Flicks w/ The Film Snob

Killer of Sheep is something of a miracle—a student film that comes close to greatness

Among the great Hollywood directors from the early classic era, arguably the most underappreciated was Josef von Sternberg

Long-held secrets and hidden motives are the tale in the beguiling new film by Danish director Susanne Bier

The first feature written and directed by the young actress Sarah Polley, brings a sharp intelligence and depth of feeling to a very difficult story

Writer-director Adrienne Shelly created a movie about small-town dreams and fears, and the picture's sincerity and joyfulness swept me along

Mafioso is a wickedly clever little gem, puncturing any glamour you might associate with organized crime

A new film by maverick English director Ken Loach dramatizes the important period of Irish history between 1920 and 1922

Ever so gradually, Iranian director Jafar Panahi has crafted a body of work that places him in the forefront of world cinema

Black Book combines the excitement of an adventure film with the darkness of historical awareness

Volver is a triumph, a mystery brimming with both humor and sadness, thought-provoking and vibrantly alive

Daniele Thompson's third feature is an enjoyable peek at the world of art, theater and music in Paris

Dodsworth is a 1936 film directed by the great Hollywood filmmaker William Wyler

David Fincher is a director who works within the Hollywood system but stretches and plays with its formulas in new and unexpected ways

The accomplished Indian director Mira Nair specializes in films about people whose lives span the divides between countries and cultures

Among the many problems afflicting post-Soviet Russia is the huge number of orphaned children, abandoned by their destitute and drunken parents and sold to foreign customers of Russian orphanages