Jurassic Park 3D (PG-13)
 (4/3/13)

The Place Beyond the Pines (R)
 (4/3/13)

Upstream Color (Unrated)
"Upstream Color" (NR, 96 minutes). 'Upstream Color," Shane Carruth's follow-up to "Primer," is every bit as good as its predecessor. The protagonists, a young couple played by Carruth and Amy Seimetz, are connected by a singular, mysterious experience. The experience in question, a strange form of hypnosis caused by body-snatching maggots, leaves them alienated from everyone around them. Being consistently thrown off-balance by a narrative that doesn't even ultimately reveal what happens during its many elisions can be frustrating. But the best thing about 'Upstream Color' is seeing that Carruth is still capable of being intelligently suggestive without being obtuse or frustratingly vague." Three and a half stars  (4/3/13)

Gimme the Loot (Unrted)
"Gimme the Loot" (81 minutes; Unrated). Over the course of two hot summer days, two young Bronx graffiti artists (Tashiana Washington and Ty Hickson) desperately try to raise $500 to gain access to Citi Field's Home Run Apple, in order to mark it with graffiti, an act that will make them legendary. A confident and entertaining first feature by promising young director Adam Leon, starring a great cast of non-professional actors, "Gimme the Loot" won the Grand Jury Prize at this year's SXSW. -- SO Four stars  (3/20/13)

Spring Breakers (R)
 (3/20/13)

The Silence (Unrated)
"The Silence" (111 minutes; Unrated). One of the most gripping thrillers you're likely to see this (or any other) year. "The Silence" isn't a whodunnit; we witness one murder in the movie's first few minutes. Instead it's about something larger, deeper, more ineffable. Two young girls are raped and murdered 23 years apart in the same spot. "The Silence" explores the gap — temporal, emotional, psychological — between them. Three and a half stars  (3/13/13)

Upside Down (PG-13)
"Upside Down" (PG-13. 100 minutes): The love between Kirsten Dunst and Jim Sturgess defies gravity and a silly script in this visually spectacular fantasy. Three and a half stars  (3/13/13)

The We and the I (Unrated)
"The We and the I" (No MPAA rating, 103 minutes). Michel Gondry's ingenious new feature is set entirely on a Bronx bus, as a group of teenagers comes back home from their last day of school. A rich mix of temperaments and ethnicities, the bunch is portrayed in an engaging, natural fashion by a cast of non-actors (who improvised the material with Gondry). A subtle coming of age film with very few missteps, “The We and the I” is like a breath of fresh air and marks another success in its director's highly original career. -- M.O. Three and a half stars  (3/13/13)

Barbara (PG-13)
"Barbara" (PG-13). Nina Hoss stars as Barbara, a doctor in 1980s East Germany, who has been banished to work in a provincial medical clinic for trying to escape. Trailed by the secret police, surrounded by informers, Barbara sets her mind to escape, and yet is drawn to the patients in the clinic, devoted to helping them. Finally, she is faced with a devastating moral dilemma. "Barbara" is a tense and suspenseful film by German director Christian Petzold. Three and a half stars  (3/6/13)

No (R)
"No" (Rated R, 118 minutes). A suspenseful political docudrama starring Gael Garcia Bernal as a marketing executive who takes charge of an advertising campaign to oust Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. This film takes us down to the wire of a dramatic election. -- OM Four Stars.  (3/6/13)

The End of Love (Unrated)
“The End of Love” (Unrated, 90 minutes). Single parent and struggling LA actor Mark Webber fathers two-year-old Isaac, and slowly realizes his more vital role. An intimate blend of narrative and documentary, tonally flawed, but evocatively captured. Three and a half stars  (2/27/13)

Jack the Giant Slayer (PG-13)
 (2/27/13)

Parade's End (Unrated)
 (2/23/13)

