CECIL B. DEMENTED

Far from John Waters’ best work, but funny and perceptive enough in its corrosive portrayal of guerilla filmmaking to warrant a qualified recommendation

A SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM

A black comedy whose effectiveness pivots on an unexpected but quite canny casting choice: Michael Caine, playing a New York businessman using highly unorthodox practices to get ahead

BEETLEJUICE

Tim Burton’s second feature was this 1988 triumph, his first collaboration with novelist Michael McDowell

THE BUTCHER BOY

The brief acting career of the late Sinéad O’Connor reached its apex in this rancid little film from Ireland’s Neil Jordan