Movies Released May 27, 2011

Friday, May 27

88 mins

Puzzle NR

Maria del Carmen (Maria Onetto) is a forty-something housewife from the suburbs of Buenos Aires, whom everyone, including her indifferent husband and teenage sons, takes for granted. When she discovers her extraordinary gift at assembling puzzles, Maria starts to secretly train with a magnetic millionaire bachelor (Arturo Goetz) for Argentina’s national championship, which, if she wins, would take her to Germany and the World Puzzle Championship. At the risk of alienating her family, Maria nevertheless pursues her new passion, as she gradually comes into her own and asserts her newfound independence.
Natalia Smirnoff, Maria Onetto, Arturo Goetz
Drama

We Are the Night

An tale of a provocative gang of female vampires living large, making their own rules and leaving a merciless trail of blood. The film centers on a 20-year-old Berlin native Lena (Karoline Herfurth) who gets by as a petty thief. On one of her nightly job runs through an underground club, she meets 250-year-old Louise (Nina Hoss). Louise is a glamorous vixen, who is not only the owner of the club, but also the leader of an unusual all-female vampire trio - the other two members being wild child Nora (Anna Fischer) and elegant Charlotte (Jennifer Ulrich). Louise falls head over heels in love with the scruffy Lena and bites her during their first night together. Once bitten, Lena discovers the curse and the blessing of her new, eternal life. She revels in the glamour, parties and infinite freedom. But she quickly discovers that the endless blood thirst and murderous appetite of her new girlfriends come at a steep price. When Berlin police commissioner Tom Serner (Max Riemelt) begins investigating the women, it is just a matter of time before their day comes and events spiral out of control.
Max Riemelt, Dennis Gansel, Jan Berger, Karoline Herfurth, Nina Hoss, Jennifer Ulrich, Anna Fischer
Thriller Horror Romance

The Tree of Life PG-13

No plot details have been announced.
Brad Pitt, Terrence Malick, Sean Penn, Tye Sheridan, Jessica Chastain
Drama
New York / Los Angeles
3 / 5
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76 mins

Small Town Murder Songs R

An aging police officer from a small Ontario Mennonite town hides a violent past until a local murder upsets the calm of his newly reformed life.
Ed Gass-Donnelly
Thriller Crime

United Red Army

The docudrama explores the political unrest of 1960s Japan, when mass student uprisings coincided with the beginnings of the far-left United Red Army group, which tortured and murdered its “deviant” members during a 1972 training session.
Kôji Wakamatsu
Documentary

Friday, May 27