The Phone Call *****

Mat Kirkby, 2013, 20m

Glorious.

The Shout ***

Jerzy Skolimowski, 1978, 86m

Appealingly creepy.

Oppenheimer ***

Christopher Nolan, 2023, 181m

Cold and intermittently compelling.

Barbie *

Greta Gerwig, 2023, 114m

Puerile.

Special Treatment **

Jeanne Labrune, 2010, 95m

Cold and unconvincing.

American Fiction ***

Cord Jefferson, 2023, 117m

Diverting.

Funny Girl ****

William Wyler, 1968, 149m

Midcentury classic.

Barry Lyndon *****

Stanley Kubrick, 1975, 186m

Perfection.

Kubrick by Kubrick ***

Gregory Monro, 2020, 73m

Valuable.

The Naked Gun ***

David Zucker, 1988, 85m

Fun.

The Kentucky Fried Movie ***

John Landis, 1977, 83m

Appealingly subversive.

Primal Fear ***

Gregory Hoblit, 1996, 129m

Overstuffed but fun.

This World Is Not My Own *****

Petter Ringbom and Marquise Stillwell, 2023, 97m

Far above a traditional doc.

Killers of the Flower Moon ****

Martin Scorsese, 2023, 206m

Engrossing.

Compulsion ***

Richard Fleischer, 1959, 103m

Excellent perfs, a bit choppy.

The Boston Strangler ****

Richard Fleischer, 1968, 116m

Effective and clinical.

The Quiet Earth ****

Geoff Murphy, 1985, 91m

Superb treatment of familiar theme.

Other People's Children ***

Rebecca Zlotowski, 2022, 104m

Powerful coda.

Night Shift ***

Anne Fontaine, 2020, 98m

Tense.

Whore ***

Ken Russell, 1991, 85m

Silly.

American Splendor *****

Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, 2003, 101m

Beautiful.

Victim ****

Basil Dearden, 1961, 96m

Classy Bogarde perf.

Lonesome Jim *

Steve Buscemi, 2005, 91m

Prayed for it to end.

Revoir Paris *****

Alice Winocour, 2022, 105m

Magnificent.

Salome's Last Dance ****

Ken Russell, 1988, 87m

Salome and Russell are a perfect fit.

Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note ****

Susan Lacy, 1998, 117m

Hagiography I can live with.

To My Great Chagrin ***

Jeff Sumerel, 2007, 72m

The great Brother Theodore would be impossible today.

Night Nurse ***

William Wellman, 1931, 72m

Stanwyck is superb.

Bye Bye, Morons ***

Albert Dupontel, 2020, 87m

French charm and piquancy.

Sibyl ***

Justine Triet, 2019, 100m

Scorching perf by Virginie Efira.

Fallen Leaves ****

Aki Kaurismäki, 2023, 81m 

Dark, funny, moving.

The Subject Was Roses ***

Ulu Grosbard, 1968, 107m

Solid family drama.