A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.
Hesher
Bang your head for Spencer Susser’s dark debut about a bullied 13-year-old who loses his mom and a pyromaniacal metalhead who grows a heart. An angel in disguise (drawn-on tattoos, scumbag entitlement), Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as the greasy-haired Hesher. It’s raw, honest, and as touching as a kick in the stomach.
It’s like: Mary Poppins giving the finger.
Take: Your (freeloading) roommate.
Premieres: Today
Skateland
Not to be confused with Adventureland, Anthony Burns’s Sundance/SXSW debut is a dedication to John Hughes. Roller boy Ritchie learns to roll with life’s punches (a la Lloyd Dobler) one summer in small-town East Texas 1983. Burns captures the decade we’re lucky to have experienced with colorful storytelling (right down to the neon shades and acid-wash Jordache) and a sound track that screams mixtape.
It’s like: I Love the ’80s tagged with American Graffiti.
Take: The guys and Dad’s El Camino.
Premieres: Today
The Tree of Life
Screening on the Croisette on Monday, Texan Terrence Malick’s latest puzzle of a picture has cinephiles drooling. The hush-hush, polyera tale covers “time and existence and our place in that little time line,” said best by Brad Pitt, who replaced Heath Ledger. Rooted in talent (Alexandre Desplat, Emmanuel Lubezki), it’s the ultimate sensory overload.
It’s like: Two Gates of Sleep meets Aronofsky’s The Fountain (we hope).
Take: Moviegoers with lofty expectations.
Premieres: May 27
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