The kids have gone back to school, and maybe it's time for you to go back to the movie theater. Up to Date's indie, foreign and documentary film critics have a few ideas to spruce up your weekend.
Cynthia Haines
Best of Enemies, R
- The thing that’s quite amusing is the pompous attitudes of these men and their accents.
Mr. Holmes, PG
- (Director) Bill Condon made some real mistakes in casting, except for Milo Parker, and he plays the (little boy).
Tangerine, R
- This film is really about friendship. It is endearing; it’s entertaining. It’s funny.
Steve Walker
Best of Enemies, R
- Deliciously acerbic documentary about the feud between intellectuals Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley
Tangerine, R
- Inventive indie film set on Christmas Eve in L.A. with sassy transgender sex workers
I'll See You in My Dreams, PG-13
- A luminous Blythe Danner reluctantly welcomes companionship.
Bob Butler
Best of Enemies, R
- The movie makes a very strong point: there was a time long ago when at 5:30 at night, the entire nation turned on TV and watched the news, and they weren’t getting polemics.
Tangerine, R
- Think of a screwball comedy about transgender prostitutes. Somehow it doesn't compute and yet it works perfectly.
End of Tour, R
- The film is basically a love letter to (David Foster Wallace).