Motherless Brooklyn

In 1950s New York, orphanage-raised, Tourette’s-afflicted gumshoe Lionel Essrog (Edward Norton, who wrote and directed) wanted answers after his boss and mentor (Bruce Willis) was ambushed and slain. He may regret it after the trail leads to a connected urban developer (Alec Baldwin) as ruthless as he is ambitious. Norton’s atmospheric, long-in-development take on the Jonathan Lethem whodunit co-stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Willem Dafoe, Bobby Cannavale, Ethan Suplee, Cherry Jones. 144 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English.