Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Claudia Puig and Tim Cogshell review this weekend’s latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming platforms.

Films:

• The Life of Chuck In Select Theaters|Expands June 13
• Ballerina Wide Release
• Karate Kid: Legends Wide Release
• Dangerous Animals Wide Release
• The Ritual Wide Release
• I Don’t Understand You In Select Theaters
• Bad Shabbos Laemmle Town Center 5 [Encino] |Laemmle Royal [West LA]
• Barron’s Cove Laemmle Monica Film Center
• We Are Guardians Laemmle Monica Film Center|Art Theatre [Long Beach] June 21
• Pavements Alamo Drafthouse DTLA|The Frida Cinema [Santa Ana]

FilmWeek: ‘The Phoenician Scheme,’ ‘Bring Her Back,’ ‘Mountainhead,’ ‘Lost in Starlight,’ and More

Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Lael Loewenstein, Beandrea July, and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming platforms.

Films:

The Phoenician Scheme In Select Theaters| Expands June 6 (next Friday)

Bring Her Back Wide Release

Mountainhead Streaming on Max May 31

Lost in Starlight Laemmle Glendale|Streaming on Netflix

Ocean with David Attenborough Laemmle Monica Film Center|premieres on National Geographic Channel on June 7|Streaming on Disney+ and Hulu starting June 8

Bono: Stories of Surrender Streaming on Apple TV+

Ghost Trail Laemmle Royal May 30

Book of Joshua: Walls of Jericho Streaming on VOD

Tim Travers & the Time Travelers Paradox Laemmle Glendale

Charles Burnett talks ‘Killer of Sheep’ 4K restoration, and the film’s lasting influence

After a theatrical release in select theaters by Janus Films, the Criterion Collection now introduces the new 4K restoration of Charles Burnett’s 1977 feature debut film, Killer of Sheep, into its library. The film follows a family in Watts, with the father in this household being Stan, who works in a slaughterhouse. Burnett's understanding of working-class family dynamics makes for a story that’s as relatable as it is emotionally devastating at moments. These complex themes portrayed in film have served as inspiration for the likes of Barry Jenkins, whose Oscar-winning film Moonlight offers a similar blend of cinematic storytelling through the lives of adults and children. We’ll dig deeper into the film by speaking with its filmmaker, Charles Burnett.

The 4K restoration of ‘Killer of Sheep’ is out now in Blu-ray and 4K UHD; to read more about the special features included, and to purchase the film, click here.