The Dinner Game

Francis Veber, 1998, 80 minutes

Fun French farce.

The Gauntlet

Clint Eastwood, 1977, 109 minutes

Solid script and winning action sequences.

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Michael Showalter, 2021, 126 minutes

A well-acted but ultimately unconvincing rehab attempt.

Mon oncle Antoine

Claude Jutra, 1971, 104 minutes

Sensitive and affecting evocation of rural 1940s Quebec.

The Tree of Life

Terrence Malick, 2011, 139 minutes

Fantastic sonic landscapes.

The Asphalt Jungle

John Huston, 1950, 112 minutes

Taut with great perfs all around (except for, at times, Hayden).

Citizen Ashe

Rex Miller and Sam Pollard, 2021, 95 minutes

Useful despite tending toward hagiography.

Opera

Dario Argento, 1987, 107 minutes

Good bloody fun.

Melancholia

Lars von Trier, 2011, 130 minutes

Magnificent indictment of life on Earth.

The Worst Person in the World

Joachim Trier, 2021, 127 minutes

Quotidian posing as art, but redeemed by two special effects scenes and the last 40 minutes.

The Formula

John Avildsen, 1980, 117 minutes

Falls into the "walkie-talkie" category: many tracking shots of walking and talking.