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.