Zardoz ***

John Boorman, 1974, 102 minutes

Visual spectacle with overcooked script.

Vengeance Is Mine

Shohei Imamura, 1979, 140 minutes

Compelling compositions and psychology.

Millennium Mambo

Hou Hsiao-hsien, 2001, 119 minutes

Complete absence of cliche.

Nope

Jordan Peele, 2022, 130 minutes

Imaginative and compelling.

Galaxy Quest

Dean Parisot, 1999, 102 minutes

Fun.

Bottle Shock

Randall Miller, 2008, 110 minutes

Overcooked script.

Act of Vengeance

Mashun Kirmizigül, 2010, 101 minutes

Horrible acting, worse script.

An Awfully Big Adventure

Mike Newell, 1995, 112 minutes

Wears its strangeness well.

Snow Cake

Marc Evans, 2006, 112 minutes

Has a good heart.

Another Year

Mike Leigh, 2010, 130 minutes

Richly detailed.

Flowers of Shanghai

Hou Hsiao-hsien, 1998, 113 minutes

Style in perfect sync with subject.