Hot, Bothered and Listed

TODAY

Wild Bill Hollywood Maverick. The portrait of William Wellman includes clips from some of the director’s classics, from “Wings” to “A Star Is Born.” (William Wellman Jr.)

FRIDAY

Flipper. Elijah Wood’s bummer of a summer at the island home of his ex-hippie uncle (Paul Hogan) is salvaged by an orphaned dolphin. (Universal)

Heaven’s Prisoners. Alec Baldwin is an ex-New Orleans cop whose family is threatened by a crime lord. Mary Stuart Masterson, Kelly Lynch, Teri Hatcher and Eric Roberts round out director Phil Joanou’s cast. (New Line)

The Horseman on the Roof. A cholera epidemic in 1832 Provence is the backdrop for a drama of powerful emotions, centered on a tireless officer riding from town to town. Jean-Paul Rappeneau (“Cyrano”) directs. (Miramax)

I Shot Andy Warhol. This portrait of Valerie Solanas (Lili Taylor), the woman who popped the Pop Art icon, features such figures as Candy Darling (Stephen Dorff) and Viva (Tahnee Welch) and a score by the Velvet Underground’s John Cale. (Samuel Goldwyn Co.)

Power 98. Eric Roberts is a shock-jock who takes young Jason Gedrick under his wing, much to the dismay of Jason’s girlfriend Jennie Garth--especially when the murders start piling up. (Curb Entertainment)

MAY 22

Mission: Impossible. If Harrison Ford could do it for “The Fugitive,” why not Tom Cruise for another classic TV series? Director Brian De Palma sends the star into a web of international intrigue. (Paramount)

MAY 23

Cold Fever. “Mystery Train’s” Masatoshi Nagasi stars in this surreal road movie about a Japanese executive’s eventful sojourn in Iceland. Lili Taylor and Fisher Stevens co-star. (Artistic License)

MAY 24

Someone Else’s America. Yugoslav Goran Paskaljevic directs Tom Conti as a Spaniard who comes to America and opens a bar and grill in Brooklyn. (October Films)

Spy Hard. Villain Andy Griffith is unarmed (he lost them in an explosion) but extremely dangerous, as his old nemesis Leslie Nielsen discovers in this high-spying sendup. (Hollywood)

Welcome to the Dollhouse. The torment of an 11-year-old girl (Heather Matarazzo) facing the onset of the teen years yields dark comedy for writer-director Todd Solondz. (Sony Pictures Classics)

MAY 31

The Arrival. Astronomer Charlie Sheen is caught up in a web of secrets and lies after receiving a transmission from deep space. Written by David Twohy (“The Fugitive”), who also directs. (LIVE Entertainment)

A Boy Called Hate. Scott Caan is an alienated teen on the run with the woman (Missy Crider) he’s rescued from a rapist--an assistant D.A. who is determined to put them away. The star’s dad, James Caan, and Elliott Gould also appear. (Dove Entertainment)

Dragonheart. Dennis Quaid and his dragon sidekick (voice by Sean Connery, body by Industrial Light & Magic) battle a tyrannical ruler in the 10th century. (Universal)

Eddie. Whoopi Goldberg plays a rabid fan of a sad-sack NBA team who is appointed coach by the eccentric owner. (Hollywood)

JUNE 6

Butterfly Kiss. A bizarre drifter named Eunice (Amanda Plummer) is the centerpiece of this macabre black comedy about love and murder. (CFP)

JUNE 7

The Phantom. Billy Zane dons the hooded outfit of the comic strip hero. Treat Williams, Kristy Swanson and Patrick McGoohan are along for the adventure ride, directed by Simon Wincer (Paramount)

The Rock. Commando Ed Harris and company capture Alcatraz and hold San Francisco hostage with chemical weapons. Can FBI man Nicolas Cage and crafty con Sean Connery save the day? (Hollywood)

The Visitors. France’s highest-grossing film ever concerns knight Jean Reno (“La Femme Nikita”), who is transported by a witch from the 12th century to the 20th. (Miramax)

JUNE 14

The Cable Guy. Mayhem figures to ensue sometime between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. when renegade cable installer Jim Carrey calls on Matthew Broderick. Ben Stiller directs. (Columbia)

Moll Flanders. Robin Wright follows Kim Novak as Daniel Defoe’s spirited heroine. Morgan Freeman and Stockard Channing also star in the story of survival in 18th century London. (MGM)

Somebody to Love. The relationship between taxi dancer Rosie Perez and has-been TV star Harvey Keitel is complicated by admiring patron Michael DeLorenzo. (October Films).

