Dogtooth   (4 subjective stars)

Happily this film requires little by way of explanation.  It is a darkly surreal take on the nuclear family.   The film won a prize at Cannes and was also the Greek nominee for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2011 Oscars.  There are no stylistic winks from filmmaker to audience and therein lies much of it's stark beauty.  The shooting style is formal in the sense that the camera is mostly stationary and used to frame the action.  Both the camerawork and the satirical conviction of the film give it the sense of a complete work of art.   Yipee!