San Francisco Chronicle

NEW MOVIES

- — Leba Hertz

American Anarchist: A documentar­y about William Powell, not the famous actor of “The Thin Man” but the then-19-yearold author of “The Anarchist Cookbook,” written in 1970 amid the countercul­ture movement.

Bokeh: A young couple visiting Iceland wake up and find out that they are the only people left on Earth.

Chips: Director and writer Dax Shepard also stars as Highway Patrol Officer Jon Baker and Michael Peña takes on the Frank (“Ponch”) Poncherell­o role in this remake of the television series.

Frantz: François Ozon directs this movie about a German woman after World War I who meets a mysterious Frenchman when he visits her fiance’s grave.

Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire: A documentar­y that follows the famous folk singer on a tour of Europe and Israel.

Life: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson and Ryan Reynolds star as astronauts who find evidence of life on Mars.

Power Rangers: A group of teenagers get superpower­s and go about saving the world.

Song to Song: Terrence Malick’s latest stars Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara and Michael Fassbender in a story about betrayal and obsession in Austin, Texas.

Tickling Giants: Documentar­y about Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef, whose satirical humor has gotten him into trouble with the government.

T2: Trainspott­ing: The film picks up 20 years after the original cult classic about drug-addicted guys in Scotland. Danny Boyle directs. Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle and Ewen Bremner reprise their roles.

Wilson: Woody Harrelson plays the title role in this movie based on the graphic novel by Daniel Clowes.

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