work behind the camera, Mathieu Amalric's sixth feature as director is his most ambitious to date. This virtuosic, daringly fluid portrait of a woman in crisis alternates between Clarisse's...

City slickers: Three friends go on a cattle drive in order to quench their mid-life crises. Running scared: Ray and Danny are the wild men of the Windy City's police force whose unorthodox methods get results in a tough town until they come up against Julio Gonzales, a smooth-talking drug dealer who is bucking to become Chicago's first Spanish Godfather. Throw Momma from the train: Owen says he will murder Larry's lying, conniving ex-wife if Larry...