1964, when Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters made their legendary trip across America in “Furthur,” the psychedelic bus, they shot a lot of film; most of it has never been seen until now.

Errol Morris returns to form in his most recent full-length feature, Tabloid. His past three films have tackled serious, hard, newsworthy subjects—grappling with the legacy of war from the Nazis, through Viet Nam, to Abu Ghraib. Joyce McKinney, the subject of his latest release, is indeed newsworthy, though less likely to appear in the pages of the New York Times than in those of the National Enquirer or its British counterparts, Evening News and Daily Mirror.

Mike Mills pitches “Beginners” as a romance fanciful enough to capture an audience’s wishful thinking, but realistic enough about the struggles of romantic relationships to keep us engaged and believing. Plus it features a cute dog who communicates telepathically through captions. Risky? Absolutely. Overboard? It works.

Takashi Miike’s new film is a nearly perfect kick-off for the summer film season, an action-packed film capped by a 45+ minute battle scene but held together by big-picture questions of masculine identity, loyalty, and a life well-led.

On Friday, St. Louis expat James Gunn visits the Tivoli for the opening of “Super,” starring Rainn Wilson. Click for the review, and info on Pi’s new “Super”-themed pizza.

South Korean director Lee Chang-dong’s affecting new film follows a 60-something woman as she takes a poetry class—and uses what she learns to cope with the truly monstrous.

This ultra-violent Korean horror film is far more than genre cinema; it surprises with subtle plot twists, artful cinematography and some great performances.

The newest animated feature from Sylvain Chomet (“The Triplets of Belleville”), is gorgeously rendered, bittersweet, and downright magical.