Like Someone in Love (Unrated)
"Like Someone in Love" (Unrated, 109 minutes). Abbas Kiarostami is wandering the earth after 40 years of churning out sage, experimental classics in his home country, Iran. His 2010 masterpiece, “Certified Copy,” was shot in Italy and this one takes place in Japan. Yet the writer-director's characteristic tight formal control and discretion remain. There is something like a plot unfolding in this film, but it's best discovered cold. The filmmaker is interested, as ever, in shape-shifting roles, surfaces and relationships, but Takashi (Tadashi Okuno), the acclaimed professor who finds himself caught in the middle of a young couple's turmoil, sounds a lot like the somewhat conservative and male chauvinist Kiarostami, who once told an interviewer that men are work-oriented whereas women are affection-oriented; that “marriage is essential for all women.” Three and a half stars.  (2/13/13)

Lore (Unrated)
"Lore" (Unrated, 109 minutes). Germany at the end of World War II. A large, once-prosperous family packs hurriedly to avoid the onslaught of Allied forces. A Swastika emblem on a discarded piece of clothing tells us we're dealing not with mere German citizens but Nazis. In “Lore”, the fleeing children of this family trudge through every muddy, thorny stretch of the Black Forest, into the kind of indignities and horrors their parents' political party inflicted upon the Jews. We know where this is going pretty early on, but that doesn't prevent “Lore” from being riveting stuff, start to finish. -- SB Four stars.  (2/13/13)

Side Effects (R)
 (2/6/13)

Stolen Seas (Unrated)
"Stolen Seas" (No rating, 90 minutes). An ambitious documentary chronicling a two-month negotiation between pirates and the corporation that owns the ship they just hijacked. This tense encounter provides the backdrop for an exploration of the international involvement and abandonment of Somalia over the past twenty years. -- OM Three and a Half Stars.  (2/6/13)

56 Up (Unrated)
"56 Up" (Unrated, 143 minutes). Starring in 1964, this remarkable undertaking has visited most of the original group of 14 British children every seven years, as they grow older and their lives seem to unspool in fast-forward. Director Michael Apted, who has guided the series since 14 Up, has grown to know his subjects almost like family members. This eight film, edited skillfully so viewers don't need to have seen the previous films, continues one of the noblest undertakings in the history of the cinema. Four stars  (1/30/13)

Neighboring Sounds (Unrated)
 (1/30/13)

Stand Up Guys (R)
"Stand Up Guys" (R, 95). Al Pacino, Christopher Walken and Alan Arkin were in the same gang, and after Pacino is released after a 28-year prison sentence, they unite for along day and night as an implacable deadline approaches. Comedy, chase scenes, some tension, and above all the acting of the Stand Up Guys. Three and a half stars  (1/30/13)

Warm Bodies (PG-13)
 (1/30/13)

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (Unrated)
 (1/23/13)

Tiger Tail in Blue (Unrated)
"Tiger Tail in Blue" (No MPAA rating. 80 minutes.): Chicago filmmaker Frank V. Ross delivers a thoughtful and intelligent drama about a recently married couple (Ross and Rebecca Spence) struggling to make things work despite conflicting work schedules and economic pressures. Three-and-a-half Stars.  (1/23/13)

Amour (PG-13)
"Amour" (PG-13, 127 minutes). This year's Palme d'Or winner from Cannes is a masterpiece from Michael Haneke ("Caché," "Funny Games") about the closing days of a great romance. The French legends Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva co-star as a couple in their 80s who have lived in love together for decades, but now, in their 80s, their time together begins to end. Such a story is not melodrama. Nor is it tragedy. It is just about the way things are. A profound and uplifting masterpiece. Four stars  (1/9/13)

West of Memphis (R)
"West of Memphis" (R, 147 minutes). The fourth documentary about one of the most angering cases of wrongful conviction in American judicial history. The West Memphis Three were tried and convicted of what were described as the ritualistic satanic cult murders of three young boys in Arkansas. This film argues successfully that the defendants were innocent, and the case against them deeply flawed. A controversial plea bargain set them free after nearly 20 years, and grave suspicion is generated by the film about one of the stepfathers of a victim. Four stars  (12/7/12)

The Angels Share (Unrated)
"The Angel's Share" (Unrated, 101 minutes) "The Angel's Share" finds director Ken Loach doing as he's done for 45 years, filming mercurial human beings like a wildlife cinematographer, tracking their spontaneous behavior from afar, through an extreme telephoto lens mounted on a loose tripod head. He didn't invent the technique. It goes at least as far back as Akira Kurosawa's rain storm battle in Seven Samurai. And Loach doesn't even claim credit for originating the British flavor of that style: He says one of his earliest cinematographers, fellow improvisatory genius Chris Menges, copped it from the Czech cameraman Miroslav Ondricek ("If ..."). Yet there is no mistaking when Loach employs it, no matter the decade, the setting, the actors or who's manning the camera. -- SB Three and a half stars  (3/20/12)

