IN THE DARK REVIEWS

Two very different films showcased the standout acting talents of their young supporting performers in theaters this past weekend.

Dominic Sessa made his film acting debut in "The Holdovers," by two-time Academy Award-winning director Alexander Payne, and Sessa holds his own in spite of sharing the screen with seasoned performers Paul Giamatti and Da'Vine Joy Randolph.

This unlikely trio forms the backbone of a Christmas character study, set in a fictional Massachusetts boarding school in 1970.

Payne's fidelity to the era descends to recreating the picayune stylistic touches of a motion pictur...