SoCal new movies, May 8-15: ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,’ ‘Not Another Church Movie’ 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, May 9
‘Cat City’ A program in Chicago to capture and neuter the Windy City’s feral felines and then return them to their neighborhoods is examined in Ben Kolak’s 2023 documentary. 78 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
• Starts Friday, May 10
‘Adiós Buenos Aires’ A bandoneon player in a working-class tango band dreams of leaving his beloved city behind in writer-director German Kral’s 2023 set in during the country’s 2001 economic crisis. With Diego Cremonesi. In Spanish with English subititles. 93 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
‘Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg’ The glamorous European actress and model, former paramour of the Rolling Stones’ Brian Jones and later, the band’s Keith Richards, is remembered in this 2023 documentary directed by Alexis Bloom and Svetlana Zill. 112 mins. Not Rated. magpictures.com
‘East Bay’ A group of dissatisfied 30-something friends in the Bay Area wonder why their lives aren’t working out as hoped in Daniel Yoon’s fantastical 2022 comedy. With Constance Wu. In English and Korean with English subtitles. 109 mins. Not Rated. eastbaymovie.com
‘The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed’ A dissatisfied 30-something woman in Brooklyn wonders why her life isn’t working out as hoped in writer-director and star Joanna Arnow’s 2023 comedy. With Scott Cohen. 87 mins. Not Rated. magpictures.com
‘Force of Nature: The Dry 2‘ Eric Bana reprises his role as a police detective in Australia in this 2024 sequel to the 2020 mystery thriller; Robert Connolly writes and directs and and Anna Torv (“The Last of Us”) co-stars. 120 mins. Rated R. laemmle.com, lumierecinemala.com
‘Hazard’ A Belgian man and his beloved car get roped into a heist in Jonas Govaerts’ darkly comic 2022 action thriller. In Dutch with English subtitles. 88 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
‘The Image of You’ A young woman becomes suspicious of her identical twin sister’s new beau in this 2024 thriller. Jeff Fisher directs, and Sasha Pieterse, Parker Young and Mira Sorvino co-star. 90 mins. Rated R. Various theaters
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