Anatolian Leopard ****

Emre Kayiş, 2021, 113m

Beautifully restrained.

Alice ***

Josephine Mackerras, 2019, 103m

Watchable yet preposterous.

Strike ****

Sergei Eisenstein, 1925, 82m

Dizzying.

Christine *****

John Carpenter, 1983, 110m

Flawless.

Under the Volcano **

John Huston, 1984, 112m

Drunks are always bores.

Richard III **

Richard Loncraine, 1995, 104m

Butchered.

They Live ****

John Carpenter, 1988, 94m

Convincing.

Civil War ***

Alex Garland, 2024, 109m

Obtuse.

The Lodger ***

Alfred Hitchcock, 1927, 90m

Some visual treats.

The Tin Drum *****

Volker Schlöndorff, 1979, 162m

Epic and intimate.

Call Her Savage ***

John Francis Dillon, 1932, 92m

Clara Bow dazzles.

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution ***

Herbert Ross, 1976, 113m

Intriguing.

The Human Factor ***

Otto Preminger, 1979, 115m

Dry and intelligent.

Plan 9 from Outer Space *

Edward D. Wood Jr., 1957, 80m

Better than its rep.

In the Land of Saints and Sinners ***

Robert Lorenz, 2023, 106m

Effective genre piece.

The Shooting **

Monte Hellman, 1966, 82m

Existential dread indeed.