Weekend Movie Forecast: A Serious Man or The Invention of Lying

Where is Where?, an experimental film that quarters the screen to unspool four different scenes simultaneously, is described as "a meditation on the Algerian war that culminates in a brutal killing." The Times's Jeannette Catsoulis says it's "inspired by a true story about two Algerian boys who murdered their French playmate during the Algerian war of independence in the 1950s... And though chopped-up images are now nearly as common on our television screens as in our movies, their use is mostly just wearying trickery; here they form a trellis for ideas to merge, expanding our understanding rather than dislocating our attention.

"Experimental filmmakers have a tougher time than most reaching wider audiences, but in the right hands, nontraditional styles can provide new windows onto familiar problems. Ms. Ahtila has exactly the right hands."