If your weekend isn't consumed with conversation of the gridiron, Up to Date's indie, foreign and documentary film critics have some suggestions to make your weekend entertainment a touchdown.
Cynthia Haines
45 Years, R
- Approaching their 45th anniversary, a couple confronts a secret from their past.
The Animated and Live Action Short Films nominated for Oscars
Spotlight, R
- Reporters working for the Boston Globe uncover evidence of the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal.
Steve Walker
45 Years, R
- Upon the crest of their titular anniversary, Tom Courtenay and Oscar-nominated Charlotte Rampling reevaluate a seemingly-solid marriage.
2016 Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts
- This year's line-up includes a tragic story of teenage friends in Kosovo and a desperate divorced dad as well as Stutterer, probably the sweetest 11-minute love story ever made.
Anomalisa, R
- A disillusioned man on a business trip meets an emotionally and physically-scarred woman in an Oscar-nominated tour de force of meticulous stop-motion animation.