NEW MOVIES
BRUISER: A 14-year-old boy turns to a charismatic loner for help after being beaten up, in director Miles Warren’s feature debut about fathers, families and the effects of fighting. (NR) instagram.com/bruisermovie/?hl=en
CLOSE: The intense friendship between two 13-year-old French boys suddenly gets disrupted. Struggling to understand what has happened, one of the boy’s approaches the other’s mother. (PG-13 for thematic material involving suicide and brief strong language) a24films.com/films/close
COCAINE BEAR: An oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converges in a Georgia forest where a 500-pound black bear goes on a murderous rampage after unintentionally ingesting cocaine. (R for bloody violence and gore, drug content and language throughout) cocainebear.movie
EMILY: Reimagining Emily Brontë's own Gothic story that inspired her seminal novel, “Wuthering Heights.” Haunted by the death of her mother, Emily struggles within the confines of her family life and yearns for artistic and personal freedom, and so begins a journey to channel her creative potential into one of the greatest novels of all time. Writing-directing debut of actress Frances O’connor. (R for some sexuality/nudity and drug use) warnerbros.co.uk/movies/emily
LET IT BE MORNING: A gently satirical tale of a man and his family trapped by a military blockade inside a tiny Arab village in Israel. (NR) cohenmedia.net/product/let-it-be-morning
LINOLEUM: When the host of a failing children’s science show (Jim Gaffigan) tries to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming an astronaut by building a rocket ship in his garage, a series of bizarre events occur that cause him to question his own reality. Also stars Rhea Seehorn. (NR) linoleummovie.com
LUTHER: THE FALLEN SUN: Brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther (Idris Elba) breaks out of prison to hunt down a sadistic serial killer who is terrorizing London. Based on the BBC TV series. Also stars Cynthia Erivo and Andy Serkis. (R for disturbing/violent content, language and some sexual material) netflix.com/title/81280035