Big Bad Love

Actor Arliss Howard (”The Lost World: Jurassic Park”) goes for the auteur triple crown: He cowrote, directed, and stars in this adaptation of short stories by Mississippi writer Larry Brown — about a downtrodden Mississippi writer named Leon Barlow. He’s also brought some too-little-seen actors in from the cold, including Paul Le Mat, Angie Dickinson, and his wife, Debra Winger. (Feb. 22)