From Norway to New Zealand, this week's picks from Up To Date's indie, foreign and documentary film critics will have your mind stretched in time and place.
Cynthia Haines
Cafe Society, PG-13
- Bobby Dorfman, a Bronx native, moves from New York to Hollywood in the 1930s, and falls in love. As he heads back to New York, he finds himself swept up in the glamor of high society nightlife.
Tallulah, Not rated
- In an attempt to rescue a baby from the Beverly Hills mother who doesn't want her, a young woman takes the child and presents it to an ex-boyfriend's mother as her granddaughter.
Hunt for the Wilderpeople, PG-13
- A national manhunt is launched when a defiant city kid, Ricky, goes missing in the woods with his reluctant foster uncle, Hec.
Steve Walker
Cafe Society, PG-13
- Though Woody Allen's movies have vacillated wildly of late — from the brilliant Blue Jasmine to the banal Magic in the Moonlight — this one impresses, thanks to its 1930s Hollywood and New York setting and a charming Kristen Stewart.
The Wave, R
- In this stunning entry from Norway, slabs of a mountain break off into a fjord, causing a tsunami that devastates a small town
Hunt for the Wilderpeople, PG-13
- Accomplished New Zealand film about a troubled teenager and his headline-making adventure with a reluctant foster father.
