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Up To Date's Indie, Foreign & Doc Critics' 'Three To See', April 1-3

There are more than just spring gardens abloom this weekend. Up To Date's indie, foreign, and documentary film critics come with a bouquet of movie choices for your weekend.

Cynthia Haines

The Witch, R

  • An unsettling, but not graphic horror film, set in 1600s at the edge of an eerie forest where the lives of a religiously conservative family unravel.

City of Gold, R

  • A documentary profiling Jonathan Gold, one of the only food critics to win a Pulitzer Prize and a specialist on Los Angeles's diverse fabric of eateries.

Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict, Unrated

  • A fascinating documentary about the woman who single-handedly ushered modern art into the public eye by her collection of art and artists.

Steve Walker

City of Gold, R

  • A documentary profiling Jonathan Gold, one of the only food critics to win a Pulitzer Prize and a specialist on Los Angeles's diverse fabric of eateries.

Eye in the Sky, R

  • Taut and suspenseful, Helen Mirren's character is in charge of a military operation debating collateral damage in an age of drone warfare and suicide bombers.

Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict, Unrated

  • A fascinating documentary about the woman who single-handedly ushered modern art into the public eye by her collection of art and artists.