Mr. Holland's Opus ★★★★

Stephen Herek, 1995, 143m

Earnest.

The Paper Chase ★★★★

James Bridges, 1973, 111m

Slightly bloated.

Being There ★★★★

Hal Ashby, 1979, 130m

Nip, tuck needed.

Hollywood My Home Town ★★★★

William Martin, 1965, 54m

Archival gold.

Sherlock, Jr. ★★★★

Buster Keaton, 1924, 45m

Inspired.

Le deuxième souffle ****

Jean-Pierre Melville, 1966, 140m

Cold steel.

White Nights *****

Luchino Visconti, 1957, 102m

Sublime.

Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles *****

Chantal Akerman, 1975, 201m

Slow-motion masterpiece.

Blue Velvet ****

David Lynch, 1986, 120m

Striking, if tamer with the years.

The Hidden ***

Jack Sholder, 1987, 97m

Expert genre thrills.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly *****

Sergio Leone, 1966, 161m

Visionary.

Strike ****

Sergei Eisenstein, 1925, 82m

Dizzying.

They Live ****

John Carpenter, 1988, 94m

Convincing.

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.

The Boy Friend ****

Ken Russell, 1971, 137m

Exuberant.