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Movie critic Steven Rea's picks for the weekend

Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict. A richly informative, illuminating documentary about the art patron, collector, and gallerist Guggenheim, one of the great champions of both the dadaists and surrealists of Europe in the 1920s and '30s, and of the abstract expressionists who came out of New York after World War II. Guggenheim's life was "all about art and love." No MPAA rating

Peggy Guggenheim in her bedroom at Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, Venice, Italy, from "Peggy Guggenheim - Art Addict"
Peggy Guggenheim in her bedroom at Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, Venice, Italy, from "Peggy Guggenheim - Art Addict"Read more

Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict. A richly informative, illuminating documentary about the art patron, collector, and gallerist Guggenheim, one of the great champions of both the dadaists and surrealists of Europe in the 1920s and '30s, and of the abstract expressionists who came out of New York after World War II. Guggenheim's life was "all about art and love." No MPAA rating

Creed. From Fruitvale Station director Ryan Coogler, in collaboration with screenwriter Aaron Covington and with the generous, genuinely inspiring participation of Sylvester Stallone. The Rocky mantle gets handed off to a new underdog determined to fight his way to glory. It's Adonis Creed, son of Rocky's rival-turned-pal Apollo Creed - and Michael B. Jordan takes the title role, body and soul. PG-13

Spotlight. Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, and Liev Schrieber lead an ace ensemble in this compelling account of the Boston Globe's 2002 investigative series on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. A complex procedural drama, told with clarity and gathering suspense. One of the great movies about journalism - one of the great movies of our time, period. R