Summer in the City: June movie releases: Here's a guide on what's in movie theatres this month, from NYT

NYT "Movies Update" (May5.2k1)

Summertime, and there's lots of new movies

NYT's List

WOMEN ART REVOLUTION  The “formerly secret history” of how feminism transformed the art world revealed in a documentary by Lynn Hershman Leeson.

June 3

BEAUTIFUL BOY Michael Sheenand Maria Bello as a couple whose marriage is sorely tested when their son goes on a killing spree at his university. Directed by Shawn Ku .

BEGINNERS Facing the frightening prospect of disease and a new relationship, Ewan McGregor comforts himself with memories of his father (Christopher Plummer), who came out of the closet and into a fulfilling new life after 44 years of marriage. Mike Mills wrote and directed.

EMPIRE OF SILVER Amid the chaos of early 20th century China, a young man (Aaron Kwok) tries to make his way in his family’s banking business. With Jennifer Tilly; Christina Yao wrote and directed.

FILM SOCIALISME The central metaphor of Jean-Luc Godard’s visually ravishing, thematically dense new film is a Chinese cruise ship servicing the Mediterranean.

THE LAST MOUNTAIN The campaign against a controversial coal mining practice known as “mountaintop removal” portrayed in a documentary by Bill Haney (“The Price of Sugar”).

LOVE, WEDDING, MARRIAGE Mandy Moore as a marriage counselor crushed to discover her parents are getting a divorce. The actor Dermot Mulroney directed, his first feature. With Kellan Lutz,James Brolin and Jane Seymour.

REJOICE AND SHOUT A documentary history of African-American gospel music, directed by Don McGlynn.

SUBMARINE Richard Ayoade (Moss on the British sitcom “The IT Crowd”) wrote and directed this British coming of age story, about a 15-year-old (Craig Roberts) who isn’t happy to see his mother (Sally Hawkins) welcoming a former lover (Paddy Considine) back into her life.

X-MEN FIRST CLASS Matthew Vaughn, the director of the cult favorite “Kick-Ass,” refreshes the aging X-Men franchise with an origin tale for Professor X (played as a young man by James McAvoy) and Magneto (Michael Fassbender). Once they were young mutant buddies together, but stuff happens. With Jennifer Lawrence, Rose Byrne, January Jones, Kevin Bacon, Oliver Platt and Zoë Kravitz.

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June 8

ONE LUCKY ELEPHANT Lisa Leeman’s documentary follows Flora, an African elephant, and her owner, David Balding, as they prepare for her retirement from the circus life.

June 10

AGRARIAN UTOPIA The harsh economic realities behind the seemingly idyllic life of rice farmers in Thailand, exposed in a mix of documentary and fiction directed by Uruphong Raksasad.

BRIDE FLIGHT Three Dutchwomen immigrate to New Zealand in 1953 in search of romance and a new beginning. Ben Sombogaart directed; with Karina Smulders, Anna Drijver and Elise Schaap.

JUDY MOODY AND THE NOT BUMMER SUMMER A third grader (Jordana Beatty) plans the most exciting summer of her young life in John Schultz’s adaptation of a children’s book by Megan McDonald. With Heather Graham and Preston Bailey.

MR. NICE A naïve young Welshman (Rhys Ifans) becomes Britain’s biggest drug dealer in a comedy written and directed by Bernard Rose(“Candyman”). With Chloë Sevigny, David Thewlis and Crispin Glover.

SUPER 8 An aspiring young filmmaker accidently captures evidence of an alien invasion in a special effects thriller written and directed byJ. J. Abrams and co-produced by Steven Spielberg. With Gabriel Basso, Kyle Chandler, Joel Courtney, Ron Eldard, Noah Emmerich and Elle Fanning.

THE TRIP Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon tour the countryside of Northern England, reviewing restaurants and bickering all the way, in a feature-length adaptation of a six-part BBC miniseries. Michael Winterbottom directed.

TROLLHUNTER Learning that a government conspiracy has kept the truth about trolls from the Norwegian public, a group of film students sets out to uncover the facts. André Ovredal directed.

