This week is looking to be an interesting one for movie-goers. There is a new Marvel movie starring some of your favorite anti-heroes, a thriller about a young woman who is attacked by otherworldly creatures that have taken over her grandmother’s body, a drama about one reporter’s brave crusade to fight for an independent voice in modern-day Russia, and much more!
Bonjour Tristesse (R)
Cécile’s (Lily McInerny) relaxing summer with her father in the south of France is upended by the arrival of the enigmatic Anne (Chloë Sevigny).
Directed by Durga Chew-Bose
Starring: Chloë Sevigny, Lily McInerny, Claes Bang, Nailia Harzoune, Nathalie Richard
Release date: May 2
Electra
A journalist and his female companion travel to interview a famous musician in Rome where a generous invite to a country estate becomes something much more than anyone expected.
Directed by Hala Matar
Starring: Maria Bakalova, Abigail Cowen, Jack Farthing, Daryl Wein
Release date: May 2
The Last Battleship
A crew of children and adults gets the battleship back into action and begin to fight the way home after being cut off from Alliance space by an unknown attacker. The only issue is that this threat is straight out of a person’s worst fears.
Directed by Brady Jacquin
Starring: Lew Temple, Tracee Cocco, Jessica Zinkowsky, Lexi Marie Hawks, Aubree Cantu
Release date: May 2
Open Secret
This riveting documentary investigates allegations of systemic racism and child sexual abuse in the New Hanover School District.
Directed by Kerry David
Starring: Tim Kennedy, Kerry David, Clyde Edgerton, Matthew Beaudreau, David Zucchino
Release date: April 30
Rosario (R)
Rosario spends the night with her grandmother’s body while she waits for the ambulance to arrive, during a severe snowfall, Rosario is attacked by otherworldly entities that have taken control of her grandmother’s body.
Directed by Felipe Vargas
Starring: Emeraude Toubia, José Zúñiga, David Dastmalchian, Paul Ben-Victor, Dian Lein
Release date: May 2
Rust
A boy left to fend for himself and his younger brother following their parents’ deaths in 1880s Wyoming goes on the run with his long-estranged grandfather after he is sentenced to hang for the accidental killing of a local rancher.
Directed by Joel Souza
Starring: Travis Fimmel, Alec Baldwin, Frances Fisher, Jake Busey, Josh Hopkins
Release date:
The Surfer (R)
A man returns to the idyllic beach of his childhood to surf with his son. When he is humiliated by a group of locals, the man is drawn into a conflict that keeps rising and pushes him to his breaking point.
Directed by Lorcan Finnegan
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Finn Little, Rahel Romahn, Michael Abercromby, Julian McMahon
Release date: May 2
Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted
Legendary musician Swamp Dogg has been described as “one of the great cult figures of 20th century American music” and “the soul genius time forgot.” He is a genuine eccentric responsible for some of the most unique rock-influenced R&B (and wildest album covers) ever made. Hidden away deep in suburban Los Angeles, Swamp Dogg, alongside housemates Moogstar and Guitar Shorty, has transformed his home into an artistic playground. Together, they navigate the tumultuous waves of the music industry, and forge a wonderfully bizarre and inspiring path across time and space. Amazing access to Swamp Dogg, along with incredible archival material, creates a fun, hilarious and unconventional film for a perfectly unconventional life.
Directed by Isaac Gale, Ryan Olson, David McMurray
Starring: Swamp Dogg, Moogstar, Guitar Shorty, Johnny Knoxville, Tom Kenny
Release date: May 2
Thunderbolts* (PG-13)
After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap, an unconventional team of antiheroes must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts.
Directed by Jack Schreier
Starring: Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lewis Pullman, David Harbour
Release date: May 2
Words of War
Journalist Anna Politkovskaya’s brave crusade, fighting for an independent voice in Putin’s Russia.
Directed by James Strong
Starring: Jason Isaacs, Ben Miles, Ciarán Hinds, Maxine Peake, Ellie Bamber
Release date: May 2
