Sing Sing ***

Greg Kwedar, 2024, 105m

Powerful but script seems undercooked.

What Just Happened ***

Barry Levinson, 2008, 104m

Inside the business of show.

Piggy ****

Carlota Pereda, 2018, 14m

Crackles.

The Clovehitch Killer ***

Duncan Skiles, 2018, 110m

Effective style.

Sing ****

Kristóf Deák, 2016, 25m

Superb if predictable miniature.

Shakespeare Behind Bars ****

Hank Rogerson, 2005, 93m

Unblinking.

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth ****

Matthew Miele, 2019, 106m

Worthy of its subject.

The Public Eye ****

Howard Franklin, 1992, 99m

Sharp.

Jagged Edge ***

Richard Marquand, 1985, 109m

Solid genre piece.

Electra Glide in Blue ****

James William Guercio, 1973, 114m

Beyond genre.

Between the Temples ****

Nathan Silver, 2024, 111m

Wit with a heart.

Man in the Wilderness ****

Richard C. Sarafian, 1971, 104m

Brutal and thoughtful.

Jules ***

Marc Turtletaub, 2023, 87m

Needed to be a short, not a feature.

My Cousin Vinny ***

Jonathan Lynn, 1992, 119m

A definite charm.

Capote ****

Bennett Miller, 2005, 114m

Fine-grained perf.

Hamlet *****

Kenneth Branagh, 1996, 242m

Definitive.

The Long Good Friday ****

John Mackenzie, 1980, 114m

Blistering.

Hamlet **

Michael Almereyda, 2000, 112m

Misses badly.

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie *****

Ronald Neame, 1969, 116m

Magnificent Maggie Smith.

The Beast ***

Bertrand Bonello, 2023, 145m

Self-important.

The Winter's Tale ****

Gregory Doran and Robin Lough, 1999, 230m

Inventive and moving.

Presumed Innocent ****

Alan J. Pakula, 1990, 127m

Genre at its best.

The Savages ****

Tamara Jenkins, 2007, 113m

Smart.

Punch-Drunk Love ****

Paul Thomas Anderson, 2002, 95m

Spiky charm.