Time of the Wolf
The post-apocalyptic world ofTime of the Wolfis never explained,  but becomes all the more hypnotic for it. A mother (Isabelle Huppert,I  Heart Huckabees,8 Femmes) struggles to keep her teenage  daughter and young son alive after a social collapse of unknown causes.  The family, accompanied by a semi-feral teenage boy, finds a train station  where other survivors have collected in an uneasy alliance.Time of the  Wolfdoesn't have much of a story, but its depiction of human behavior  at the breaking point is stark and convincing. The always compelling  Huppert and director Michael Haneke previously worked together onThe  Piano Teacher;Time of the Wolflacks that movie's  psychological focus, but it creates a dark world through simple but  evocative means. Also featuring Beatrice Dalle (Betty Blue) and  Olivier Gourmet (The Son).--Bret Fetzer