Stealing Beauty. Bernardo Bertolucci directs Liv Tyler as a 19-year-old American who encounters an assortment of characters (including Jeremy Irons, Joseph Fiennes and Sinead Cusack) during a revealing sojourn in Italy. (Fox Searchlight)

Switchblade Sisters. A re-release of Jack Hill’s 1975 cult item about some tough chicks--including Lenny Bruce’s daughter Kitty. (Miramax)

JUNE 20

Who Killed Teddy Bear? Reissue of the 1965 exploitation thriller about a psychotic busboy (Sal Mineo) and his prey (Juliet Prowse). (Strand)

JUNE 21

Eraser. Arnold Schwarzenegger is an elite federal marshal protecting Vanessa Williams so she can testify against some powerful foes. James Caan and James Coburn are in on the taut action, as directed by Charles Russell (“The Mask”). (Warner Bros.)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Victor Hugo’s much-filmed novel gets the Disney animation treatment, with Tom Hulce and Demi Moore giving voice to Quasimodo and Esmeralda, and Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz giving them songs. (Walt Disney)

Lone Star. John Sayles wrote and directed this story of a young sheriff (Chris Cooper) in a Texas border town whose investigation of an unearthed skeleton leads to trouble with his dad’s old nemesis, Kris Kristofferson. (Castle Rock/Sony Pictures Classics)

Mouth to Mouth. Spanish director Manuel Gomez Pereira has a go at the “Girl 6” concept, as a struggling actor gets sidetracked by a phone sex job. (Miramax)

JUNE 28

Magic Hunter. The second film from Ildiko Enyedi (“My 20th Century”) blends modern-day Budapest with medieval Hungary in a story based on the folk tale about a hunter’s seven magic bullets. Gary Kemp, Sadie Frost and Alexander Kaidanovsky star. (Shadow Distribution)

The Nutty Professor. Eddie Murphy tries on Jerry Lewis’ mortarboard, cooking up a potion that transforms him into the suave Buddy Love. Some “Ace Ventura” veterans (including director Tom Shadyac) are enlisted to return Eddie to laugh land. (Universal)

Purple Noon (Plein Soleil). A reissue of French director Rene Clement’s 1960 film starring Alain Delon as an ingratiating ne’er-do-well who’s engaged to return an errant young man to his parents in Paris. (Miramax)

Striptease. Demi Moore needs to appeal the decision that’s placed her daughter in the custody of her dangerous ex. She decides to fund the proceedings by hiring on at a Miami strip club. Based on the Carl Hiaasen comic novel and directed by Andrew Bergman. (Columbia)

JUNE UNSPECIFIED

Heavy. Introverted pizza chef Pruitt Taylor Vince is transformed by new waitress Liv Tyler. Shelley Winters plays his mom, and the rock culture is represented by Deborah Harry and Evan Dando. (CFP)

JULY 3

The Grass Harp. Stirling Silliphant and Kirk Ellis adapted Truman Capote’s novel about a young boy learning about life from such colorful characters as sisters Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie. Charles Matthau directs dad Walter, Jack Lemmon, Nell Carter and others. (Fine Line)

Harriet the Spy. Michelle Trachtenberg, star of Nickelodeon’s “Adventures of Pete & Pete,” plays the lead in this adaptation of Louise Fitzhugh’s novel about an inquisitive teenager. (Paramount)

Independence Day. Will Smith, Bill Pullman and Jeff Goldblum head the cast in the “Stargate” team’s drama about a mysterious force that threatens the Earth. (Fox)

Phenomenon. John Travolta is transformed into a genius on his 37th birthday, becoming an inspiration to some, prey to others and a pariah to his townsfolk. With Kyra Sedgwick, Robert Duvall and Forest Whitaker. (Touchstone)

Viva L’Amour. Malaysia-born, Taiwan-based Tsai Ming-Liang directed this study of three people and their approach to love in contemporary Taipei. (Strand)

