“Snowpiercer” — a 2013 sci-fi film, directed by South Korean Bong Joon-ho, about people stuck aboard a train circling a frozen-over earth — is just as good as Kottke says.
Embedded above and on YouTube here: the trailer.
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If, like me, you enjoy post-apocalyptic thrillers, you should most certainly watch it.