A snail is an equally comforting and discomfiting creature. Its ornamental shell is both a home and armor. Its glacial pace, often accompanied by a viscous sludge it leaves behind, make it a messy ...

Animation came out on top at the 68th BFI London Film Festival as Adam Elliot’s Memoir of a Snail, the one animated feature in the main official competition for best film, beat out ten live ...

Plus, the end of “Memoir of a Snail” redeems its flights into tedium by giving us a reason to have watched them. There’s a story here about being shoved into a shell and choosing to leave it ...