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.