The German Doctor, Blue Ruin, The Other Woman, Locke, Next Goal Wins

The German Doctor

Blue Ruin

The Other Woman

Locke

Next Goal Wins



As the calendar turns from April to May, a plethora of good choices awaits moviegoers, including all five of this weekend's new releases:

Fading Gigolo, Transcendence

Fading Gigolo

Transcendence

For his fifth directorial effort, "Fading Gigolo," John Turturro has given Woody Allen a substantial role, and good thing, too, because Woody and the rest of the supporting cast bring to life a movie that, despite a few grace notes, largely dies on the vine during the scenes of the main plotline.

The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden, Dancing in Jaffa, Bears

The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden

Dancing in Jaffa



Bears (my rating)



Bears (Big Scruffy and Little Scruffy's rating)
 



Capsule reviews of three new documentaries:

The Railway Man, Joe, Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq, Ilo Ilo, Rob the Mob

The Railway Man

Joe



Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq

Ilo Ilo

Rob the Mob





Capsules on the rest of the week in film:

Draft Day

The officially sanctioned NFL paean (and Kevin Costner comeback vehicle) "Draft Day" is almost - but not - slick enough to make you forget you're celebrating a league of medieval barbarism that turns its strongest men into brain-damaged, suicidal vegetables (and does everything in its power to cover it up).

Dom Hemingway, The Unknown Known, Nymphomaniac, Alan Partridge, Breathe In, Under the Skin

Nymphomaniac

Dom Hemingway 

The Unknown Known

Alan Partridge

Under the Skin

Breathe In




Capsules on the week in film:

Finding Vivian Maier, Cesar Chavez, Noah, Just a Sigh, A Birder's Guide to Everything, Big Men, It Felt Like Love

Noah

Finding Vivian Maier

Cesar Chavez

         

Just a Sigh



A Birder's Guide to Everything

 

It Felt Like Love

Big Men

  
Two fascinating documentaries highlight the week in film: