WORTH SEEING
Which Movies to Watch This Weekend
About Elly A seaside holiday for several families of uppermiddleclass Iranians dissolves into angst and recriminations when one of the vacationers abruptly disappears, possibly drowned. The very talented filmmaker Asghar Farhadi offers an incisive portrait of a society caught in the collision between old and new ways and undermined by duplicity. Not rated. 119 minutes. In Farsi and German with English subtitles.
— Walter Addiego
I’ll See You in My Dreams Blythe Danner is a revelation in this film about a widow being coaxed back into contact with life by a series of emotional experiences, some good and some bad. 2015 will have to become a record year for acting for Danner’s performance not to rank among the year’s best. Rated PG- 13. 92 minutes.
— Mick LaSalle
In the Name of My Daughter The events leading up to a famous French court case of the 1970s form the basis of this film directed by André Téchiné with a sneaky reserve. Guillaume Canet and Catherine Deneuve are brilliant as usual, but take note of Adele Haenel, a newly risen French star, who plays a young heiress with an arresting mix of toughness and naked vulnerability. Rated R. 122 minutes. In French with English subtitles.
— Mick LaSalle
Tomorrowland After a very slow start, this film — about a former boy genius ( George Clooney) and a current girl genius ( Britt Robertson) traveling to a city outside time and space — becomes a delightful and thoughtful exploration of the ways in which the future, the concept and promise of it, function in human life. It’s a more serious movie than it seems. Rated PG. 129 minutes.
— Mick LaSalle