Movie critic Steven Rea's weekend selections
Youth Two old friends, played by Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel, ponder life, love, and loss while they wander around a luxurious Swiss Alps spa. Paolo Sorrentino's follow-up to his Oscar-winning The Great Beauty is symphonic and cinematic, full of melancholy and hushed magic. With Rachel Weisz, Jane Fonda, and Paul Dano. R
Youth Two old friends, played by Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel, ponder life, love, and loss while they wander around a luxurious Swiss Alps spa. Paolo Sorrentino's follow-up to his Oscar-winning The Great Beauty is symphonic and cinematic, full of melancholy and hushed magic. With Rachel Weisz, Jane Fonda, and Paul Dano. R
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
Hitchcock/Truffaut Essential viewing for anyone who cares about movies and the people who make them. Using audio recordings from a weeklong interview session between the young, upstart French New Wave director and the then-63-year-old Master of Suspense, documentarian Kent Jones brings Hitchcock's genius - and perversions and dark psychological underpinnings - to life. With commentary from contemporary directors, including Wes Anderson, David Fincher, Richard Linklater, and Martin Scorsese. PG-13