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In this adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's second Lady Chatterley novel, John Thomas and Lady Jane, the Lady in question (Hands) has a tempestuous affair with the groundskeeper (Coulloc'h) at her paralyzed husband's country estate. (Kino) Opens limited July 6 and July 13.

SEPTEMBER DAWN

Cast: Jon Voight, Trent Ford, Tamara

Hope, Terence Stamp

Director: Christopher Cain

A bearded Stamp plays Mormon leader Brigham Young in this dramatization of the 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre, when 120 settlers in the Utah Territory were murdered by a Mormon militia. Don't expect a Salt Lake City red carpet premiere. And sorry about the timing, Mitt. (Black Diamond Pictures) Opens nationwide.

YOU KILL ME

Cast: Ben Kingsley, Téa Leoni, Luke

Wilson, Philip Baker Hall, Bill Pullman

Director: John Dahl

A crime noir comedy from Red Rock West director Dahl about an alcoholic Polish mafia hit man (Kingsley) ordered to dry out in San Francisco, where he finds love and a part-time job as a mortician. (IFC) Opens nationwide.

JUNE 27

GHOSTS OF CITE SOLEIL

Director: Asger Leth

Set in the infamous Haitian slum of Cité Soleil, this documentary tracks the rivalry between two brothers who rule separate factions in the brutal gang that's said to have been the muscle of dictator Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Music by executive producer and native Haitian hero Wyclef Jean. (Think Film) Opens New York June 27, Los Angeles July 6 and additional cities July 13.

LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD

Cast: Bruce Willis, Timothy Olyphant,

Justin Long, Maggie Q.

Director: Len Wiseman

Twelve years and many flops after Die Hard With a Vengeance, Willis competes for box office gold as maverick cop John McClane, who takes on a cyber terrorist (Olyphant) with the help of a computer-geek sidekick who just happens to be played by Mac ad kid Justin Long. (Fox) Opens nationwide.

JUNE 29

DEATH AT A FUNERAL

Cast: Ewen Bremmer, Peter Dinklage, Matthew MacFadyen

Director: Frank Oz

A black comedy about a proper British funeral where the mourning family is slowly coming unhinged, thanks to accidental drug trips, unexpected trysts and the unnerving appearance of the dead patriarch's secret gay lover. Great trailer. (MGM) Opens nationwide.

EVENING

Cast: Claire Danes, Toni Collette, Vanessa Redgrave, Patrick Wilson, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close

Director: Lajos Koltai

Novelist Michael Cunningham (The Hours) wrote the screenplay for this star-packed adaptation of Susan Minot's exquisite 1999 novel, in which a dying woman flashes back to a wedding 40 years earlier at which she fell madly, and tragically, in love. (Focus) Opens nationwide.

GYPSY CARAVAN

Director: Jasmine Dellal

Doc follows five renowned Gypsy bands as they travel four countries on a six-week concert tour. Additional footage finds the musicians in their native Macedonia, Romania, India and Spain, offering a rare glimpse of Roma life. (Shadow Distribution) Opens New York June 15, Los Angeles June 29, with additional cities to follow.

ONE TO ANOTHER

Cast: Lizzie Brocheré, Arthur Dupont

Director: Jean-Marc Barr and Pascal Arnold

In this sexually charged mystery, Lucie (Brocheré) and her bisexual brother — and sometime lover — Pierre (Dupont) are the center of a bohemian group of friends. When Pierre is found brutally murdered, Lucie vows to uncover the killer. (Strand) Opens New York and San Francisco June 29, Los Angeles August 3, with additional cities to follow.

RATATOUILLE

Voice Cast: Patton Oswalt, Brian Dennehy, Brad Garrett, Janeane Garofalo

Director: Brad Bird

Pixar Animation and the director of The Incredibles team up to tell the inspiring tale of Remy the Parisian Rat, who dreams of being a master chef in a world that doesn't always respond enthusiastically to a rodent in the kitchen. Even a cute one. (Buena Vista) Opens nationwide.

SICKO

Director: Michael Moore

After taking on the car industry (Roger & Me), the gun industry (Bowling for Columbine) and the war industry (Fahrenheit 9/11), Michael Moore shifts his obsessive gaze to the American health care system. Hey, insurance companies: No publicity is bad publicity, right? (Weinstein) Opens nationwide.

VITUS

Cast: Bruno Ganz, Fabrizio Borsani, Teo Gheorghiu

Director: Fredi Murer

A 12-year old piano prodigy (real life virtuoso Gheorghiu) crumbles under family pressure in Switzerland's entry for last year's foreign film Oscar. The boy runs away to his grandfather (Wings of Desire angel Ganz), who helps the pianist rediscover both his childhood and his talent. (Sony Pictures Classics) Opens limited.

JULY 4

INTRODUCING THE DWIGHTS

Cast: Brenda Blethyn, Khan Chittenden, Emma Booth, Richard Wilson

Director: Cherie Nowlan

From Australia, a comedy about an overbearing mother and comedienne (Blethyn), her two devoted sons and the new girlfriend who's coming between them all. Beware acid-tongued, jealous mothers. (Warner Independent) Opens limited.

LICENSE TO WED

Cast: Robin Williams, Mandy Moore, John Krasinski

Director: Ken Kwapis

Sadie (Moore) dreams of marrying her fiancé (Krasinski) at her family's church, but it's all booked up for the next two years. Except: There is one open day, and to score it, the couple must survive a marriage-prep course devised by a most unorthodox pastor, played by the ever unorthodox Robin Williams. (Warner Bros.) Opens nationwide.

RESCUE DAWN

Cast: Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, Jeremy Davies

Director: Werner Herzog

This taut and surprisingly straightforward action film from iconoclastic director Herzog (Fitzcarraldo, Grizzly Man) tells the true story of Dieter Dengler (Bale), shot down over Laos in 1964, captured and thrown into a brutal North Vietnamese prison where he finds two Americans (Zahn, Davies) reluctant to join his escape plan. (MGM) Opens New York and Los Angeles July 4, with additional cities to follow.

TRANSFORMERS

Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Tyrese Gibson, Josh Duhamel, Anthony Anderson

Director: Michael Bay

Imagine if those nimble robot action figures gathering dust under your kid's bed decided to bulk up, rise up and take over Earth. With the director of Pearl Harbor and Armageddon at the helm, expect a long, noisy war. (Dreamworks/Paramount) Opens nationwide.

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