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• Chernobyl Diaries -

  C- A real-life ongoing mass tragedy gets the Paranormal Activity treatment.

• Virginia -

  C+ The Oscar-winning writer of Milk turns his attention to the American South. 

• Men In Black 3  -

  B A time machine brings the franchise back to Tommy Lee Jones’ youth and revives it in the process.  

• Oslo, August 31st  -

  B+ The director of Reprise returns with a perceptive drama about a young heroin addict struggling to find purpose after rehab.

• The Intouchables  -

  C+ Worlds collide when a white quadriplegic hires a Senegalese caregiver in this French box-office smash.

• John Huston’s Let There Be Light  -

  A- John Huston's documentary about WWII combat veterans gets a rare (and free) screening. 

• Moonrise Kingdom -

  A A comic fantasy contrasts first love with adulthood.  

• What To Expect When You’re Expecting  -

  C A star-filled ensemble ovulates in harmony in this pregnancy-themed Love Actually.  

• Battleship  -

  C- Peter Berg's long-awaited, if not exactly anticipated, board-game adaptation makes a big, noisy splash.

• Elena  -

  A- In this Russian drama with Hitchcockian touches, a subservient Russian housewife faces a moral quandary over her husband’s money. 

• Hysteria  -

  C- The invention of the vibrator ruffles feathers—among other things—in the Victorian era. 

• Mansome -

  F Director/muckraker Morgan Spurlock blows the lid off male grooming habits.

• Beyond The Black Rainbow -

  B+ Panos Cosmatos’ trippy sci-fi fantasia makes up in experimental grandeur what it lacks in coherence. 

• American Animal -

  D+ Made-up words aren’t required to describe how bad this indie is, but they help.  

• Polisse -

  B Maïwenn’s docudrama about a Child Protection Unit in northern Paris draws convincingly on real-life cases.  

• Lovely Molly -

  B The co-director of The Blair Witch Project integrates camcorder-horror into a Repulsion-like tale of psychological dread.  

• The Samaritan  -

  C- Samuel L. Jackson, as you’ve never not seen him before.  

• Quill: The Life Of A Guide Dog   -

  C- The life and death of a Labrador companion makes for uniquely awkward fiction.   

• The Dictator -

  B+ Following Brüno’s diminishing returns, incognito rapscallion Sacha Baron Cohen goes back to an even older well: the Marx Brothers. 

• Girl In Progress  -

  D No coming-of-age cliché goes untouched in this Eva Mendes-starring drama.

• I Wish  -

  A- Two young brothers dream of reuniting their divorced parents in a sweet, whimsical tale from the director of After Life and Still Walking.

• A Bag Of Hammers  -

  B- A love story between two unctuous rockers plays out against the far more interesting backdrop of a Scottish music festival.

• Patience (After Sebald)  -

  B+ Joy Division director Grant Gee takes his unconventional style to an inspired exploration of W.E. Sebald’s work. 

• P.O.W.: Portrait Of Wally  -

  B The disappearance of a major painting by Egon Schiele in World War II prompts a compelling cinematic investigation.  

• The Road  -

  B A rare production from the Philippines offers a triptych of Grudge-style horror.

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• A Hollis Frampton Odyssey  -

  A- A great experimental filmmaker encourages viewers to find their own path through film history. 

• Stony Island -

  B+ An early thriller by Andrew Davis, director of Above The Law and The Fugitive, captures the mood of late-‘70s Chicago.  

• DVDs In Brief: May 23, 2012 -

  - Our weekly DVD review round-up. 

• Being John Malkovich -

  A 13 years later, one of most audacious and original modern comedies reveals itself to be one of the most touching, too.  

• Diana Ross: Live In Central Park -

  A- Weather cleaved the great singer’s dramatic performance at Central Park into two distinct parts.

• Films Of Fury: The Kung Fu Movie Movie  -

  B+ For fans and newbies alike, this documentary about martial arts movies serves as a fine overview. 

• DVDs In Brief: May 14, 2012 -

  - Our weekly DVD review round-up.

• Lafayette Escadrille / My Man And I / Westward The Women  -

  - Three new DVDs offer a cross-section of director William Wellman's work, from the beginning of his career through its end.

• Murder Obsession / Ubaldo Terzani Horror Show -

  B- Two decades separate these Italian horror films, but both pay homage to the same giallo influences.

• Ganja & Hess  -

  B- An attempt to capitalize on the success of the blaxsploitation horror of Blacula resulted in this 1973 cult oddity.