Beyond the Hills (Unrated)
"Beyond the Hills" (Unrated, 150 minutes). "Beyond the Hills" is an arthouse film from Romania, yet, in its slow, lurching progress toward a tragic exorcism, it is a stylistic nephew of America's The Exorcist. Even in scenes that aren't set in blinding snow drifts, Mungiu's frame gives off a bitter chill to make your teeth chatter, all the better to offset characters whose sense of devotion burns so fiercely as to prove fatal. As with "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days," Mungiu's other tale of a female friendship taken to the limits by a punishing set of circumstances, this film's biggest secret is its beauty. -- SB Three and a half stars  (3/6/12)

Everybody in Our Family (Unrated)
"Everybody in Our Family" A powder keg of a movie. By turns violent, horrifying and funny vision of a family squabble turning into a regular slugfest. As Marius tries to take his daughter to the seaside and his ex-wife opposes the idea, all hell breaks loose. Given the extreme behavior of the characters, this may not be for all tastes, but remains a fascinating entry in the vibrant movement of New Romanian Cinema. (Unrated, 107 minutes). Three and a half stars  (2/27/12)

Stoker (R)
 (2/27/12)

Bless Me, Ultima (PG-13)
"Bless Me, Ultima" (PG-13; 106 minutes) sees through the eyes of a young boy at the end of World War Two, as life in his family and his world stands balanced between the old and the new. When his aging relative Ultima (Miriam Colon) come to live with them, Antonio (Luke Ganalon) absorbs her ancient ways and teachings, and senses the footlessness of his older brothers who were torn away by the war. Carl Franklin's worthy adaptation of the great modern novel, with a screenplay by Rudolfo Anaya, its author. Four stars  (2/20/12)

Future Weather (Unrated)
"Future Weather" (Unrated, 100 minutes). In a small Illinois town, a 13-year-old named Lauduree (Perla Haney-Jardine) takes it well when her mom abandons her and leaves for California to pursue her dream of doing makeup for the stars. Lauduree, who is very smart, is more concerned about her science projects to reduce CO2 omissions. With Amy Madigan as her hard-drinking, potty-mouthed grandma, Lili Taylor as her encouraging teacher, and Neel (Anubhav Jain) as the only classmate as smart as she is. We don't believe that this environment could easily produce Lauduree, but it did, so that's good. Written and directed by Jenny Deller. Three and a half stars  (2/20/12)

The Gatekeepers (PG-13)
“The Gatekeepers” (Rated PG-13, 95 minutes). Six former heads of the Shin Bet speak about their experiences providing security for Israel. They match cold discussions about killing terrorists with practical conversation about strategies for peace. Four Stars.  (2/20/12)

Not Yet Begun to Fight (Unrated)
“Not Yet Begun to Fight” (No rating, 60 minutes). A moving documentary about a Montana ranch that provides rehabilitation for war veterans through fly-fishing. -- OM Three and a Half Stars.  (2/6/12)

The Trouble with the Truth (R)
"The Trouble with the Truth" (R, 96 minutes). After their daughter announces her engagement, Emily and John reunite for a dinner. They divulge deeply buried feelings about their marriage, wondering about a possible reunion. This film is a long conversation that keeps our attention to the end. Three and a half stars. -- OM  (1/9/12)

Sister (Unrated)
"Sister" (Unrated, 97 minutes). A 12-year-old boy lives in a shabby apartment with his older sister and makes his living as a thief, stealing ski equipment from the patrons of a ski resort in the Swiss Alps. Director Ursula Meier takes a refreshingly low-key, observational approach to storytelling that will remind audiences of Francois Truffaut ("The 400 Blows") and the Belgian Dardenne Brothers ("The Son," "The Kid with a Bike"). Winner of the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival and Switzerland's submission for the Best Foreign Film Oscar. Three and a half stars.  (1/4/12)