Foxcatcher

Most people, when thinking of wrestling, picture the flamboyance and the violence and the all-round absurdity of WWE. So the hypnotic melding of movement portrayed in Foxcatcher, a portrayal of professional wrestling at a national and international level, might come as a bit of a shock to those who, like this author, don't really follow the sport. Director Bennett Miller's vision, which drives all activity in the film, imbues this exceedingly physical sport with a shocking amount of subdued expression.

When Mark Schultz (Channing Tatum) trains with his brother Dave (Mark Ruffalo....