JULY 4

Special Effects. A 38-minute Imax view of the techniques behind cinematic marvels from “King Kong” to “Star Wars.” (Imax)

JULY 12

Courage Under Fire. Military officer Denzel Washington, investigated for his involvement in a Gulf War friendly fire incident, seeks redemption in his own exploration of the death of a pilot (Meg Ryan). (Fox 2000)

Kingpin. Woody Harrelson and Randy Quaid couldn’t be a more mismatched duo as they leave for Las Vegas--a former bowling champ reduced to petty hustling and an Amish innocent he envisions as his protege. With Bill Murray and Vanessa Angel. (MGM)

Maybe . . . Maybe Not. Germany’s biggest domestic hit of ’94 (“Der Bewegte Mann” in German) was based on two gay comic books, examining the romantic escapades of four people. (LIVE Entertainment)

Multiplicity. Send in the clones. That’s Michael Keaton’s solution to the pressures besetting him, but in Harold Ramis’ comedy it leads to complications for him and wife Andie MacDowell. (Columbia)

JULY 17

Kazaam. Shaquille O’Neal plays a genie released from a boom box, eager to help young Francis Capra, who has problems with family and bullies. (Touchstone)

JULY 19

The Big Squeeze. Barmaid Lara Flynn Boyle toils to help her ex-ballplayer husband find a cure for his disabling injury. A surprising discovery spurs her to launch a complex scheme. (First Look)

The Frighteners. Michael J. Fox is a ghostbuster whose profitable scam is threatened when a sinister supernatural force arrives in a small town. (Universal)

Larger Than Life. Bill Murray, Janeane Garofalo, Linda Fiorentino and others are dwarfed by the central character--a circus elephant bequeathed to Murray by his father. Cross-country adventures and a bond with departed dad are in the cards. (United Artists)

Trainspotting. Ewan McGregor (“Shallow Grave”) anchors a group of unsavory friends speeding toward self-destruction in the underbelly of Edinburgh, Scotland. (Miramax)

JULY 26

The Adventures of Pinocchio. Jim Henson’s Creature Shop and computer imagery help spin the magic in a live-action adaptation of the family classic, with Martin Landau as Gepetto and Jonathan Taylor Thomas as his creation. (New Line)

Celestial Clockwork. An international cast is headed by Ariadna Gil (“La Belle Epoque”) as a Venezuelan in Paris pursuing her dream of becoming an opera singer through a forest of wacky characters and subplots. (Miralta Films)

The Fan. Robert De Niro is the title character, and the object of his obsession is baseball star Wesley Snipes. Tony Scott (“Crimson Tide”) directs. (TriStar)

Foxfire. Annette Haywood-Carter’s directorial debut follows four teenage girls as they struggle for independence. Based on Joyce Carol Oates’ novel. (Samuel Goldwyn Co.)

House Arrest. Battling parents are locked in the basement by their kids for some enforced therapy. Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Pollak, Jennifer Tilly, Ray Walston and Wallace Shawn head the cast. (MGM)

Joe’s Apartment. Joe (Jerry O’Connell), fresh off the bus from Iowa, gets a primer in New York life from his roommates--50,000 singing, dancing roaches. Based on the MTV live-action and animated short by John Payson, who makes his writing-directing debut. (Warner Bros.)

Manny & Lo. Two sisters run away from their foster homes, hit the road and kidnap shop clerk Mary Kay Place. (Sony Pictures Classics)

Phat Beach. “House Party” meets “Beach Party” in this hip-hop comedy featuring Jermaine “Huggie” Hopkins, Brian Hooks and a guest appearance by Coolio. (LIVE Entertainment)

Stonewall. A semi-fictional tale following the lives of some New Yorkers in the weeks leading up to the 1969 Greenwich Village riots that spawned the modern gay rights movement. (Strand)

A Time to Kill. Director Joel Schumacher turns from “The Client” to John Grisham’s first novel, about the team of Sandra Bullock and Matthew McConnaughey defending Samuel L. Jackson in an emotional murder trial in a Southern town. (Warner Bros.)

