Win Passes to See Marion Cotillard's Oscar Nominated Performance in ' Two Days, One Night'

If timing is everything then we've got it all. This morning Marion Cotillard was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in the film Two Days, One Night. This evening we have 5 admit-two passes to give away to that very same movie! I just need to know one thing, what has been your favorite performance of hers thus far? Send your answer to punchdrunkcritics@gmail.com for your chance to win, we'll be accepting entries until Sunday night at 6PM so get yours in now!

For the first time, the Dardenne Brothers have teamed with a major international star, Academy Award ® winner Marion Cotillard, and the result is another masterwork of humanism. Sandra (Cotillard) has just returned to work after recovering from an illness. Realizing that the company can operate with one less employee, management tells Sandra she is to be let go while the remaining employees will each receive a bonus. Over the course of a weekend, Sandra, often with the help of her loving husband (Fabio Rongione), races against time to convince each of her fellow co-workers to sacrifice their much-needed bonuses in order for her to keep her job. With each encounter, Sandra is brought into a different world with unexpected results while her fate hangs in the balance. The Dardennes have brought an extremely relevant social inquiry and turned it into a powerful statement on community solidarity.

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Oscar Isaac Performs 'Please Mr. Kennedy' in New Clip from 'Inside Llewyn Davis'

Inside Llewyn Davis, the latest film from the Coen brothers, gives us a look at a week inside the life of a young man trying to find solo success in the early 60's folk music scene. Starring one of my favorite up and comers, Oscar Issac, this is definitely one of the films rumored to be carrying some Oscar buzz going into the heat of the season. This latest clip, one of my favorite scenes from the movie, shows us Llewyn sitting in on the recording of what will likely become a future hit. It perfectly encapsulates Llewyn's discomfort with the state of pop music at the time while also showing us how, for lack of a better term, silly it must have seemed in studio when artists like the Big Bopper were recording their hits back in the late 50's/early 60's. Most of all it shows how amazing the process of creating in studio is. One second all three are on different pages, then with a single, ridiculous sounding, adjustment, it all comes together to be something inseparable from what you may have heard your parents listening to on the oldies station when you were a kid. 

Inside Llewyn Davis hits theaters December 20th, 2013  

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