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Up To Date's Indie, Foreign & Doc Critics' 'Three To See,' July 31-August

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'Tangerine' follows the story of two transgender prostitutes.

Check out the story of two transgender prostitutes or duck gunfire from Mexican drug cartels. This week's selections from Up to Date's indie, foreign and documentary film critics take you to many different worlds.

Cynthia Haines

Amy, R

  • Searing documentary about singer Amy Winehouse

Tangerine, R

  • Dramedy about two transgender prostitutes in Los Angeles on Christmas Eve

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, PG-13 

  • It’s a bittersweet coming of age film with interracial relationships, love and rites of passage.

Steve Walker

Cartel Land, R

  • Tough, courageous documentary about a Mexican town's desperate fight against drug cartels 

The Stanford Prison Experiment, R

  • Billy Crudup plays Philip Zimbardo, whose 1971 social experiment exposed the human impulse toward cruelty.

I'll See You in My Dreams, PG-13

  • A luminous Blythe Danner reluctantly welcomes companionship.