2016-11-18

Thanksgiving is right around the corner. Whether you're looking for a break from grocery shopping, baking, or ornery relatives, Up To Date has the solution; our indie, foreign and documentary film critics are back with movie recommendations for the weekend. Check them out while they're still showing on area screens. Cynthia Haines Moonlight, R The story of a young black man struggling to find and accept himself while growing up in a rough neighborhood in Miami. The Handmaiden, Not rated A Korean film noir detailing the story of the handmaiden secretly involved in a plot to defraud her Japanese heiress.Loving, PG-13 The story behind an interracial couple, whose arrest would lead to the landmark Supreme Court decision Loving v. Virginia, which outlawed restrictions on mixed-race marriages.Steve Walker The Handmaiden, Not rated In both Japanese and Korean, Chan-Wook's intricately plotted and gorgeously shot combination of film noir and melodrama riffs on a domestic worker's aspirational

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