Hard-boiled gumshoes, drug kingpins, dames in red dresses--but nobody is old enough to buy a drink. In first-time director Rian Johnson's thriller, Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a teenage detective trying to solve his ex-girlfriend's mysterious death. Set in the dappled light of a Southern California high school, Brick, which opens today, might be the freshest take on the genre since Reservoir Dogs. Read Jürgen's review.

Also opening today: Awesome; I F**kin' Shot That! - Philadelphia Film Festival