This week's new films

Ajami (15) (Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani, 2009, Isr/Ger) Shahir Kabaha, Ibrahim Frege, Eran Naim. 125 mins. If any situation justifies the multi-angled Crash/Amores Perros-style treatment, it's modern-day Israel. Co-written and directed by an Israeli and a Palestinian, mostly using non-professional actors, this is more hip, streetwise and even-handed than we're used to. Set in a mixed neighbourhood of Tel Aviv, the plot skilfully juggles intertwined stories of feuds, families, drugs and violence involving characters from all faiths. Trash Humpers (18) (Harmony Korine, 2009, US/UK) Brian Kotzue, Travis Nicholson, Rachel Korine. 78 mins. Korine preserves his enfant terrible reputation with a scrappy, seedy home video following a group of masked delinquents around. It's a vaudeville of depravity (they literally hump dustbins) that manages to be grimy without being explicit. Wild Grass (12A) (Alain Resnais, 2009, Fra/Ita) André Dussolier, Sabine Azéma. 104 mins. Veteran Resnais crafts a silky, genre-hopping middle-aged romance that's full of wonders and mysteries. The set-up is deceptively simple, but we're gradually led into a maze of fantasies. MacGruber (15) (Jorma Taccone, 2010, US) Will Forte, Kristen Wiig, Val Kilmer. 90 mins. Some hilariously obscene moments lift this 1980s action movie pastiche. Please Give (15) (Nicole Holofcener, 2010, US) Catherine Keener, Oliver Platt, Rebecca Hall. 90 mins. New York values – moral, generational and real-estate – are to the fore in an intelligent, modern, female-led comedy. Killers (12A) (Robert Luketic, 2010, US) Ashton Kutcher, Katherine Heigl, Tom Selleck. 100 mins. Underpowered "Mr and Mrs" action comedy that seems to have run out of ideas at the casting stage. Wild Target (12A) (Jonathan Lynn, 2010, UK) Bill Nighy, Emily Blunt, Rupert Grint. 98 mins. Trifling, rompy crime caper involving art-theft, hitmen and lots of running around. Our Family Wedding (12A) (Rick Famuyiwa, 2010, US) Forest Whitaker, America Ferrara, Carlos Mencia. 103 mins. The marriage of an Afro-American and a Mexican provides the excuse for broad ethnic laughs and goat-related slapstick. Hierro (12A) (Gabe Ibáñez, 2009, Spa) Elena Anaya, Hugo Arbues. 94 mins. Visually impressive missing-child thriller that disappointingly ransacks the cliche cupboard for jumpy scares and plot twists. Journey To Mecca (PG) (Bruce Neibaur, 2009, US/Can) Chems-Eddine Zinoune. 46 mins. Unprecedented footage of Mecca adds interest to an otherwise patchy IMAX dramatisation of the pilgrimage of Moroccan legend Ibn Battuta. Rashômon (12A) (Akira Kurosawa, 1950, Jap) Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô. The daddy of multi-angle narratives, weaving four clashing testimonies of a rape and murder. Raavan (12A) (Mani Ratnam, 2010, Ind) Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai. 136 mins. Bollywood auteur Ratnam crafts a superior tale of a bandit and his hostage. OUT FROM FRIDAY Breathless Godard's New Wave standard celebrates its 50th anniversary (pictured). Get Him To The Greek Russell Brand in untameable rock star mode. Good Hair Chris Rock's Afro-centric hair odyssey. Tetro Vincent Gallo leads Coppola's indie-hued drama. The Collector Saw-style heist horror. Villa Amalia Isabelle Huppert plays a pianist leaving her life behind. Whatever Works Larry David stands in for Woody Allen in this comedy with Patricia Clarkson. When In Rome Kristen Bell finds a whole lotta love in Italy. With Josh Duhamel and Anjelica Huston. COMING SOON In two weeks … Johnny Depp narrates Doors doc When You're Strange … A fairytale franchise ends in Shrek Forever After … In three weeks … The vampire epic comes to a climax in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse … Adrien Brody leads the alien hunt in Predators … In a month … Christopher Nolan's mind-bender Inception … Mélanie Laurent in French feelgood The Concert …