
NINE QUEENS by Fabián Bielinski
It's Devilishly Hard to Resist the Fools and Their Money. Fabián Bielinski's trickster of a film follows the adventures of two swindlers who team up for a scheme involving the sale and resale of some priceless rare stamps. By Stephen Holden. [New York Times: Arts]

MULE SKINNER BLUES directed by Stephen Earnhart
A Place Where Folk Culture Flourishes. Stephen Earnhart's documentary is a tribute to homegrown American eccentricity. By A. O. Scott. [New York Times: Movies]

HUMAN NATURE directed by Michel Gondry; written by Charlie Kaufman
It's a Jungle Out There (and Everywhere Else, in Fact). Michel Gondry's surreal, satiric farce about the perennial struggle between our bestial impulses and our desire to restrain them never quite comes to life as a movie. By A. O. Scott. [New York Times: Movies]