Un conte de Noel (Christmas Tale), Arnaud Desplechin, 2008

Desplechin's domestic epic is a glorious tangle of neuroses and insinuations, all accented by the director's strange, staccato rhythms. Thankfully, Desplechin's dysfunctional Vuillard clan is not so precious, hopeless, or insufferable as the creations of stateside contemporaries Noah Baumbach and the like.