Let the guessing games begin. Ever since the French thriller Sleepless Night impressed audiences during its midnight berth at last year's Toronto International Film Festival, Hollywood executives have been busy putting together a stateside remake that's scheduled to hit theaters in 2014. But who will star? Before worrying about that, it might be best to first catch the original film, screening locally thanks to the Back Alley Film Series. The plot involves a corrupt cop (Tomer Sisley) and the cat-and-mouse game he plays inside a nightclub with the drug lord (Serge Riaboukine) who snatched his son. So whaddaya think, Shia LaBeouf as the cop and Nicolas Cage as the drug lord? For more information, visit www.backalleyfilmseries.com.
— Matt Brunson