Paranoia with paperwork: the ones who find out too much.
paranoia before the assassinations
shot like documentary, studied by both sides
a political thriller that won Best Foreign Film and got its director exiled
surveillance and guilt, released during Watergate
the procedural that made journalism cinematic
historically irresponsible, formally extraordinary
Rea and Davidson, and a film far better than its reputation as a talking point
surveillance paranoia, and it aged frighteningly well
Mann's best-built film
three storylines, three color grades
93 minutes, no wasted frame
Spielberg's hardest questions, disguised as a thriller
the most demanding studio film of the decade
Meirelles' follow-up to *City of God*
surveillance from the inside
the best-written studio thriller of the decade
Polanski's best late thriller
the densest thriller of the decade
Best Picture, and a genuinely great third act
the Chilean referendum, shot on period video
procedural, and deliberately uncomfortable
Hanks, Rylance, and the standing man
Best Picture, all procedure
Gwangju in 1980, and a huge Korean hit
Lee's angriest late film
the corporate-litigation film, done straight
