Baal

Volker Schöndorff, 1970, 87 minutes

DNF. Precious on steroids.

La Haine

Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995, 98 minutes

Galvanic.

Night Ambush

Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1957, 104 minutes

Sprightly.

Serpico

Sidney Lumet, 1973, 130 minutes

Effective as remembered, but the score now jars.

The Suspect

Robert Siodmak, 1944, 85 minutes

Laughton is too good.

Conflict

Curtis Bernhardt, 1945, 86 minutes

Sharp script.

Stress-es tres-tres

Carlos Saura, 1968, 94 minutes

Agreeably Antonioni-esque.

Blue Jean

Georgia Oakley, 2022, 97 minutes

Rosy McEwan is magnificent.

London Boulevard

William Monahan, 2010, 103 minutes

DNF. Posturing tripe.

The Spanish Gardener

Philip Leacock, 1956, 97 minutes

Agreeable and cogent.

Hard Times

Walter Hill, 1975, 93 minutes

Solid debut.

The Getaway

Sam Peckinpah, 1972, 122 minutes

Endures.

The Baron of Arizona

Samuel Fuller, 1950, 97 minutes

Well constructed, alluring Howe lensing.

Human Voice

Edoardo Ponti, 2014, 25 minutes

Wrenching perf from Sophia Loren.

Roger & Me

Michael Moore, 1989, 90 minutes

Trenchant.

North Dallas Forty

Ted Kotcheff, 1979, 119 minutes

For its time, daring.

Cannery Row

David S. Ward, 1982, 120 minutes

Its sincerity went out of style.

M

Fritz Lang, 1931, 111 minutes

Master of invention.

Extreme Prejudice

Walter Hill, 1987, 104 minutes

Genre-plus.

Gone in 60 Seconds

H.B. Halicki, 1974, 105 minutes

Witless.

Hardcore

Paul Schrader, 1979, 108 minutes

Hurt by studio ending.

Hitler's Madman

Douglas Sirk, 1943, 84 minutes

Effective polemic.

Coogan's Bluff

Don Siegel, 1968, 94 minutes

Mannequin-out-of-water.

The Guard

John Michael McDonagh, 2011, 93 minutes

Piquant.

Resistance

Jonathan Jakubowicz, 2020, 120 minutes

Several scenes of effective suspense.

47 Ronin

Kon Ichikawa, 1994, 132 minutes

Specialist interest only.

A Time for Burning

William C. Jersey, 1966, 56 minutes

Documents that zero progress has been made in race relations in a half-century.

Ronin

John Frankenheimer, 1998, 121 minutes

Cotton candy.

L'Age d'Or

Luis Buñuel, 1930, 63 minutes

Appealingly tiresome.

That Cold Day in the Park

Robert Altman, 1969, 113 minutes

Sandy Dennis triumph.

36th Precinct

Olivier Marchal, 2004, 110 minutes

Unrelenting.

Vampyr

Carl Th. Dreyer, 1932, 72 minutes

Dreamlike.