Up To Date's Indie, Foreign & Doc Critics' 'Three To See,' Jan. 17-19

This year's Academy Award nominations are out, and to no one's surprise, independent, foreign, and documentary films are on the list.

Here are Up to Date's critics' favorite indie, doc and foreign films showing on Kansas City-area screens the weekend of Jan. 17-19.

Click the highlighted links for Steve Walker's reviews of the films.

Cynthia Haines:

• 12 Years a Slave
• The Great Beauty
• Bettie Page Revealed

Steve Walker:

• The Great Beauty
• Philomena
• 12 Years a Slave