VIVA RIVA! A first feature, directed by Djo Tunda Wa Munga, from Congo; it’s set in the chaos of Kinshasa, where a small-time gangster (Patsha Bay Mukana) returns to his hometown with a fortune made in black market gasoline and an eye for a crime lord’s beautiful mistress (Manie Malone).

June 13

THE LIPS (LOS LABIOS) The lives of three social workers in rural Argentina, dramatized in a film by Iván Fund and Santiago Loza.

June 15

KIDNAPPED Filmed in a series of long takes, Miguel Ángel Vivas’s film tells the agonizing story of a home invasion in a suburb of Madrid.

June 17

THE ART OF GETTING BY A lonely high school senior (Freddie Highmore) is befriended by a popular girl (Emma Roberts) as he struggles to finish a year’s worth of homework in order to graduate. Gavin Wiesen wrote and directed; with Michael Angarano and Alicia Silverstone.

BUCK A documentary on the horse trainer and animal rights activist Buck Brannaman. Cindy Meehl directed.

THE COLORS OF THE PRISM, THE MECHANICS OF TIME A survey of American experimental music directed by Jacqueline Caux and featuring La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Philip Glass, Meredith Monk, Steve Reich, Pauline Oliveros and Gavin Bryars.

GREEN LANTERN A nice Midwestern boy (Ryan Reynolds) becomes an intergalactic warrior in a 3-D digital extravaganza adapted from the comic book and directed by Martin Campbell(“Casino Royale”). With Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Angela Bassettand Tim Robbins.

MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS A hardhearted businessman (Jim Carrey) rediscovers the joys of living when he inherits six penguins. Mark Waters (“Mean Girls”) directed; with Carla Gugino and Angela Lansbury.

PAGE ONE: INSIDE THE NEW YORK TIMES A close-up look at the workings of the media desk at The New York Times, featuring the reporters Brian Stelter, Tim Arango and David Carr, and their editor Bruce Headlam. Andrew Rossi directed.

June 22

PASSIONE John Turturro’s “musical adventure” is a tribute to the traditional songs and resilient people of Naples.

June 24

BAD TEACHER It’s no more Ms. Nice Girl for Cameron Diaz, who breaks with her image to play a foulmouthed, man-hungry high school teacher in a comedy directed by Jake Kasdan. With Justin Timberlake and Jason Segel.

A BETTER LIFE Demián Bichir as an undocumented immigrant from Latin America who tries to keep his teenage son away from the gangs of East Los Angeles while organizing his own gardening business. With José Julián, Dolores Heredia and Joaquín Cosío; Chris Weitz directed.

CARS 2 John Lasseter and Brad Lewis co-directed this 3-D sequel to the Pixar computer-animated feature of 2006, about a bunch of anthropomorphized automobiles; this time, the sports car Lightning McQueen (with the voice of Owen Wilson) and his tow-truck, blue-collar buddy Mater (Larry the Cable Guy) travel to Europe and Japan to race and fight spies. The voice cast now includes Michael Caine,Jason Isaacs, Emily Mortimer, Bruce Campbell, John Turturro, Eddie Izzard, Franco Nero and Tony Shalhoub.

CONAN O’BRIEN CAN’T STOP The very tall comedian embarks on a two-month tour of the United States after being relieved of his duties as the host of “The Tonight Show” in a documentary directed by Rodman Flender.

THE NAMES OF LOVE From France, the tale of a free-spirited young woman (Sara Forestier) who converts conservatives to liberalism by sleeping with them, until she hits a roadblock with a recalcitrant scientist (Jacques Gamblin). Michel Leclerc directed.

RAW FAITH William Peter Wiedensmith’s documentary is centered on Marilyn Sewell, a minister who leaves her church in search of personal emotional fulfillment.

THE TREE In rural Australia, an 8-year-old girl (Morgana Davies) comes to believe that the spirit of her dead father inhabits a giant fig tree near her house. With Charlotte Gainsbourg; Julie Bertucelli (“Since Otar Left”) directed.