Flicks w/ The Film Snob

Robert Bresson's tragic film focuses on a 14-year-old girl who is confronted by harsh realities that are greater than she can cope with.

This groundbreaking 1963 film signaled the birth of a Brazilian cinema addressing the struggles of working people.

Robert Altman's 1975 satiric film about the Nashville music scene reflects deep anxieties about American culture after Vietnam.

A portrait of the man who inspired "The Horse Whisperer."

Terrence Malick's enormously ambitious film symphony tells the story of a childhood as a microcosm of God and creation.

A portrait of a photographer who changed the way we look at fashion--by shooting pictures of people on the streets of New York.

30,000-year-old cave paintings are revealed in glorious 3-D by the eccentric visionary director Werner Herzog.

A marvelous DVD collection profiles the work of one of the cinema's greatest pioneers.

Kelly Reichardt's anti-western takes place in an existential limbo, where lost, desperate pioneers struggle to find someone or something they can trust.

A Hollywood classic about greed and survival, John Huston's 1948 film still holds up today.

Louis Malle's film about a heedless French boy who aids the Gestapo during the German occupation explores the genesis of evil and the possibility of redemption.

Excellent performances by Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams anchor this bittersweet portrayal of love falling on hard times.

A subtle duel between an English author and a French woman in Italy highlights the paradox of reality and performance.

In Deep Crimson, Mexican director Arturo Ripstein presents the horrifying consequences of an insanely obsessive love, which leads to murder.

An honest and unflinching portrait of a man who can bend steel with his hands, but has trouble negotiating ordinary life.