Michael Sragow

Open secret: Ferenc Török’s austere and suspenseful film depicts the uneasy return of Jews to a small Hungarian village

Cruel and unusual: Yorgos Lanthimos’s modern myth attempts to pillory middle-class values but rings hollow

Everyday courage: Andy Serkis’s exuberant directorial debut brings a true tale of resilience to the screen

Mea culpa: Ben Mendelsohn and Rooney Mara carry a jumbled portrayal of an abuser and his now-adult victim

Get the guests: urban sophisticates battle the uncanny (and oddball hosts) in James Whale’s complete and utter hoot of a film, newly restored

Being and nothingness: Harry Dean Stanton’s final performance is a warm spiritual quest that reflects his strengths

Open house: Darren Aronofsky’s attempts at a mystical thriller flounder

Killer on the road: Olivia Cooke is the standout in this pre-Jack the Ripper East End murder mystery

Keep calm and carry on: a wartime tale of perseverance is moving but never overwrought

Adrift: actor-turned-screenwriter Taylor Sheridan tries his hand at directing again, with mixed results

Riot act: Kathryn Bigelow’s dramatization of the city’s 1967 riots offers a complex if imperfect commentary on race and authority in America

Sad spectacle: Luc Besson’s latest is a gargantuan comic-book misfire

Sweet arachnid of youth: the teen superhero’s back and more career-minded than ever

(Matt Reeves, USA, 20th Century Fox, July 14)

Lives of the artists: two nuanced, female-directed biopics speak to the transformative power of art

High-octane: Edgar Wright’s exuberant riff on getaway movies nearly runs itself into the ground

In walks company: the scariest part of Trey Edward Shults’s second feature is the arty bluster

Unstoppable: the Amazon heroine offers a timely and poignant message in Patty Jenkins’s film

Air-conditioned nightmares: two very different films that touch upon the terror of suburbia

Religious conviction: Jean-Pierre Melville’s unsettling, occupation-set drama gave Emmanuelle Riva one of her most complicated roles