In 1997, a French con artist transformed himself into a Texan — but there's more.

Geoff Murphy's 1985 post-apocalypse story still stands up to scrutiny.

The "new" Superman takes an old franchise back to the future, winningly.

There's little that's credible about Zal Batmanglij's foray into eco-terrorism.

David Cronenberg strikes out looking in a too-literal adaptation of Don DeLillo.

Katie Jarvis, Michael Fassbender and director Andrea Arnold produce a masterpiece.

Time travelers Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis are armed and sqaundered.

Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva make death a masterpiece.

Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman power a study of power, and brokenness.

Marek Polgar invents a city some of whose residents believe they're also made up.