Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game

Austin Bragg and Meredith Bragg, 2022, 91 minutes

Pinball-as-life.

Mirror

Andrei Tarkovsky, 1975, 106 minutes

Memory-as-life. 

The Color of Pomegrantes

Sergei Parajanov, 1969, 78 minutes

Surreal and elegant.

Local Hero

Bill Forsyth, 1983, 111 minutes

Tedious.

Kongo

William Cowan, 1932, 85 minutes

Appealingly demented.

Doctor X

Michael Curtiz, 1932, 76 minutes

Star turn from Lee Tracy.

One Fine Morning

Mia Hansen-Løve, 2022, 112 minutes

Meticulously affecting.

Incident at Vichy

Stacy Keach, 1973, 70 minutes

Endlessly relevant.

Lola Montès

Max Ophüls, 1955, 114 minutes

Poignant and sophisticated.

Glengarry Glen Ross

James Foley, 1992, 100 minutes

Bracing.

White Hunter Black Heart

Clint Eastwood, 1990, 110 minutes

Clint's John Huston imitation mostly flops.

The Parallax View ****

Alan J. Pakula, 1974, 102 minutes

Chilling.

All Quiet on the Western Front

Edward Berger, 2022, 147 minutes

Unrelenting.

The Wizard of Lies

Barry Levinson, 2017, 132 minutes

Taut and revealing.

Burn After Reading

Joel and Ethan Coen, 2008, 96 minutes

Solid black comedy.

Beloved

Christophe Honoré, 2011, 133 minutes

Appealingly melancholic.

Body Double

Brian De Palma, 1984, 114 minutes

Pure enjoyment.

Aguirre, the Wrath of God

Werner Herzog, 1972, 94 minutes

Retains its power after repeated viewings.

Carancho

Pablo Trapero, 2010, 107 minutes

Compelling but with some flab.

Monty Python's Life of Brian

Terry Jones, 1979, 94 minutes

Seems to have lost its punch with time.

Venus in Fur

Roman Polanski, 2013, 96 minutes

Diverting.

Altered States

Ken Russell, 1980, 103 minutes

Beautifully bonkers.

Crimes of Passion

Ken Russell, 1984, 107 minutes

Brave work from Kathleen Turner.

Causeway

Lila Neugebauer, 2022, 92 minutes

Taut, void of clichéd scenes.

The Fabelmans

Steven Spielberg, 2022, 151 minutes

Less schmaltz than expected.