MOVING VIOLATIONS

The “institutional comedy” model, established in 1984 by POLICE ACADEMY, was given a fair-to-middling workout in this science fiction-tinged comedy

SERIE NOIRE

A 1979 French language take on Jim Thompson’s A HELL OF A WOMAN, directed by the talented Alain Corneau

ATTACK THE BLOCK

The primary intent of this no-budgeter was evidently to jumpstart a Hollywood career for its debuting writer-director, yet the film can be enjoyed by viewers who aren’t studio executives or talent agents