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Up To Date's Indie, Foreign & Doc Critics' 'Three To See,' September 18-20

Get some vicarious adrenaline with a group of mountaineers and take a road trip with an unusual grandma in Up to Date's indie, foreign and documentary film critics' choices this weekend.

Cynthia Haines

Meru, R

  • It is visually stunning. It is incredibly intense, suspenseful— it’s got everything going for it. I would put Meru on the top of any list that has to do with mountaineering.

Phoenix, PG-13

  • It’s very Hitchcockian in a way. It reminds me of Vertigo.

Queen of Earth, not rated

  • Reeling from a breakup, a women engages in a psycho-drama with her best friend.

Steve Walker

Phoenix, PG-13

  • After gunshots suffered in a concentration camp necessitate facial reconstruction surgery, a woman tries to reconnect with her husband.

Meru, R

  • Breathtaking documentary about the perilous relationship between three men and a mountain.

Grandma, R

  • Oscar buzz surrounds Lily Tomlin's performance as a lesbian poet road-tripping with her pregnant granddaughter.