Feel the Burn

Sarkozy-era socioeconomic tensions form the backdrop for romantic entanglement and disintegration in A Burning Hot Summer, Philippe Garrel’s laconic portrait of two couples striving to stay together. Painter Frédéric (Louis Garrel) and his actress wife Angèle (Monica Bellucci) invite struggling actor Paul (Jérôme Robart) and his girlfriend Elisabeth (Céline Sallette)…

Now playing: Bhutto, Never Say Never, and Phil Ochs: There but for Fortune

Bhutto111 minutes. Not rated. 7 p.m. Friday, February 18 through February 20, at Bill Cosford Cinema, 1111 Memorial Dr., Coral Gables; 305-284-4861; cosfordcinema.com. Tickets cost $9 general admission, $7 for seniors, students, and UM alumni and employees, and are free for UM students.Duane Baughman’s nonfiction film pays reverential tribute to…

Liam Neeson, aging brutishly, can’t save Unknown

To age brutishly is Liam Neeson’s apparent career goal — with Taken, Clash of the Titans, The A-Team, and now Unknown, the actor continues to follow the Nicolas Cage path from respected thespian to big-budget ass-kicker. In this tepid thriller from Jaume Collet-Serra (Orphan), Neeson is Dr. Martin Harris, who,…