Flicks w/ The Film Snob

Once again, Arnaud Desplechin has succeeded in portraying the richness and variety of life in his own freewheeling style.

One of the movie's virtues is that it doesn't try to be more profound than it is.

Kaufman succeeds in making time seem to stop.

Happy-Go-Lucky is another triumph for Mike Leigh--a comedy with something serious on its mind.

Salesman allows us glimpses of the truth under the mask.

Changeling is an eye-opening true story from an American master.

But Julie Gavras turns the tables on our preconceptions in her witty portrait of childhood.

What's really at stake is nothing less than the death of innocence.

This film is an example of a provocative director at the very top of her form.

If you've ever spent an all-nighter aimlessly looking for some kind of fun, Exiles captures that sense of emptiness.

Transsiberian is a disturbing and exciting ride

The impish Petit created a moment of awe and inspiration from an act of sublime defiance of the law.

Frozen River is a stark parable of need and the struggles of conscience

Things are not at all what they at first seemed to be, but love is constant nevertheless.

Stop-Loss is a moving elegy for a damaged America.