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NEW MOVIES

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Avengers: Infinity War: Want more of the Black Panther, Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk and the rest of the Marvel group? No fears. In the latest edition in the franchise, the superheroe­s seek to stop Thanos from collecting the six Infinity stones that will give him lots of power. The betting line has Avengers as 2-1 favorites.

Ghost Stories: Based on a British stage play by co-directors Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyson, the horror movie is about a professor (Nyson) who goes on a quest and finds a file of three cases of unexplaine­d hauntings.

Godard Mon Amour: Louis Garrel stars as JeanLuc Godard and Stacy Martin plays Anne Wiazemsky, the 17-year-old actress the French director falls in love with during the filming of one of his movies. Director Michel Hazanavici­us co-wrote the screenplay with Wiazemsky.

Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami: This documentar­y follows the life of the Jamaican American singer, songwriter, supermodel, record producer and actress. Get ready to see performanc­es of “Slave to the Rhythm,” “Pull Up to the Bumper” and other songs.

The Judge: Bay Area director Erika Cohn’s documentar­y is about Kholoud Al-Faqih, the first woman appointed to a Shariah court in the Middle East.

Summer in the Forest: This documentar­y follows the lives of three men who through the help of Jean Vanier were released from insane asylums in the 1960s and went on to found a still-thriving commune by a forest near Paris.

Zama: The latest from Argentine director Lucretia Martel (whose films also are part of a retrospect­ive at BAMPFA) is based on Antonio Di Benedetto’s 1956 novel about a 17th century Spanish officer.

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