New to the Queue

Here are the latest titles I've flagged among the films released in New York or nationwide or on video in the past few weeks:

• "Side Effects" from Steven Soderbergh
• "Upstream Color," Shane Carruth's long-awaited follow-up to the cult classic "Primer"
• "Luv," a father-son story
•  "Caesar Must Die," with a cast of prisoners
• "Computer Chess" from Andrew Bujalski ("Mutual Appreciation")
• "Crystal Fairy" starring Michael Cera
• "I Used to Be Darker" by Matthew Porterfield (I disliked "Hamilton" and still haven't seen his "Putty Hill")
• "Koch"
• "Lore," which I missed at the Santa Fe Film Festival in December
• Raoul Ruiz's "Night Across the Street," ditto
• "Once Every Day," an experimental narrative
• "Supporting Characters" starring Alex Karpovsky
• "The Playroom," a '70s period piece

And here are the 7 titles at the top of my queue:

• Paul Williams: Still Alive
• 28 Hotel Rooms 
• Nobody Walks
• The Wise Kids
• Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel 
• Little White Lies
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower