ALSO OPENING

A cynical Seattle hustler (Derek Magyar) with a wealthy clientele ponders the possibility of love rather than sex, considering everyone from his platonic roommates (Darryl Stephens and Jonathon Trent) to an elegant older man (Patrick Bachau) in this adaptation of Matthew Rettenmund’s novel from writer-director Q. Allan Brocka. At Village Square. (88 minutes) NR; nudity, profanity.

DOA: DEAD OR ALIVE

Based on the video game series, this kick-butt workout focuses on a martial arts tournament on a mysterious island sponsored by an evil, enigmatic mastermind (Eric Roberts) with a hidden agenda. Among the combatants: a father-daughter wrestling team (Kevin Nash and Jaime Pressly) and a renegade Japanese princess (Devon Aoki). At Sam’s Town. (86 minutes) PG-13; martial arts and action violence, sexuality, nudity.

JINDABYNE

The same Raymond Carver short story that inspired a vignette in Robert Altman’s 1993 “Short Cuts” gets the full-length treatment — and a new Australian setting — as a marriage crumbles after friends on a camping trip wait to report the gruesome discovery of a dead body near their favorite fishing hole. Gabriel Byrne and Laura Linney co-star for “Lantana” director Ray Lawrence. At Village Square. (123 minutes) R; profanity, violence, nudity.

PAANO KITA IIBIGIN

A widowed, depressed resort owner (Piolo Pascual) falls for a single mother (Regine Velasquez) with a sickly son in this Filipino romance. In Tagalog, without subtitles. At Village Square. (115 minutes) NR; rated PG-13 in the Philippines.

STEEL CITY

In gritty downstate Illinois, two blue-collar brothers (Tom Guiry, currently filming “Yonkers Joe” in Las Vegas, and Clayne Crawford) struggle to survive personal and financial demons after their father (John Heard) winds up in jail. “Ugly Betty’s” America Ferrera, Laurie Metcalf, James McDaniel and Raymond J. Barry co-star for writer-director Brian Jun. At Village Square. (95 minutes) R; profanity, brief drug use.

— By CAROL CLING