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My Architect Documentary about famed architect Louis I. Kahn, who designed the Salk Institute in La Jolla, Calif., the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, and Bangladesh’s capital building in Dacca before his mysterious death in 1974. Directed by son Nathaniel Kahn. Flat. 116 min. Nov. 11 in New York. New Yorker.     The Triplets of Belleville French-language animated adventure about the search for Champion, an orphaned cyclist who is kidnapped by the French mafia while competing in the Tour de France. Written and directed by comic book artist Sylvain Chomet. Featuring the voices of Michele Caucheteux, Jean-Claude Donda, Michel Robin and Monica Viegas. Also known as “Belleville Rendez-vous.” 80 min. PG-13: Images involving sensuality; violence; crude humor. Nov. 21. Sony Picture Classics.     21 Grams Drama about three strangers – an ex-convict, a terminally ill math professor, and a single mother with a history of drug addiction – whose lives intertwine following a tragic car accident. From the “Amores Perros” team of director Alejandro González Iñárritu (“11’09’’01 – September 11”) and screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga. With Naomi Watts (“Le Divorce”), Benicio Del Toro (“The Hunted”), Sean Penn (“The Weight of Water,” “Mystic River”), Charlotte Gainsbourg (“My Wife is an Actress”), Danny Huston (“Hotel”), Clea DuVall (“Identity”) and Marc Musso (“Secondhand Lions”). Flat. R: Language; sexuality; some violence; drug use. Nov. 14 in New York and Los Angeles; wider Nov. 21; wider Dec. 26. Focus. Timeline Science fiction thriller about 21st-century historians who, thanks to a damaged experimental time machine, risk becoming permanently trapped in 14th-century France. Based on the 1999 novel by Michael Crichton (“The Lost World,” “Sphere,” “The 13th Warrior”). Directed by Richard Donner (“Conspiracy Theory,” “Lethal Weapon 4”) from a screenplay by George Nolfi and Frank Cappello (“Suburban Commando,” “No Way Back”). With Paul Walker (“2 Fast 2 Furious”), Frances O’Connor (“Windtalkers”), Gerard Butler (“Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life”), Neal McDonough (“Minority Report”), Ethan Embry (“Wes Craven Presents: They”), Billy Connolly (“White Oleander”), Matt Craven (“The Life of David Gale”), Anna Friel (“Me Without You”), David Thewlis (“Gangster No. 1”), Marton Csokas (“Garage Days”) and Michael Sheen (“The Four Feathers,” “Underworld”). Nov. 26. PG-13: Intense battle sequences; brief language. Paramount.   Tupac Resurrection Documentary about the life of rap star Tupac Shakur, who died in a 1996 Las Vegas shooting. Featuring rare video footage of one of Shakur’s final concerts, unreleased songs, private photographs and excerpts from his poetry and journals. Directed by Lauren Lazin. 90 min. R: Strong language; images of drugs; violence; sex. Nov. 14. Paramount.     What Alice Found Drama about a young woman who, after fleeing her small New England hometown to pursue a career in Florida, finds herself lured into the world of truck-stop prostitution by a middle-aged couple. Written and directed by Dean Bell. With Emily Grace, Judith Ivey (“Mystery, Alaska”), Bill Raymond (“Autumn in New York”), Michael Maronna (“40 Days and 40 Nights”), Jane Lincoln Taylor and Justin Parkinson. Flat. 96 min. Nov. 14 limited. Castle Hill.   Radio Drama, set in a small South Carolina town, about the friendship forged between a white football coach and a developmentally challenged black man. Directed by Mike Tollin (“Summer Catch”) from a screenplay by Mike Rich (“The Rookie”). With Cuba Gooding Jr. (“Boat Trip,” “The Fighting Temptations”), Ed Harris (“Masked & Anonymous,” “The Human Stain”), Debra Winger (“Big Bad Love”), Chris Mulkey (“Sugar Town”), Riley Smith (“Eight Legged Freaks”) and Sarah Drew. Flat. PG: Mild language; thematic elements. Oct. 24. Sony.     Suspended Animation Thriller about a Hollywood animator who, after getting separated from his friends during a snowmobile trip in Northern Michigan, wanders into a desolate cabin inhabited by cannibalistic sisters. Directed by John Hancock (“Weeds,” “Prancer”) from a screenplay by Dorothy Tristan (“Weeds”). With Alex McArthur (“Kiss the Girls”), Laura Esterman (“Addams Family Values”), Sage Allen (“Armageddon”), Rebecca Harrell (“Prancer”) and Fred Meyers. Flat. 117 min. Oct. 31 in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. First Run. c