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NEW ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE. Jim Jarmusch directs this offbeat romantic drama about two vampires (Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston) living in modern-day Detroit. Starts Fri., May 2. Manor THE OTHER WOMAN. Ugh. Is Nick Cassavetes’ comedy really the state of on-screen female empowerment in 2014 — three women in skintight clothing babbling on about the one awful man they share? The predictable plot finds the wife (a particularly shrill Leslie Mann), the sleek age-appropriate mistress (Cameron Diaz) and the bikini-babe mistress No. 2 (Kate Upton) of Mr. Mark King (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) discovering one another and forging an alliance to take revenge. It’s painful to sit through — not very funny (oh, explosive diarrhea jokes!), a conspicuous waste of talent and jaw-droppingly tone-deaf about its gender politics. Women, in case we’ve forgotten despite endless iterations of this stereotype on screen, are defined by their (1) relationship to men, (2) hysterical nature and (3) shoes. And so it is in The Other Woman, a film you should not bother getting involved with in the first place. (Al Hoff) RUSSIAN FILM SYMPOSIUM. The 16th annual symposium offers 12 recent Russian films tied to this year’s theme, “Gendering Genre.” Films screen on the University of Pittsburgh campus and at the Melwood Screening Room, in Oakland. A complete schedule is at www. rusfilm.pitt.edu. Mon., May 5, through Sat., May 10
The Other Woman exile who returns to his homeland (Fri., May 2); the Japanese gangster tale Why Don’t You Play in Hell? (Fri., May 2, and Sat., May 3); and Things Left Behind, a documentary about remembering Hiroshima and other large-scale tragedies (Fri., May 2, and Sat., May 3). A complete schedule is at www.silkscreenfestival. org. Various venues
ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES. Everybody loves fruits and vegetables now, but who remembers when they grew sentient and started killing people? See how it all goes down in John DeBello’s 1978 lowbudget horror-movie spoof featuring gardens gone wild. 10:30 p.m. Fri., May 2. Hollywood SHORT PEACE. A new fantasy animation film from Japan consists of four shorts, all overseen by legendary anime director Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira, Steamboy). 1 p.m. Sat., May 3, and 7 p.m. Sun., May 4. Hollywood
REPERTORY TWISTER. Get your high-velocity funnel-shaped thrills on with this 1996 actioner from Jan de Bont about scientists who chase tornadoes. 7:30 p.m. Wed., April 30. AMC Loews. $5 ROPE. Two college friends undertake an experiment in superior morality, by killing an “inferior” classmate, and throwing a dinner party immediately after. Alfred Hitchcock’s 1948 film was based in part on the notorious Leopold-Loeb case of the 1920s, but was also notable for the film’s “single take”: It was shot in real time and in one room, with reel jumps cleverly concealed, heightening the claustrophobic suspense. Farley Granger and John Dall portray the student killers; James Stewart is their professor. 7:30 p.m. Thu., May 1. Hollywood
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