Uncover a dark secret with a group of journalists or have a laugh about blind dates. This week, Up to Date's indie, foreign and documentary film critics have myriad choices for your pre-Thanksgiving viewing.
Cynthia Haines
Spotlight, R
- Reporters working for the Boston Globe uncover evidence of the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal.
Labyrinth of Lies, R (German)
- During the 1950s, a young German prosecutor pursues Nazis.
Room, R
- A young woman and her son are imprisoned in a shed.
Steve Walker
Spotlight, R
- Smart and suspenseful account of how Boston Globe reporters (including Mark Ruffalo) painstakingly uncovered the trail of pedophile priests
Man Up, R
- Simon Pegg and Lake Bell shine in an acerbic comedy of manners about a big lie of a blind date.
Labyrinth of Lies, R (German)
- A willfully ignorant Germany circa 1957 finds a prosecutor fighting to bring Nazi war criminals to justice.