Movie openings
"Baran": From Iran, a tale of a lazy young man who suddenly is forced to work; he discovers a new co-worker is a girl. In Farsi and Dari with English subtitles. Opens tomorrow at The Art House at Restaurant Row. (PG).
"The business of fancydancing": A successful Native American poet returns from the big city to the reservation to attend the funeral of a childhood friend who has committed suicide. Opens tomorrow at The Art House at Restaurant Row. (Not rated).
"Feardotcom": Stephen Dorff and Natascha McElhone star, as a cop and a public health inspector, and Stephen Rea plays the host and torturer on a Web site with a deadly punishment for those who surf it. Opens tomorrow at Dole Cannery 18 Theatres, Ward 16-Plex, Kahala 8-Plex, Pearl Highlands 12, Pearlridge West 16-Plex, Kapolei 16-Plex, Mililani 14-Plex, Ko'olau 10-Plex, Enchanted Lake Cinemas, Windward Stadium 10, Prince Kuhio Stadium Cinemas (Big Island), Makalapua Cinemas (Big Island), Keauhou 7-Plex (Big Island), Maui Mall Megaplex Cinemas (Maui), Front Street Theatres (Maui), Coconut Marketplace Cinemas (Kaua'i). (R).
"The Good Girl": Jennifer Aniston plays Justine, a desperately bored retail clerk whose husband (John C. Reilly) paints houses, smokes pot and stares at the TV with his best buddy (Tim Blake Nelson). She becomes involved with a new check-out kid (Jake Gyllenhaal). Opens tomorrow at Dole Cannery 18 Theatres, Ward 16-Plex, Kahala 8-Plex. (R).
"Les Destinees Sentimentales": A long, attentive epic about the span of a life and the seasons of a love. Charles Berling stars as the son of a French china-manufacturing dynasty. In French with English subtitles. Opens tomorrow at The Art House at Restaurant Row. (Not rated).
"PossesSion": A visiting American (Aaron Eckhart) finds a letter suggesting that Queen Victoria's poet laureate had a secret affair with a 19th-century feminist and lesbian. He takes the letter to a British expert (Gwyneth Paltrow), and together they track down clues. Opens tomorrow at Dole Cannery 18 Theatres, Ward 16-Plex, Kahala 8-Plex. (PG-13).
"Sunshine State": John Sayles sets his story on Plantation Island, Fla., where established ways of life are threatened by outside developers who are welcomed by some of the residents. Opens tomorrow at Varsity Twin. (PG-13).
"Swimming": A coming-of-age tale set in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Young Frankie is a waitress in her family's restaurant; she has an extrovert best friend, a new gorgeous waitress colleague and a blossoming love with a hippie-esque young man. Opens tomorrow at The Art House at Restaurant Row. (Not rated).