The Seed of the Sacred Fig ★★★★

Mohammad Rasoulof, 2024, 167m

Effective menace. 

Oh, Canada ****

Paul Schader, 2024, 91m

Truculent and touching.

Sing Sing ***

Greg Kwedar, 2024, 105m

Powerful but script seems undercooked.

Between the Temples ****

Nathan Silver, 2024, 111m

Wit with a heart.

Evil Does Not Exist ***

Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2023, 106m

Languid and mysterious.

Anatomy of a Fall ****

Justine Triet, 2023, 152m

Intense.

Aftersun *

Charlotte Wells, 2022, 101m

Nearly unendurable.

American Fiction ***

Cord Jefferson, 2023, 117m

Diverting.

This World Is Not My Own *****

Petter Ringbom and Marquise Stillwell, 2023, 97m

Far above a traditional doc.

Fallen Leaves ****

Aki Kaurismäki, 2023, 81m 

Dark, funny, moving.

Scrapper

Charlotte Regan, 2023, 84 minutes

Interminable.

The Holdovers

Alexander Payne, 2023, 133 minutes

Pleasant.

Corazón Azul

Miguel Coyula, 2021, 103 minutes

Densely visual and overwhelming. A work of genius.

Final Cut

Michel Hazanavicius, 2022, 111 minutes

Gigantically entertaining.

The Old Oak

Ken Loach, 2023, 113 minutes

Hope.

Afire

Christian Petzold, 2023, 103 minutes

A coiled spring.