From writer/director/star Nadine Labaki comes the acclaimed comedy Caramel, opening in Vancouver on Friday. In Caramel, a Beirut beauty salon serves as a microcosm of modern society, following the lives of five women of varying generations. Screened at the Cannes Directors' Fortnight in 2007, the film has generated sparkling reviews from around the globe and can be seen in an exclusive engagement at Fifth Avenue Cinemas.

Has it really been 18 years since the last Rolling Stones Imax spectacular? It's nice to know that, even at ninety years old, Mick Jagger has enough energy to keep making Imax concert films. This one might be pretty good, as the director is none other than Martin Scorsese. But a collaboration with Christina Aguilera?? Yikes. Shine A Light starts Friday at The CN Imax Theatre.

Before we move onto the films playing this week, I must urge every filmgoer to see The Counterfeiters, which is still playing at Tinseltown. I saw it last weekend and it's incredible. Telling the true story of how the Nazis forced Holocaust concentration camp prisoners into making them millions of dollars in counterfeit money, the film won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film and it truly deserved it. All the performances are fantastic and it's very realistic. Make sure to catch it before it leaves the theatres.

If you're a fan of Christopher Guest comedies, you can catch an ensemble cast including Woody Harrelson, David Cross and Cheryl Hines star in the mockumentary The Grand, about a high-stakes poker tournament, which is completely improvised by its actors. As Kingpin once showed, there is nothing in this world better than Harrelson playing a dirtbag.