She loves him, he loves her, and they’re divorcing. In his second Sundancer, director Lee Toland Krieger (The Vicious Kind) lightens up with the help of co-writer/star Rashida Jones. As a thriving trend forecaster, Celeste calls it quits because of unemployed Jesse’s cloudy future. Sad, yes, but the dirty jokes will cheer you up.
It’s like: Husbands and Wives becoming Just Friends.
Take: The yang to your yin.
Premieres: Today

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Like the Griswolds in Europe, Marion’s French family circus invades Manhattan, their clashing cultures testing the limits of her relationship with boyfriend Mingus. Julie Delpy’s follow-up to 2007’s lampoon in Paris drops Adam Goldberg, adds Chris Rock, and deserves a first-class seat next to Woody Allen and Larry David.
It’s like: 2 Days in Paris meets Chris Rock: Never Scared.
Take: Oddball in-laws.
Premieres: August 10 (on demand now)

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Suffocated by their Salton Sea hometown, two mini Thelma and Louise’s (Juno Temple, Kay Panabaker) hatch a plan to hightail it to L.A., where reality bites — a truth debut director Elgin James knows firsthand. (He found himself homeless and in a gang before landing at the Sundance Institute to produce a gem indie fans flocked to.)
It’s like: Gas Food Lodging meets Wassup Rockers.
Take: Your chicas in crime.
Premieres: August 17

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Warning: This one’s creepy, but it deserves your attention. Based on actual events, Craig Zobel’s controversial film stars up-and-comer Dreama Walker as a ChickWich cashier whose manager receives a call from a strange duck claiming he’s a policeman. He asks her to comply with his every demented, supersize request. And she does.
It’s like: Funny Games over the phone.
Take: Fans of a hot-button issue/psychological thriller combo.
Premieres: August 17

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Locomotive, suffocation, revolver — violinist Nasser-Ali is starved for love and looking for a way to end it all (elegantly, like Socrates, of course). Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi serve up a French dish that’s as inventive as Amélie and Micmacs; we’d expect nothing less from the Oscar-nominated duo behind Persepolis.
It’s like: The Virgin Suicides meets The Red Violin.
Take: A critic.
Premieres: August 17

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So there’s this guy — wait, a Gordon Gekko billionaire type — in a car — wait, a white stretch limo — heading to the hair salon — wait, his death. Or something. Adapted from Don DeLillo’s novel, David Cronenberg’s bizarre odyssey through Manhattan’s gridlock stars a stoic Robert Pattinson, premiered at Cannes, and is a dose of weird you have to see to understand.
It’s like: Um?
Take: The Cronie brood.
Premieres: August 17

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Some old-timers get a dog; Frank gets a robot. Set in the near future, Jake Schreier’s sad but funny debut stars maestro Frank Langella as a jewel thief refusing to let the onset of Alzheimer’s slow him down. With its starry cast (Liv Tyler, James Marsden, Susan Sarandon), it’s no small wonder it was a winner at Sundance.
It’s like: The Jetsons heisting The Savages.
Take: Dad. Have Siri set it up.
Premieres: August 17

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Tatted up Dennis looks like a muscle-bound monkey but is really a tender beast searching for his beauty (while caged by an overbearing mother). Mads Matthiesen’s use of nonactors in Thailand’s real-life sexual tourism scene won him the World Cinema Directing Award at Sundance; Kim Kold’s juiced-up gentle giant looking for love won a place in our heart.
It’s like: The Bachelor gets Heavy.
Take: Your snuggle buddy.
Premieres: August 22

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We all have a nighttime ritual. Matt’s includes taking gold in the Dustbuster Olympics and getting it on with oodles of marinara. Mike Birbiglia’s one-man play-turned-crowd-pleasing Sundance winner is a true story about a funnyman with REM behavioral disorder, and it’s one snooze fest you’ll want to see.
It’s like: Punchline meets In My Sleep.
Take: Funny people.
Premieres: August 24

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Danny Boyle’s Olympics debut, Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life: bravo. But Ron Fricke’s moving-image documentary is visual (and musical) porn your eyeballs have never seen. No words. No narrative. Just 99 minutes of global, extreme footage filmed over five years with 70mm film.
It’s like: Life in a Day directed by Tarsem Singh.
Take: The artsy fartsy.
Premieres: August 24

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We reckon them French got an eyeful at Cannes this year during John Hillcoat’s true story about Virginia moonshiners. Working with Nick Cave (on story and music), Hillcoat concocts a brew of two parts feuding-gangster drama to one part tenderhearted romance. Tom Hardy growls, Shia LaBeouf cries (a lot), and Jessica Chastain glows.
It’s like: Miller’s Crossing meets Legends of the Fall.
Take: Dad out for a modern Western.
Premieres: August 29

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