GreenCine Staff Pick: Unfairly obscure, the biting early 70s satire Little Murders, scripted by cartoonist and writer Jules Feiffer, holds up better than some other, more famous black comedies from the same era. First a stage play, the filmed version (directed by actor Alan Arkin, who also appears here as a beleaguered cop) opens things up a bit, with the absolutely hilarious dialogue and stinging storyline translating nicely. Elliot Gould plays Alfred, an apathetic New Yorker - a city under siege by a constant crime wave - who meets Patsy (Marcia Rodd, who went on to do... very little), a more optimistic sort with a passive, understandably apartment-bound family (Vincent Gardenia is particularly wonderful as her father). The city may ultimately defeat them all, but not before we get one of the most insane wedding scenes ever, with Donald Sutherland unforgettable as a far out, (a bit overly) progressive sort of minister. And with its unflinching depiction of violence and as a reflection of an America in a very dark mood, alas, it's timely all over again. -- Craig Phillips