Lost in Translation

Sofia Coppola has one venerated filmmaker for a husband (Spike Jonze) and another for a dad (Francis Ford C., who made a couple of halfway decent movies before Jack and Captain Eo). But her own debut as writer-director, The Virgin Suicides, proved she can at least hold her own in such company. Even if it ultimately left us flat, Suicides had a great sense of mood and, better, boded well for the future. With her followup feature Lost in Translation, she tries her hand at quirky arthouse comedy in a Wes Anderson vein, throwing Bill Murray and Ghost World’s Scarlet Johansson together in an unfamiliar Tokyo. Though he’s had a very good past few years, thanks in part to supporting roles in Anderson’s movies, this is Bill’s first leading role since the dumb spy spoof The Man Who Knew Too Little, and to that we say it’s about time. Uptown Theatre, 2906 Hennepin Ave., (612) 925-6006, www.landmarktheatres.com