No one will blame you for tuning out the presidential campaign and looking for a way to avoid election stress disorder while waiting for November 8th to blow over. In fact, Up To Date's indie, foreign and documentary film critics' latest recommendations are essentially a prescription for a weekend full of music, movies and popcorn. Maybe the Kansas International Film Festival is what you need to cure your ballot box ills.
Cynthia Haines
A Man Called Ove, PG-13
- The story of a young family that befriends (and softens) their crotchety, isolated neighbor after accidentally flattening his mailbox when they first move to the neighborhood.
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years, Not rated
- A documentary featuring music, interviews, and stories of the iconic rock band from 1963 until their break-up in 1966.
Any movie showing at the Kansas International Film Festival, November 4-10
- See a full schedule of KIFF offerings at KansasFilm.com.
Steve Walker
Gimme Danger, R
- This raucous documentary about Iggy Pop and The Stooges is also a visceral (and really loud) dictionary of pop culture spanning the 1960s until now.
King Cobra, Not rated
- James Franco and Christian Slater play rival gay porn directors sparring over a fresh-faced newcomer in a lurid, explicit dilemma-of-a-film that begs a question — Is it good because it's so bad?
A Man Called Ove, PG-13
- This dark comedy from Sweden chronicles the emotional rejuvenation of a curmudgeonly widower after he connects to a young family new to his neighborhood.
