Flicks with The Film Snob

Martin Scorsese’s latest film depicts the Mafia, and its complicated history with Teamsters president Jimmy Hoffa, as a symbol of the corruption of America in the late 20th century.

The Irishman is …

Bong Joon Ho’s fiendishly clever new film takes aim at the issue of class, reflected in a tale of a family of criminals invading the home of a wealthy family in order to get ahead.

A family of grifte…

Edward Norton is the director and lead actor of this entertaining detective mystery set in 1950s Brooklyn, a story that features political corruption and family intrigue.

Edward Norton has long been …

In his latest and most personal film, Pedro Almodóvar contemplates aging, regret, the need to make films, and life as a gay man in Spain.

Pedro Almodóvar, Spain’s great director, was once a rebel an…

Keira Knightley plays Katharine Gun, a translator for British intelligence who leaked an email exposing corruption by the forces seeking to invade Iraq in 2003, in this gripping true story.

In early …

Don McKellar’s dry comedy from 1998 examines the peculiar ways that people might cope when faced with the ultimate disaster: the end of planet Earth.

The end of the world! Or, in what amounts to the …

Vince Gilligan presents an exciting follow-up to his popular TV series Breaking Bad, in which we learn the fate of Jesse, one of the main characters, played by Aaron Paul.

Vince Gilligan is a produce…

Renée Zellweger gives a stunning performance as Judy Garland in the last year of her life, performing in London while suffering from the drug addiction that would eventually kill her.

The utter exhau…

A young man with Down Syndrome resists society’s patronizing approach to his life and possibilities, by escaping from a nursing home and going on a journey with a headstrong, rebellious ally.

A boy t…

This stylish 1981 cult favorite from Jean-Jacques Beineix tells of a young man’s obsession with an opera singer, and his accidental involvement in a crime scandal.

As the 1980s began, the French New…

A portrait of the immensely popular singer profiles Linda Ronstadt’s remarkable career, in which she succeeded in making her own choices that went against conventional wisdom, and the impact of her g…

Olivier Assayas portrays the complex and somewhat devious relationships of a group of Parisian literary types, in a film that poses questions about traditional culture, and the digital world that is …

Cate Blanchett shines in Richard Linklater’s adaptation of a popular novel about a brilliant, difficult woman having trouble adjusting to domestic life.

One of the things you’ll notice about films th…

This 1923 thrill comedy, climaxing in a famous climb up a skyscraper, shows silent comedian Harold Lloyd at his very best.

There are three names considered the greatest and most important in American…

Jim Jarmusch has crafted a zombie film—a comedy that somehow manages to maintain an almost somber tone—doubling as a portrait of America under Trump.

Jim Jarmusch still seems, at least to me, like th…

In 1913 Budapest, a young woman searches relentlessly for the secrets of her own family, in a film that dramatizes a premonition of the old European world’s collapse.

How small an individual seems in…

Life on the job—in this case, the night shift at a supermarket box store—forms the background of German director Thomas Stuber’s gentle drama of love and friendship.

Most of us spend close to half of…