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Beauty and the Dogs A female Tunisian student is raped and undergoes an ordeal trying to get medical treatment and help from the police. The woman shows courage in pursuing justice, but the villains — most of them male — are close to caricatures, and there’s a heavyhanded quality to the film. Not rated. 100 minutes. In Arabic with English subtitles.

— W. Addiego

Big Fish & Begonia Miyazaki-like Chinese anime drawing on ancient fairy tales about a teenage girl who tries to restore the boy who saved her to human form after his death. Moving and visually imaginative, the film can be seen in its original Mandarin with subtitles or a very fine English language version, depending on the screening time. Rated PG-13. 105 minutes.

— G. Allen Johnson

Black Panther This Ryan Coogler film, about a young African king (Chadwick Boseman) with special powers, breaks the pattern of most Marvel superhero movies, with its leisurely opening, story-driven plotting and general aura of seriousness. There’s probably less action in this film than in any other recent Marvel movie, and the change is welcome. Rated PG-13. 134 minutes.

— M. LaSalle

Blockers Leslie Mann, John Cena and Ike Barinholtz play parents who find out that their daughters have a pact to lose their virginity on prom night, and so they go out and try to block the sex from happening. There’s lots of crude humor, and not all the jokes land, but the movie has many hilarious moments. Rated R. 102 minutes.

— M. LaSalle

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story Almost two decades following her death, Hedy Lamarr is finally getting respect for her brilliant mind, in this entertaining and detailed documentary about the beautiful Austrian actress, who had a long career in Hollywood and invented “frequency hopping,” a technology used extensively today. Not rated. 90 minutes.

— M. LaSalle

Call Me by Your Name This is an emphatic celebration of the mystery and power of sexuality, set in a small Italian town, where the sun, the water and the surrounding beauty reinforce lust and longing. Timothée Chamalet and Armie Hammer are superb in the central roles, and despite an unignorable bathetic turn in the supporting performances, this is an important film. Rated R. 132 minutes. — M. LaSalle

Chappaquiddick The details are in, and they’re not flattering to Sen. Ted Kennedy (Jason