Our Movie Critic's Weekend Selections

Ex Machina Alex Garland's smart, suspenseful, unsettling sci-fi thriller stars Oscar Isaac as the billionaire inventor of a sentient robot, Domhnall Gleeson as the whiz-kid programmer invited to run it through a series of tests, and Alicia Vikander as Ava, the cyber-creature in question. Is she true A.I.? And if she is, what does that mean for humankind? Trouble. R

Lambert & Stamp Essential viewing for fans of the wild, woolly British Invasion band fronted by Pete Townshend and Roger Daltry. But more than that, director James D. Cooper's remarkable portrait of the mismatched duo who guided The Who to stardom - Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp - opens the window on a pivotal time in '60s (and early '70s) pop culture. It's a revelation. R

While We're Young Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts are a married couple in their mid-40s who befriend a twentysomething hipster duo played by Adam Driver and Amanda Seyfried in Noah Baumbach's agreeably abrasive comedy. A keenly observed meditation on generational longing and on acting your age - and not. R