SoCal new movies, Feb. 21-28: ‘Drive-Away Dolls,’ ‘Ordinary Angels,’ ‘Terezin’ and more
Major new releases, indie flicks, foreign films and art-house fare
Welcome to the latest edition of TV or Not TV’s curated guide to new and current releases screening in LA and OC this week. I’m Matt Cooper, former listings coordinator for the Los Angeles Times’ Calendar.
Lights, camera and … action!
Opening
• Starts Thursday, Feb. 22
‘Io Capitano’ Two teens from Senegal undertake an arduous trek to Europe in hopes of making better lives for themselves in Matteo Garrone’s 2023 drama. In Wolof and French with English subtitles. 121 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
‘Ordinary Angels’ Two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank stars in Jon Gunn’s inspirational 2024 drama about a small-town hairdresser in Kentucky who comes to the aid of a widower (“Reacher’s” Alan Ritchson) and his two daughters. 116 mins. Rated PG. ordinaryangels.movie
‘Seagrass’ An unhappily married Canadian woman brings her husband and two daughters to a relationship retreat on a remote island in writer-director Meredith Hama-Brown’s 2023 drama. With Ally Maki. 116 mins. Not Rated. Various theaters
• Starts Friday, Feb. 23
‘About Dry Grasses’ A public-school art teacher languishing in a small village in Turkey dreams of transferring to Istanbul in Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s acclaimed 2023 drama. In Turkish with English subtitles. 197 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
‘The Arc of Oblivion’ Filmmaker Ian Cheney visits libraries, archives, etc. in an effort to understand how parts of the past might best be preserved for future generations in this 2023 documentary produced by Werner Herzog. 98 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
‘Bring Him to Me’ A getaway driver is tasked with delivering an unsuspecting criminal associate to get whacked in Luke Sparke’s 2023 thriller. With Barry Pepper and Sam Neill. 96 mins. Rated R. laemmle.com
‘Butchers Book Two: Raghorn’ Victims of a car accident are subsequently abducted by a family of blood-thirsty back-country cannibals in this 2023 horror sequel. 89 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – To the Hashira Training’ Our young hero Tanjiro prepares for battle once more in this 2024 entry in the anime franchise. In Japanese with English subtitles or dubbed in English with no subtitles. 103 mins. Rated R. demonslayer-anime.com
‘Drive-Away Dolls’ Two gal pals (Margaret Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan) encounter some shady characters while on an impromptu road trip to Tallahassee, Fla. in this 2024 comedic thriller directed by Ethan Coen. Beanie Feldstein and Colman Domingo also star. 84 mins. Rated R. focusfeatures.com
‘Drugstore June’ A quirky young woman (Esther Povitsky) who still lives with her folks takes it upon herself to solve the robbery of the local pharmacy in Nicholaus Goossen’s 2024 mystery comedy. 91 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
‘Ennio’ Master film composer Ennio Morricone (“The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”) is saluted in this star-studded 2021 documentary directed by “Cinema Paradiso’s” Giuseppe Tornatore. In Italian, English, French, Portuguese and Chinese with English subtitles. 156 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
‘Golden Years’ An unhappily married woman on a retirement cruise with her husband jumps ship and goes on a voyage of self-discovery instead in Barbara Kulcsar’s 2021 comedy. In Swiss German with English subtitles. 92 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
‘Here’ A Romanian construction worker living in Brussels forges an unexpected connection with a Belgian Chinese botanist in this 2023 drama from Bas Devos. 82 mins. Not Rated. lumierecinemala.com
‘Ingress’ A grieving woman searches the multiverse for an alternate reality where her dearly departed husband is still alive in this 2024 sci-fi fable from writer-director-star Rachel Noll James. 118 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
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