JULY UNSPECIFIED

The Low Life. Some real Hollywood street life seeps into this low-budget account of post-college depression among three Ivy League buddies near the bottom of the L.A. food chain. Director George Hickenlooper won an Emmy for co-directing the “Apocalypse Now” documentary “Hearts of Darkness.” (CFP)

Plump Fiction. The Tarantino oeuvre is just one of the cinematic sacred cows gored in a spoof that features Julie Brown, Sandra Bernhard and Tommy Davidson. (Rhino)

Rendezvous in Paris. Writer-director Eric Rohmer’s sophisticated look at romance is played out in three vignettes set in the cafes, parks and museums of Paris. (Artificial Eye)

A Very Brady Sequel. Here’s a story, about Carol Brady, whose first husband suddenly reappears. That’s a recipe for chaos in this follow-up to “The Brady Bunch Movie,” with Shelley Long returning as the matriarch. (Paramount)

AUG. 2

Chain Reaction. Morgan Freeman and Keanu Reeves star in a thriller about a new technology, government frame-ups and a hot pursuit involving a lab technician and a beautiful scientist. Directed by Andrew Davis (“The Fugitive”). (Fox)

The Crow: City of Angels. Vincent Perez assumes the big bird’s powers, returning from the dead and setting out to destroy the bad guys (including rocker Iggy Pop) who populate a surreal city of evil. (Dimension)

Emma. Director Douglas McGrath adapted the Jane Austen novel, and Gwyneth Paltrow takes the title role of the romantic meddler. (Miramax)

Matilda. Danny DeVito directs and stars with his wife, Rhea Perlman, in an adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic book about a child trapped in a world of horrid adults--until she discovers some extraordinary powers. (TriStar)

Nothing Personal. Two childhood friends confront their divided loyalties in the political passions and turmoil of Northern Ireland. (Trimark)

AUG. 7

Jack. Francis Ford Coppola directs Robin Williams as a 10-year-old boy with a genetic disorder that accelerates the aging process. He prepares to end his long isolation and enter the big world. (Hollywood)

She’s the One. Edward Burns (“The Brothers McMullen”) moves up in budget class for this story of two brothers trying to sort out their conflicts about the women in their lives. (Fox Searchlight)

AUG. 9

Basquiat. Artist Julian Schnabel wrote and directed this bio of painter Jean Michel Basquiat (Jeffrey Wright), who died at age 27. David Bowie (as Andy Warhol) stars with Dennis Hopper, Gary Oldman, Parker Posey and Courtney Love. (Miramax)

Bound. A female ex-con and the mistress of a mobster plot to swindle the Mafia out of $2 million. Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon star for debut directors Larry and Andy Wachowski. (Gramercy)

The Confessional. Canadian stage director Robert Lepage makes his cinematic debut with a film inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s “I Confess.” Lothaire Bluteau and Kristin Scott Thomas star. (Artificial Eye)

Fled. Prison escapees Laurence Fishburne and Stephen Baldwin are caught between the law and the Cuban mob as they race against time for cash and an incriminating computer disk. (MGM)

High School High. The inspirational story of an idealistic young teacher (Jon Lovitz) at Marion Barry High--a school so tough it has its own cemetery. Don’t look now, but there are “Naked Gun” genes in the production team. (TriStar)

Tin Cup. Bull Durham hits the links, as writer-director Ron Shelton reunites with Kevin Costner in the story of a lowlife golf hustler inspired by love (Rene Russo) to qualify for the U.S. Open. (Warner Bros.)

AUG. 14

Alaska. Two kids and a polar bear cub face tough terrain and bad guy Charlton Heston as they try to rescue their dad from his downed plane. The star’s son, Fraser C. Heston, directs. (Columbia)

AUG. 16

Carpool. Ad man under pressure David Paymer and con man on the lam Tom Arnold get tangled in a hostage-based relationship. Can an unlikely friendship be far behind? Arthur Hiller directs. (Warner Bros.)

Hard Eight. The underbelly of Reno is the setting for this story of a professional gambler (Philip Baker Hall), his protege (John C. Reilly), a hooker (Gwyneth Paltrow) and a crook (Samuel L. Jackson). (Samuel Goldwyn Co.)

