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Haven Ensemble drama about, among other things, a shady American businessman who flees with his teen daughter to the Cayman Islands when he gets word that federal agents are about to arrest him. Written and directed by Frank E. Flowers. With Orlando Bloom (“Elizabethtown”), Bill Paxton (“Thunderbirds”), Agnes Bruckner (“Venom”), Razaaq Adoti (“Black Hawk Down”), Bobby Cannavale (“Happy Endings”), Zoe Saldana (“Dirty Deeds”), Stephen Dillane (“The Greatest Game Ever Played,” “Goal! The Dream Begins”) and Joy Bryant (“Get Rich or Die Tryin’”). 115 min. R: Language; drug use; sexual content; some violence. April 28 limited. Freestyle.     Look Both Ways Australian ensemble drama about three friends – an artist, a photographer and a journalist – struggling with their issues and personal relationships over the course of a long weekend. Written and directed by Sarah Watt. With Justine Clark (“Danny Deckchair”), William McInnes, Lisa Flanagan, Anthony Hayes (“Ned Kelly”), Andrew S. Gilbert (“Ned Kelly”) and Maggie Dence (“Peter Pan”). April 7 in New York. Kino. Preaching To The Choir Comedy-drama about a hip-hop star who returns home to his preacher brother’s church in Harlem so they can work on their strained relationship. Charles Randolph-Wright makes his feature directorial debut from a screenplay by Peter E. Lengyel and Kevin Heffernan (“Super Troopers,” “Club Dread”). With Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (“Get Rich or Die Tryin’”), Billoah Greene (“Head of State”), Tichina Arnold (“Big Momma’s House”), Novella Nelson (“Dear Wendy”) and Jonathan Lopez. Also known as “On the One.” PG-13: Language; sex; drug references. April 14 limited. Freestlyle.   Stick It Comedy about a rebellious teen who joins a gymnastics team and lures her teammates from their rule-abiding ways. Screenwriter Jessica Bendinger (“Bring It On,” “The Truth About Charlie,” “First Daughter”) makes her feature directorial debut from her own script. With Missy Peregrym (“Catwoman”), Jeff Bridges (“The Door in the Floor”), Vanessa Lengies (“The Perfect Man”), John Patrick Amedori (“The Butterfly Effect”), Jon Gries (“Napoleon Dynamite”), Kellan Lutz (TV’s “The Comeback”) and Gia Carides (“My Big Fat Greek Wedding”). Flat. PG-13: Some crude remarks. April 21. Buena Vista.   The Whore’s Son German-language drama about a teen boy in Vienna who comes to learn that his mother does not make her living as a waitress. Written and directed by Michael Sturminger. With Chulpan Khamatova (“Goodbye, Lenin!”), Stanislav Lisnic, Miki Manojlovic, Georg Friedrich (“The Piano Teacher”) and Bernadette Abendstein. 88 min. April 28 in New York. Picture This! Killer Diller Drama about an autistic savant pianist who helps a guitar-playing car thief form a blues band with a group of convicts at a halfway house. TV writer Tricia Brock (“Twin Peaks”) makes her feature directorial debut from her own screenplay. With Lucas Black (“Jarhead”), William Lee Scott (“The Butterfly Effect”), Mary Kay Place (“Nine Lives”), Ashley Johnson (“What Women Want”), Lawrence Lowe (“United States of Leland”), W. Earl Brown (“Kids in America”) and Fred Willard (“Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle”). 95 min. PG-13: Some language. April 28 limited. Freestyle.     95 Miles To Go Documentary about what happens when Ray Romano’s opening act, Tom Caltabiano, invites a young film student to document the eight-day car trip the two comedians take during a stand-up tour through the South. Directed by Caltabiano. With Caltabiano, Romano and Roger Lay, Jr. 81 min. April 7 in New York. Thinkfilm     Standing Still Drama, set in Los Angeles, about a group of college friends who are reunited for a wedding. Directed by Matthew Cole Weiss from a screenplay by Timm Sharp and Matthew Perniciaro. With James Van Der Beek (“Rules of Attraction”), Colin Hanks (“King Kong”), Adam Garcia (“Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen”), Ethan Embry (“Pizza”), Mena Suvari (“Rumor Has It”), Melissa Sagemiller (“The Clearing”), Aaron Sanford (“The Hills Have Eyes”), Jon Abrahams (“Prime”) and Amy Adams (“Junebug”). 90 min. R: Sexuality; nudity; language; some drug use. April 21 limited. Freestyle.   When Do We Eat? Comedy about a family Passover dinner that goes awry when the patriarch unwittingly ingests Ecstasy, causing him to hallucinate that he is a modern-day Moses charged with leading his flock to forgiveness. Directed by Salvador Litvak from a screenplay by Litvak and Nina Davidovich. With Michael Lerner (“Elf”), Lesley Ann Warren (“Secretary”), Max Greenfield (TV’s “Veronica Mars”), Mili Avital (“The Human Stain”), Shiri Appleby (“Undertow”), Ben Feldman (“The Perfect Man”) and Adam Lamberg (“The Lizzie Maguire Movie”). Scope. R: Drug use; language; some sexual content. April 7 limited; wider April 21. Thinkfilm.