Sorry We Missed You

Ken Loach, 2019, 100 minutes

Raw emotion and truth.

Trees Lounge

Steve Buscemi, 1996, 95 minutes

Beautiful.

I Went Down

Paddy Breathnach, 1997, 107 minutes

Rough-hewn fun.

Karajan

Robert Dornhelm, 2008, 92 minutes

Useful, but sickeningly downplays the conductor's Nazi past.

Shiva Baby

Emma Seligman, 2020, 78 minutes

Witless and repellent.

The Five Obstructions

Lars von Trier and Jørgen Leth, 2003, 90 minutes

Gives appetite for more Leth and less von Trier.

Limelight

Charlie Chaplin, 1952, 137 minutes

Achingly human.

Memento

Christopher Nolan, 2000, 113 minutes

High marks for the assemblage/editing.

Primer

Shane Carruth, 2004, 77 minutes

Ethical problem shrouded in techno-speak.

The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach

Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, 1968, 94 minutes

Original concept, beautifully realized.

La Petite Lili

Claude Miller, 2003, 104 minutes

Tight, effective reworking of The Seagull.

Thieves' Highway

Jules Dassin, 1949, 94 minutes

Tiptoes through the censors with a subversive message.

Daniel Deronda

Tom Hooper, 2002, 210 minutes

Beautifully acted and deeply affecting.

Malice

Harold Becker, 1993, 107 minutes

Diverting ham vehicle for Alec Baldwin.

Body of Lies

Ridley Scott, 2008, 128 minutes

Formulaic and depressing.

THX 1138

George Lucas, 1971, 88 minutes

If only Lucas had continued in this vein.

Cat People

Jacques Tourneur, 1942, 73 minutes

Sinister shadows.

Forty Guns

Samuel Fuller, 1957, 80 minutes

Suggestive and subversive.

The Typewriter, the Rifle and the Movie Camera

Adam Simon, 55 minutes, 1996

A good introduction to Sam Fuller.

Tigrero: A Film That Was Never Made

Mika Kaurismäki, 1994, 75 minutes

A dose of Sam Fuller lore.

White Dog

Samuel Fuller, 1982, 90 minutes

Slack at times but with intermittent punch.

Faust

F.W. Murnau, 1926, 106 minutes

Atmospheric and emotional triumph.

The Last Movie

Dennis Hopper, 1971, 108 minutes

Visually rewarding amid the nonsense and improvisation.

Alphaville

Jean-Luc Godard, 1965, 99 minutes

Static and clarity.