Bernie

A small-town Texas mortician (Jack Black) strikes up a lifelong (though not long) friendship with a wealthy widow (Shirley MacLaine) in this based-on-a-true-story from director Linklater (School of Rock, Dazed and Confused). Jack Blacks performance is so weirdly sweet and restrained (even as he breaks into show-tunes) that it might

Psycho II

PSYCHO DOUBLE BILL | PRECEDED BY PSYCHO THE SAME NIGHT After 22 years in psychiatric care, Norman Bates is released, having been declared sane. Hes not. (Anthony Perkins also stars in Destroyer, playing July 20)

Steele Justice

SATURDAY NIGHT SINEMA | FREE FOR MEMBERS When the police are helpless to stop the ruthless drug lord that killed his best friend (and fellow Viet Nam veteran), its up to John Steele (friend of the Mayfair Martin Kove) to bring some justice back to the streets. (Which he does,

Take This Waltz

Writer/director Polley (Away From Her) sets her sophomore feature on the slippery slope toward infidelity, following a woman (Michelle Williams) who falls for an artsy neighbor, in spite of her happy marriage (to Seth Rogan). Astutely depicts the quotidian of a loving, but imperfect, long-term relationship [and] the awkward flirtation

Hysteria

The buzz is right: this true story the invention of the vibrator (as an antidote for the Victorian affliction of female hysteria) is a charmingly posh comedy with greater implications about gender politics, [that uses] historical context and sexuality as a clever self-conscious tapestry where it can all unfold. (Exclaim)

Headhunters

When an art thief who masquerades as a corporate recruiter ignores the wrong job prospect, the title of this thriller (based on the novel by Norwegian bestseller Jo Nesbø) rapidly becomes literal. What seemed like a lightweight heist thriller careens into a bloody-minded game of cat and mouse [to become]

Family Plot

Written by Ernest Lehman (North by Northwest), this macabre comedy incredibly, Hitchcocks 53rd pits a fake psychic (Barbara Harris) and an incompetent private eye (Bruce Dern) against a pair of serial kidnappers (Karen Black and William Devane), and it’s a delight for two contradictory reasons: because it’s pure

Destroyer

Yes, an abandoned prison thats reportedly haunted by an undead serial killer is an ideal location to shoot a women-behind-bars film provided you want your crew to be murdered one by one by the 300-lb killing machine who survived 3,000 volts to stalk his prey as The Destroyer! Star

Indie Game: The Movie

OTTAWA PREMIERE | OFFICIAL SELECTION, HOT DOCS 2012 Roger Ebert is convinced that video games are not, and never can be, art. But this doc that follows three independent game developers makes a pretty convincing argument to the contrary, showing people struggling and striving to create something beautiful.