2009’s Oscar winner in the foreign-film category, this legal thriller, set in the twilight years of Argentinian quasi-fascism, is a slickly somber, high-toned murder mystery that aspires to a Scorsesean gravity. Failing that, it keeps its plot-pot on high boil. —Matthew Martens
The Secret in Their Eyes
2009
dir. Juan José Campanella
129 min
