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Up To Date's Indie, Foreign & Doc Critics' 'Three To See,' May 8-10

Lightning has been striking all over the metro this week, and Up to Date's indie, foreign and documentary film critics have a few recommendations to light up your weekend--without the rain.

Cynthia Haines:

Wrecking Crew, PG 

  • Documentary about legendary studio musicians

Ex Machina, R

  • A computer programmer is hired to test a new form of artificial intelligence.

Seymour: An Introduction, PG

  • Inspirational documentary by Ethan Hawke about 88 year old pianist Seymour Bernstein

Steve Walker:

The D Train, R

  • An intelligent take on male sexuality wrapped in a Jack Black comedy

Dior and I, not rated

  • Inside peek into Raf Simons's first - and gorgeous - haute couture collection as head of Dior 

White God, R

  • No animals were harmed in the making of this tough, original film about a teenage girl's search for the dog her father forces her to abandon.