Knox Goes Away ****

Michael Keaton, 2023, 114m

Solid crime thrills.

Pretty Poison ****

Noel Black, 1968, 89m

Appeallingly dark. 

Affliction ****

Paul Schader, 1997, 114m

Cold.

Excalibur ****

John Boorman, 1981, 141m

Literate spectacle.

Night Moves ****

Arthur Penn, 1975, 99m

Solid neo-noir.

Shirley **

Josephine Decker, 2020, 107m

Dreary.

Assault on Precinct 13 ***

John Carpenter, 1976, 91m

Tight and tense.

Auto Focus ***

Paul Schrader, 2002, 105m

Show-biz Mephisto.

Shadow of the Vampire ***

E. Elias Merhige, 2000, 92m

Hit and miss.