Yael Reuveny's documentary Farewell Herr Schwarz delves into the mystery of why her Holocaust survivor great-uncle abandoned his Jewish heritage and forged a new identity in East Germany. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Indie film director Alex Ross Perry plays a pretentious filmmaker scouting Mexican locations for his magnum opus in La Ultima Pelicula, an artsy riff on Dennis Hopper's notorious 1971 flop, The Last Movie. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck