A science-fiction precursor to the likes of Brazil and Dark City, this silent masterpiece from Fritz Lang is set in a dismal future when nameless workers labor beneath the streets of a towering city. Their toil enables the life of leisure enjoyed by the aristocratic class, who live in the skyscrapers that soar through multiple,

This has little of the insinuating nature of the best film noir, as Lana Turner and John Garfield go from 0 to 60 in their first scene together. She plays a simmering housewife; he plays the handyman hired by her husband (Cecil Kellaway). They hardly wait until he leaves the room to plan his murder.

A quiet and engaging little character study from writer-director Thomas McCarthy. Veteran actor Richard Jenkins gets a lead role (but remains appropriately humble) as Walter Vale, a closed-off professor and widower who makes a rare visit from his suburban home to his New York City apartment and discovers an illegal-immigrant couple (Haaz Sleiman and Danai