SoCal new movies, June 12-19: ‘Tuesday,’ ‘Firebrand,’ ‘Inside Out 2,’ ‘I Used to Be Funny’ 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 Friday, June 14
‘Bad Behaviour’ A former child actress (Jennifer Connelly) attends a spiritual retreat while also trying to sort out her complicated relationship with her stuntwoman daughter (writer, director and co-star Alice Englert) in this 2023 dark comedy. Ben Whishaw also stars. 107 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
‘Banel & Adama’ A couple living in a remote village in Senegal find their relationship constrained by tribal expectations in writer-director Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s 2023 romantic fable. In Pular and French with English subtitles. 87 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
‘Cora Bora’ An aspiring singer-songwriter (“Hacks’” Megan Stalter) tries to win back her ex-girlfriend in this 2023 comedy directed by Hannah Pearl Utt. With Chelsea Peretti, Darrell Hammond and Margaret Cho. 92 mins. Not Rated. landmarktheatres.com
‘Firebrand’ “Ex Machina’s” Alicia Vikander portrays Katherine Parr, the sixth and final wife of England’s Henry VIII (Jude Law), in this 2023 historical drama film directed by Karim Aïnouz. With Eddie Marsan. 120 mins. Rated R. firebrandmovie.com
‘Ghostlight’ A gruff construction worker and family man finds himself co-starring in a community theater production of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” in Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson’s 2024 comedy-drama. With Keith Kupferer. 115 mins. Rated R. landmarktheatres.com
‘The Grab’ Journalists with the Center for Investigative Reporting examine efforts by corporations, governments, etc. to exert further control over essential resources including food and fresh water in Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s 2022 exposé. 104 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
‘Inside Out 2’ Emotions are running high in Disney and Pixar’s 2024 sequel to their animated 2015 coming-of-age comedy about a young girl’s interior and exterior lives. Kelsey Mann directs. With the voices of Maya Hawke, Amy Poehler, et al. 100 mins. Rated PG. movies.disney.com
‘I Used to Be Funny’ A stand-up comic/nanny (“Shiva Baby’s” Rachel Sennott) struggles with depression and PTSD in writer-director Ally Pankiw’s 2023 comedy-drama set in Toronto. 106 mins. Not Rated. drafthouse.com, thefridacinema.org, laemmle.com
‘Just the Two of Us’ A wife and mother (Virginie Efira) working as an elementary school teacher feels threatened by her increasingly controlling husband in Valérie Donzelli’s 2024 psychological drama. In French with English subtitles. 105 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
‘Protocol 7’ A small-town lawyer takes on a pharmaceutical company after her adopted son falls ill in Andrew Wakefield’s 2024 legal thriller. With Rachel G. Whittle and Eric Roberts. 98 mins. Rated R. protocol7.movie
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