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An innocent man is accused of child sexual abuse in Thomas Vinterberg's harrowing portrait of group fear and ostracism.
Matthew McConaughey plays a man on the run from the law who enlists the help of two boys, in Jeff Nichols' latest film, Mud.
One of the few Hollywood films to deal intelligently with religious themes, The Nun's Story also features what is arguably Audrey Hepburn's finest performance.
Sarah Polley's exploration of her late mother's secrets also has the wider theme of how we frame our family histories through storytelling.
This film about the eminent philosopher's controversial engagement with the Holocaust is remarkable for its ability to make intellectual issues come alive on screen.
Shirley Clarke's adaptation of a famous stage play about heroin addicts was first banned, then became a breakthrough for greater freedom of expression in film.
The third film in Richard Linklater's trio about man-woman relationships cuts right to the bone--the need to go past romance.
A tense Irish drama about an emotionally scarred woman (Andrea Riseborough)compelled to turn informer on the IRA, features Clive Owen as an anguished MI5 agent.
This little known gem from 1973, about a party loving country singer (Rip Torn) ripping and running his way across Alabama, is an example of the creative freedom that briefly surfaced in American films at that time.
The new film by Olivier Assayas is a beautifully realized portrait of a time of great ferment in history and the director's own life: the early 1970s.
Greta Gerwig plays a young woman whose meandering attempts to get somewhere with her life are hampered by unspoken grief about losing touch with her best friend, in a funny and touching film she co-wrote with Noah Baumbach.
Gilles Bourdous' new film portrays the impact of a beautiful young model and muse on the lives of the great painter Auguste Renoir, and his son Jean, the future director.
This documentary presents a record of one of the first government hearings to be televised live--the infamous showdown between the Army and the anticommunist Senator Joe McCarthy.
Under house arrest and banned from directing films, Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi gets around the censorship, and makes a profound statement about art along the way.
Francois Ozon's clever spoof of suspense films portrays a young author whose voyeuristic adventures fascinate his writing teacher.
Terrence Malick brings his signature style to a lyrical portrait of love and sorrow.
The love of two young women is divided by the claims of religion, in this honest and compassionate Romanian film.
A movie about the campaign to say "No" to Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in 1988 holds funny and surprising lessons about how progressives can win in politics.
The elusive boundaries of love and need are reflected in the momentary relationship of an old man and a young call girl in Japan, in another subtle film by Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami.
Interviews with six former directors of Israel's internal security agency demonstrate the tragic dead end of Israeli policy and the need for peace.
Steven Soderbergh's sly suspense film takes aim at the current prevalence of psychiatric medication.
The horrific story of a 12-year-old African girl who becomes a child soldier is depicted with extraordinary depth and humanity in this Canadian film.
Hardened convicts perform Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in a maximum security Roman prison, and the result expresses a surprising relevance.
A rich and fascinating look at the life of trappers living off the land in Siberia.
Mike Leigh's brand of working class comedy was never better than in this 1990 film about a family of lovable misfits.
An elderly man copes with the slow death of his wife in Michael Haneke's brilliant film about love and mortality.
A daring Portuguese film explores the seductive illusions of romantic memory against the background of colonialism in Africa.
As usual, the Film Snob waits until February to look back and evaluate his favorite flicks of the previous year.
Denzel Washington plays a pilot who saves his passengers with a heroic flight maneuver, only to find his new found fame threatening to expose his alcoholism.
The popular musical based on the Victor Hugo classic is finally a movie, and a very enjoyable one.
