The Best

The Big Clock (1948) Adapted by acclaimed screenwriter Jonathan Latimer from a novel by the equally renowned crime author Kenneth Fearing, “The Big Clock” is a superior suspense film that

Annihilation (2018) by Alex Garland. Stars Natalie Portman, Oscar Isaac, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny. Lena (Portman), a biologist and former soldier, joins a mission to

Baby Driver (2017) The surprise hit of the year — no surprise, actually, if you know the work of director Edgar Wright (“Shaun of the Dead,” 2004; “Hot Fuzz,” 2007;

The Danish Girl (2015) by Tom Hooper. A fictitious love story loosely inspired by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe (Eddie Redmayne) and Gerda Wegener (Alicia Vikander). Lili and

The Age of Adaline (2015) Adaline (Blake Lively) is a 29-year-old who survives a near-death experience and from that day on never grows older. After miraculously remaining that way for

Black Jack: 35th Anniversary Edition (1979) A rediscovered classic from realist master Ken Loach and one of the inspirations for Wes Anderson’s “Moonrise Kingdom,” “Black Jack,” based on Leon Garfield’s

Accident (2009 — Hong Kong) A self-styled accident choreographer, Brain is a professional hit man who kills his victims by trapping them in well crafted accidents that look like unfortunate

Beginners (2011) by Mike Mills: Graphic designer Oliver (Ewan McGregor) must deal with the death of his father (Christopher Plummer) — who came out of the closet after the death