The Last of the Mohicans *****

Michael Mann, 1992, 114m

Gorgeous and moving.

The Silent Child ***

Chris Overton, 2017, 20m

Heart-rending advocacy.

The Swindle ***

Claude Chabrol, 1997, 104m

French charm.

The Search for General Tso ***

Ian Cheney, 2014, 73m

Fun and eye-opening.

I Cover the Waterfront ***

James Cruze, 1933, 75m

Colbert is aces.

Il Divo ****

Paolo Sorrentino, 2008, 110m

Diabolically clever.

Dead for a Dollar **

Walter Hill, 2022, 116m

Uneven and cheap-looking.

How to Blow Up a Pipeline ***

Daniel Goldhaber, 2022, 104m

Layered and suspenseful.

Solaris ****

Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972, 166m

Beyond despair.

Sound of Freedom ***

Alejandro Monteverde, 2023, 131 minutes

Revealing and sickening.

Parallel Mothers ****

Pedro Almodóvar, 2021, 120 minutes

Sensitive and moving.

Cash on Demand ***

Quentin Lawrence, 1961, 80m

Solid suspenser.

Maestro **

Bradley Cooper, 2023, 129m

A few pearls on a dull string.

Attica ****

Traci Curry and Stanley Nelson, 2021, 116m

Revealing and horrifying.

The White Ribbon ****

Michael Haneke, 2009, 144m

Chilling.

Broadway Melody of 1940 ****

Norman Taurog, 1940, 102m

Pure magnificence.

Blast of Silence ***

Allen Baron, 1961, 77m

Taut, compelling, striking location and night scenes.

John Ford: The Man Who Invented America **

Jean-Christophe Klotz, 2019, 54m

Cursory but valuable.

The Double ****

Richard Ayoade, 2013, 93m

Sharp, sly and funny.

Strange Interlude ***

Robert Z. Leonard, 1932, 109 minutes

Satisfying abridgement.

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession ***

Xan Cassavetes, 2004, 122 minutes

Good stuff, but a tad flabby.

Watch on the Rhine ***

Herman Shumlin, 1943, 114 minutes

Expertly builds.

The Skin Game **

Alfred Hitchcock, 1931, 82 minutes

Musty at times.

Incident at Loch Ness ****

Zak Penn, 2004, 94 minutes

Very funny.

The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner ***

Werner Herzog, 1974, 45 minutes

Beautiful jumps, but why is he so exceptional?

La Soufrière ***

Werner Herzog, 1977, 30 minutes

Nature thwarts daredevil.

Meeting Gorbachev ****

Werner Herzog, 2018, 90 minutes

Affecting if worshipful.

Coffee and Cigarettes **

Jim Jarmusch, 2003, 96 minutes

Draggy in spots.

Night on Earth ****

Jim Jarmusch, 1991, 129 minutes

Old-fashioned sincerity and emotion.

Barbara ****

Christian Petzold, 2012, 105 minutes

Austere and powerful.

Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You

Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, 2016, 91 minutes

Sharp and inventive.

Yella

Christian Petzold, 2007, 89 minutes

Mesmerizing.

Hitchcock/Truffaut

Kent Jones, 2015, 80 minutes

Well-plowed ground.

The Grifters

Stephen Frears, 1990, 110 minutes

Surreal.

Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin

Werner Herzog, 2019, 89 minutes

High mumbo-jumbo quotient.

Undine

Christian Petzold, 2020, 90 minutes

Casts a spell.

Scrapper

Charlotte Regan, 2023, 84 minutes

Interminable.