Flicks with The Film Snob

The story of a young girl who is accused of being a witch presents a drily satiric take on the oppression of women in Africa.

Filmmaker Rungano Nonyi was born in the central African nation of Zambia,…

Three boys grow up in the midst of ugly family conflict, in this lyrical evocation of childhood tragedy.

When realism comes together with lyricism, you have the makings of a great film. We the Animal…

The story of a young woman’s struggle with her overprotective mother, and her fascination with a woman directing her in an experimental theater group, draws parallels between performance, mental illn…

Robert Greene documents the centenary reenactment of the Bisbee deportation, the infamous rounding up and expulsion of striking copper miners in Bisbee, Arizona, in 1917.

In 1917, a tragic and crimin…

While ostensibly a haunted house mystery, Lenny Abrahamson’s latest film skillfully explores dark places in the psyche.

The Little Stranger is what you would call a haunted house mystery, although t…

Jim McKay’s portrait of Mexican immigrants in Brooklyn who work hard and love playing soccer, is a sweet and satisfying film.

A group of Mexican immigrants, as yet undocumented, live together in a cr…

Ava DuVernay’s 2016 documentary traces the history of incarceration as a tool of white supremacy in America, while Spike Lee’s latest provocation uses the real case of a black cop infiltrating the K…

Boots Riley’s free-wheeling, surrealistic satire on white supremacy and corporate culture sports a reckless take-no-prisoners attitude.

Sorry to Bother You is the kind of thing you might say when you…

A cab driver, an immigrant from Senegal named Solo, tries to help a taciturn old man who may be planning to kill himself, in this funny and touching 2008 film.

For someone who writes about films as I…

True to its title, this horror film depicts events that are inevitable and unstoppable, coded into the structure of the troubled family at its center. 

It may take a while to process your feelings o…

Lucrecia Martel’s latest film is a portrait of colonial futility, in which an 18th century official in an out-of-the-way South American locality struggles to escape, and endure, his plight.

Argentine…

A couple in the midst of divorce tragically neglect their 12-year-old son, in Andrey Zvyagintsev ‘s portrait of spiritual malaise in today’s Russia.

During Russia’s gradual descent back to dictatorsh…

A documentary portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsburg reveals the life story of the Supreme Court Justice and her key role in advancing women’s rights in the United States.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a Supreme C…

This film features real people playing themselves in a drama about a young rodeo hotshot whose career has been cut short by a head injury, and who must cope with whether he can ever again the one thi…

Claire Denis’ new film examines the cycle of hope, expectation and disappointment in the life of a woman looking for the right man.

The desire for a loving relationship takes many forms in the latest…