Movies opening this weekend: Oct. 16-19
Movies opening this weekend:
Advanced Style A documentary about fashionable women over 60.
Algorithms A documentary about three young blind chess players from India.
America the Beautiful 3 A documentary about the sexualization of youth.
Awake: The Life of Yogananda A documentary portrait of the Indian swami who popularized yoga and meditation.
The Best of Me Former high-school sweethearts reunite after 20 years apart.
Birdman A washed-up actor struggles to mount a Broadway play.
The Book of Life In this animated movie, a conflicted hero embarks on an epic quest through magical worlds.
Dear White People Black students navigate racial politics at a predominantly white college.
Default An American news crew is taken hostage by Somali pirates.
Evolution of a Criminal A documentary filmmaker explores how he became a bank robber.
Felony A dedicated narcotics cop gets in a tragic accident and tries to cover it up.
Fury In the final days of World War II, a five-man Allied tank crew goes on a deadly mission.
Giuseppe Makes a Movie A documentary portrait of the former teen actor Giuseppe Andrews. .
The Golden Era A biopic about the Chinese essayist and novelist Xiao Hong.
Hiroshima Mon Amour A new restoration of the classic 1959 film.
Housebound A petty criminal wonders if her blabbermouth mother is right about the home being haunted.
Life Inside Out A devoted mother and her troubled son claim their place in the world through music.
Private Violence A documentary about domestic violence.
Rudderless A distraught advertising executive stumbles upon his dead son’s music recordings.
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya In this animated folk tale, a tiny girl found inside a stalk of bamboo is raised by an old man and his wife.
Watchers of the Sky A documentary about the life and legacy of Raphael Lemkin, who coined the term “genocide.”
Young Ones In a future where water has become the most precious resource on the planet, a hardened father defends his farm and family from bandits.
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