Kansas City. Gangsters, politicians and jazz musicians populate Robert Altman’s 31st film, set in his hometown in 1934. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson and Harry Belafonte head the cast. (Fine Line)

Tales From the Crypt Presents Bordello of Blood. The customers here have to dig really deep to come up with payment for services. Dennis Miller and Erika Eleniak are out to bust the demonic plot behind the establishment. (Universal)

Walking and Talking. Childhood friends Anne Heche and Catherine Keener adjust their relationship as they approach age 30 facing romantic uncertainties. (Miramax)

AUG. 23

Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe. The first feature film to be shot in Papua, New Guinea, finds Pierce Brosnan as the shipwrecked seaman and William Takaku as Friday in director George Miller’s version of the classic novel. (Miramax)

Infinity. Matthew Broderick directs and stars in the true story of renowned physicist Richard Feynman, who faces conflicts of loyalty, morality and the heart as he falls in love while America enters World War II. (First Look)

Island of Dr. Moreau. Val Kilmer, Marlon Brando and David Thewlis star for director John Frankenheimer in this version of the H.G. Wells story. “Jurassic Park’s” Stan Winston creates the “manimals.” (New Line)

Solo. Mario Van Peebles is an efficient and easily repaired (he’s made of plastic, after all) warrior able to execute the government’s most dangerous missions. But what happens when he learns what it means to be human? (Triumph)

The Spitfire Grill. That’s where ex-convict Alison Elliott finds a transforming friendship after she arrives in a small Maine community to get a fresh start. Winner of the Audience Award at the ’96 Sundance Festival. (Columbia)

AUG. 30

First Kid. Or “White House Guest”? Sinbad is a Secret Service agent who can’t cut it as a presidential protector but gets the gig of guarding the president’s rambunctious teenage son (Brock Pierce). (Hollywood/Caravan)

The Stupids. Tom Arnold heads the cast in a whimsical family comedy based on the popular children’s books. (New Line)

Supercop. Stuntmeister Jackie Chan is at it again, this time in a plot involving a by-the-book female partner and a criminal gang. And helicopters, trains, motorcycles. . . . (Dimension)

AUGUST UNSPECIFIED

Brother of Sleep. Set in the remote Bavarian Alps, this Golden Globe best foreign film nominee examines the life of tormented musical genius Johannes Elias Alder. (Sony Pictures Classics)

Bye-Bye. Old world meets new in the story of a Tunisian family in the turmoil of Marseilles, directed by Karim Dridi. (Turbulent Arts).

Crimetime. An actor hits the big time playing a serial killer in a crime reenactment show, while the real killer becomes seduced by the glamorization of his crimes. Stephen Baldwin and Pete Postlethwaite star. (Trimark)

Cyclo. The title refers to a pedal taxi, a vehicle whose theft triggers a spiral of crime and lost innocence for a young man in Ho Chi Minh City. Directed by Oscar nominee Tran Anh Hung (“The Scent of Green Papaya”) (CFP)

Flirt. The same scenario--a person is given 90 minutes to decide the future of a relationship--is enacted with variations in New York, Berlin and Tokyo. The common feature: a smoking gun. (CFP)

Girls Town. In this coming-of-age story, four high school seniors’ world is shattered by an event that triggers soul-searching about friendship, victimization and solidarity. (October Films)

John Carpenter’s Escape From L.A. No, it’s not about the director and co-writer’s relocation to a more film-friendly town. It’s a sequel to “Escape From New York,” with Kurt Russell roaming a post-quake wasteland. (Paramount)

Last of the High Kings. Director David Keating collaborated with Gabriel Byrne on this adaptation of Fredia MacAnna’s novel about the coming of age of a 17-year-old boy (Jared Leto) in 1977 Dublin. (Miramax)

The Relic. Oscar winner Stan Winston (“Jurassic Park,” “Aliens”) created the critter who tears it up in a natural history museum. Beautiful scientist Penelope Ann Miller and cop Tom Sizemore try to bring it to bay. (Paramount)

The Trigger Effect. When all electric power and broadcast signals are cut off, Kyle MacLachlan, Elisabeth Shue and Dermot Mulroney must cope with an unraveling community. Written and directed by David Koepp, who co-wrote “Jurassic Park” and wrote “Mission: Impossible.” (Gramercy)

Underworld. Denis Leary stars as a paroled mob figure who hatches an eccentric scheme of revenge for his slain father. Joe Mantegna and Annabella Sciorra co-star. (Trimark)