Hadas Yaron, who won Best Actress for her role in Fill the Void at the Awards of the Israeli Film Academy and the Venice Film Festival in 2012, is still adjusting to her newfound fame.

Emory Cohen isn't a typical young actor reaching for the stars. "I've been to L.A. once," he says, sipping black coffee in an uptown café.

This week: Gravity vs. Prince Avalanche, two very different movies about people working in isolation.

Elliot Allagash tells the story of Seymour Herson, a pathetic and unpopular eighth-grader who's taken under the wing of the title character, an eccentric teenage billionaire who's recently transferred to his private school in Manhattan and who teaches Seymour everything there is to know about manipulation—while transforming him completely.

On Friday, Before Midnight will finally come out in cinemas. Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, and director Richard Linklater will reunite on screen for 24 hours in the lives of the transatlantic, loquacious lovers Jesse and Céline.