An Education, starring Peter Sarsgaard and Carey Mulligan, opens in limited release at Lincoln Plaza Cinemas and Regal Union Square Stadium 14 on 850 Broadway. This drama about an affair between an older man and younger woman in 1960s suburban London has been generating Oscar buzz for Mulligan since the film’s well-received screening at Sundance.

Bronson also begins a limited run this weekend at Angelika. Nicolas Winding Refn’s pitch-black biopic of Michael Peterson (Tom Hardy), whose incarceration for robbery leads him to slowly embrace his violent and animalistic personality, has been compared to A Clockwork Orange in its unrelenting depiction of its antihero’s fascinating depravity.

The Yes Men Fix the World marks the return of the anti-corporate pranksters to the big screen. Several screenings at Film Forum will be followed by q-and-a’s with the Yes Men (a.k.a. Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno) and special guests, including tonight’s 8:00 p.m. showing with the Yes Men and Reverend Billy of the Church of Life After Shopping.

Araya, made in 1959, is a lost treasure. A poetic exploration of the Venezuelan salt marshes shot in luscious black-and-white, it was dismissed by contemporary distributors and only now restored and released for its 50th anniversary. As if that’s not enough, director Margot Benacerraf (who recently turned 83) will be on hand tonight and tomorrow at the 6:20 and 8:00 p.m. shows at IFC Center to discuss the film.

Also, if you're into architecture, photography or just want to feel like you don't know enough about Southern California real estate, check out the doc about Julius Shulman, Visual Acoustics, playing at Cinema Village. 

There's also the Spike Jonze retro at MoMA. And, oh yeah, a sexy Trucker lady that you'll have to see to (not) believe.