July 2021 movie preview: Black Widow, Space Jam, Old, and more

Plus:Isabelle Huppert, Mama Weed Photo: Music Box FilmsCarson Mell, a Silicon Valley writer, wrote, directed and stars in Some Of Our Stallions (7/2), a dark comedy about two friends who have been placed in institutions, on a search for love. The Making of About Endlessness, the latest movie by Roy Andersson, is chronicled in Being A Human Person (7/2) Kid Candidate, a hit SXSW documentary (digital platforms, VOD 7/2) is about a 24-year old musician running for Amarillo city council. Rafe Spall suddenly finds himself accelerating a year in time every few seconds in the terrifying-sounding comedy Long Story Short. (select theatres, digital platforms and VOD 7/2). Janeane Garofalo, Julia Stiles, Kelsey Grammer and Julia Stiles are doctors who struggle with an impossible medical decision in The God Committee. (select theaters, VOD 7/2). The story of a 1950s Japanese volleyball team, and the anime that it inspired, is The Witches Of The Orient (select theatres 7/9) by John McEnroe: In The Realm Of Perfection director Julien Faraut. The Loneliest Whale: The Search For 52 (select theatres 7/9, digital platforms 7/16), explores the search for the most famously lonely whale in the world. Vincent London plays the role of the famous Italian womanizer and adventurer in Benot Jacquots Casanova: Last Love (select theatres 7/14). Mama Weed, a French crime caper, stars Isabelle Huppert (select theatres 7/16). Isabelle plays a translator who is caught up in a dangerous drug-related misadventure. Ailey (select theatres 7/23) features the choreographer and dancer extraordinaire. Europa Europa director Agnieszka Amsterdam returns with Charlatan (select theatres 7/23), which is a biopic about Jan Mikolek, a Czech herbal healer. Settlers (select theatres, digital platforms and VOD 7/23) stars Sofia Boutella as a homesteader on Mars. Jonny Lee Miller is also in the film. Ben Platt, Lola Kirke, are siblings who mourn their father's death in Broken Diamonds. Jake Johnson, on the other hand, is a son who mourns his mother's death in Ride The Eagle. Sundance-winning Sabaya (7/30), a documentary about saving young women from ISIS, is available.