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Film Shorts // May 12-18, 2021 OPENING   Army of the Dead (R) The latest film by Zack Snyder is about a group of mercenaries who decide to rob a Las Vegas casino after the city is overrun by zombies. Starring Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Garret Dillahunt, Nora Arnezeder, Ana de la Reguera, Hiroyuki Sanada, Omari Hardwick, Raúl Castillo, and Tig Notaro. (Opens Friday) The Djinn (R) This horror film stars Ezra Dewey as a mute boy trapped in an apartment with a sinister spirit after he makes a wish. Also with Rob Brownstein, Tevy Poe, John Erickson, and Donald Pitts. (Opens Friday in Dallas)

Theatres and VOD As beginnings go, few movies open more provocatively than The Killing of Two Lovers. A man stands over his bed, now occupied by his wife and another guy, both fast asleep. He’s holding a gun, and pointing it at the unsuspecting couple. He doesn’t pull the trigger, but the possibility hangs in the air. It’s a hard scene to live up to, but The Killing of Two Lovers does it by plunging into the psyche of a simple man and his frustrated wife. Separated by mutual agreement, David (Clayne Crawford, Rectify) is trying to keep his side of the bargain. But seeing his wife Nik...

Stars: Clayne Crawford, Sepideh Moafi, Chris Coy Writer/Director: Robert Machoian Cinema doesn’t get much more intimate than The Killing of Two Lovers, a film that draws us into the lives of a young Utah couple living apart while they struggle to recalibrate their relationship and parent their four children. You could be forgiven for mistaking writer/director/editor Robert Machoian’s movie for a documentary. Alternating between excruciatingly tight close-ups and wide shots that render human figures little more than features of the landscape, he follows the bearded, overall-clad David (Cl...

The opening scene trembles with audacious literalness. Framed in an uncomfortable closeup, a distraught man on the verge of tears is transfixed by something just offscreen. Cut to a medium shot revealing him grimly pointing a pistol at the objects of his troubled gaze, two sleeping figures – a man and woman – sprawled on a bed in early morning, both unaware of his presence in the room. Are we about to witness the titular murder just minutes into the movie, without any backstory to explain the explosive violence that might occur in this unsettling introduction? It’s a ballsy way to begin...

Print The California Times is committed to reviewing theatrical film releases during the COVID-19 pandemic. Because moviegoing carries risks during this time, we remind readers to follow health and safety guidelines as outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local health officials. The title of “The Killing of Two Lovers” sounds at first like a spoiler, if it’s possible to spoil something that happens, or almost happens, in the very first scene. The lovers, Niki (Sepideh Moafi) and Derek (Chris Coy), are asleep in bed on a cold morning. Their putative killer, Niki...