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Awesome: I F%!#in’ Shot That! Documentary capturing a 2004 Beastie Boys concert at Madison Square Garden, composed almost entirely of footage shot by 50 fans with handheld Hi-8 cameras. Directed by Adam Yauch, who directed a number of Beastie Boys videos, including “Intergalactic,” “Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun” and “Alive.” March 31. Thinkfilm.       Brick Mystery about a high school student who sets out to investigate the death of an old girlfriend, who had recently fallen in with a substance-abusing clique of rich kids. Rian Johnson makes his feature directorial debut from his own screenplay. With Joseph Gordon-Levitt (“Mysterious Skin”), Lukas Haas (“Last Days”), Emilie de Raven (TV’s “Lost,” “The Hills Have Eyes”), Nora Zehetner (“American Pie 2”), Noah Segan and Noah Fleiss (“Storytelling”). Flat. 117 min. R: Violent and drug content. March 24 in New York. Focus.     Dave Chappelle’s Block Party Documentary about a 2004 comedy-and-music concert hosted by TV personality Dave Chappelle at a secret locale in Brooklyn, N.Y. Directed by Michel Gondry (“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”). Performers include Kanye West, Mos Def, Erykah Badu, Dead Prez, Jill Scott, Big Daddy Kane, The Roots and The Fugees (reunited onstage for the first time since 1997). Flat. R: Language. March 3. Focus.     The Devil and Daniel Johnston Documentary about a manic-depressive musician-artist who recorded much of his life on paper, audiotape and film. Written and directed by Jeff Feuerzeig. Featuring Daniel Johnston, Mabel Johnston, Bill Johnston, Lewis Black and Jeff Tartakov. 110 min. March 31 in New York and Los Angeles. Sony Pictures Classics.       Duck Season Spanish-language drama about two Mexican adolescents whose plans for the perfect parent-free day are disrupted first by a neighbor girl and then by an inept pizza-delivery man. Directed by Fernando Eimbcke from a screenplay by Eimbcke and Paula Markovitch. With Diego Cataño, Daniel Miranda, Enrique Arreola and Danny Perea. 87 min. R: Language; some drug content. March 10 in New York and Los Angeles; wider March 17 and March 24. Warner Independent Pictures.       Goal! The Dream Begins Drama about a Latino soccer player who leaves his hometown of Los Angeles to move to England and fulfill his dream of going pro. Danny Cannon (“I Still Know What You Did Last Summer”) directs from a screenplay by Mike Jeffries and Adrian Butchart. With Kuno Becker (“Lucía, Lucía”), Cassandra Bell (“Mindhunters”), Alessandro Nivola (“Junebug”), Kieran O’Brien (“9 Songs,” “Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story”), Stephen Dillane (“The Greatest Game Ever Played”) and Marcel Iures (“The Cave”). Featuring appearances by Kieron Dyer, Patrick Kluivert, Wayne Rooney and Alan Shearer. 121 min. PG-13: Some sexual content; language; a brief drug reference. March 3. Buena Vista. ATL Comedy, set in Atlanta, about a hotshot hip-hop roller-skater who falls for a local roller-rink worker. Veteran music-video director Chris Robinson directs from a screenplay by Tina Gordon Chism (“Drumline”), Gina Prince-Bythewood (“Love & Basketball”), Antwone Fisher (“Antwone Fisher”) and Joe Robert Cole. With recording artist T.I., Lauren London, Mykelti Williamson (“After the Sunset”), Keith David (“Transporter 2”), Big Boi (“Idlewild”), Lauren Leah Mitchell (“Diary of a Mad Black Woman”), Tasha Smith (“The Whole Ten Yards”) and Jason Weaver (“The Ladykillers”). Previously known as “Jellybeans.” March 31. Warner Bros.   Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction Murderous author Catherine Tramell takes her ice pick and heads in search of new victims to Britain, where she enters into a cat-and-mouse game with a Scotland Yard psychiatrist. A sequel to the 1992 thriller. Sharon Stone (“Broken Flowers”) reprises the role of Tramell. Newcomers to the franchise include director Michael Caton-Jones (“City by the Sea”), screenwriters Henry Bean (“The Believer”) and Leora Barish (“Desperately Seeking Susan”), and actors David Morrissey (“Derailed”), Stan Collymore, Hugh Dancy (“King Arthur”), Charlotte Rampling (“The Statement”) and David Thewlis (“Kingdom of Heaven”). March 31. Sony.   The Child French-language drama about a young man, living off welfare and petty thievery, who decides to sell his newborn son on the black market. Written and directed by Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne (“Rosetta,” “The Son”). With Jérémie Renier (“Brotherhood of the Wolf”), Déborah François, Jérémie Segard, Mireille Bailly (“Rosetta”), Samuel De Ryck, Stéphane Bissot and Olivier Gourmet (“Time of the Wolf,” “When the Sea Rises”). 95 min. March 24 in New York and Los Angeles. Sony Pictures Classics.     Deep Sea in 3D Imax documentary about the creatures inhabiting the ocean’s depths. Directed by Howard Hall (“Island of the Sharks”). Narrated by “Finding Neverland” vets Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet. March 3. Warner Bros.       Don’t Come Knocking Drama about an aging movie star who abruptly leaves the Utah set of the Western he’s shooting to visit his long-estranged mother, who tells him about a son in Montana he never knew he had. The “Paris, Texas” team of director Wim Wenders (“Million Dollar Hotel”) and screenwriter Sam Shephard (“Simpatico”) reunite. With Shephard (“Stealth”), Jessica Lange (“Broken Flowers”), Fairuza Balk (“Personal Velocity”), Tim Roth (“Dark Water”), Sarah Polley (“Dawn of the Dead”) and Eva Marie Saint (“Because of Winn-Dixie”). 125 min. R: Language; brief nudity. March 17 in New York and Los Angeles. Sony Pictures Classics.     Find Me Guilty Crime thriller, based on the true story of the longest mafia trial in U.S. history, about an accused mobster who chooses to defend himself in court rather than betray his accomplices. Directed by Sidney Lumet (“Critical Care,” “Gloria”) from a screenplay by T.J. Mancini and Robert McCrea. With Vin Diesel (“The Pacifier”), Annabella Sciorra (“Chasing Liberty”), Ron Silver (“Ali”), Peter Dinklage (“The Baxter”), Michalina Almindo (“Prime”), Eddie Marrero (TV’s “The Guiding Light”), Alex Rocco (“The Wedding Planner”) and Cassandra Hepburn (“Even Money”). March 17. Freestyle.   The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things Drama about a young boy pulled from foster care and sent to live with his unstable and abusive 23-year-old mother. Based on the autobiographical series of short stories by author JT Leroy. Directed by Asia Argento from a screenplay by Argento and Alessandro Magania. With Argento (“Land of the Dead”), Peter Fonda (“The Limey”), Cole & Dylan Sprouse (“The Astronaut’s Wife”), Michael Pitt (“Last Days”), Kip Pardue (“Undiscovered”), Matt Shulze (“Torque”), Jeremy Sisto (“A Lot Like Love”) and Winona Ryder (“Mr. Deeds,” “A Scanner Darkly”). Flat. 97 min. R: Intense depiction of child abuse/neglect; strong sex and drug content; pervasive language; some violence. March 10 limited. Palm.