Review: This So-Called Disaster
Thursday April 29, 2004
Michael Almereyda's documentary on the rehearsals for the Sam Shepard play "The Late Harry Moss" is a serious treat. When else can you can you watch Sean Penn and Woody ... Read More
DVD Review: Bonhoeffer
Monday April 26, 2004
This eye-opening documentary about Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German pacifist, pastor, and Nazi resister who was part of a plot to kill Adolf Hitler, is out on DVD now. Read Jurgen's ... Read More
Review: Rhinoceros Eyes
Sunday April 25, 2004
Aaron Woodley's debut film about a shop clerk lost in madness and movie props stars independent film's latest heartthrob Michael Pitt ("The Dreamers") as a maladjusted cinephile who risks all ... Read More
New DVD Releases
Thursday April 22, 2004
Violent pot heads, self-mutilation, extreme surfing, assassination attempts on Hitler, and Sissy Spacek and Shelly Duval in a rare Robert Altman movie: as hard as we tried, we couldn't find ... Read More
Cannes Line-Up Announced
Thursday April 22, 2004
The line-up for France's 57th annual Cannes film festival, which was announced yesterday, includes 18 films screening in the official competition. Pedro Almodovar's "La Mala Education" will open the festival. ... Read More
Review: Young Adam
Monday April 19, 2004
Ewan McGregor sheathes his light saber and makes love to Tilda Swinton in this sooty, brooding adaptation of a novel by Alexander Trocchi. The film opened Friday in New York ... Read More
Review: Kill Bill Vol. 2
Thursday April 15, 2004
Uma Thurman is back to take care of the baddies she didn't decapitate in the first installment of Quentin Tarantino's hyperstylized tale of revenge. This time, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen, ... Read More
Review: Twentynine Palms
Thursday April 15, 2004
Celebrated French filmmaker Bruno Dumont cranks up the volume in the ludicrious sex/horror/art film "Twentynine Palms." Starring Katerina Gollub ("Pola X") and amateur actor David Wissak. Read Marcy's ... Read More
This Week's New DVD Releases
Wednesday April 14, 2004
The latest releases of two icons of American independent film make it to DVD this week, and they couldn't be more different: QT's "Kill Bill, Vol. 1," timed to coincide ... Read More
Top Ten Movies from Canada
Thursday April 8, 2004
Canada: the land of mounties, maple syrup, and people who stick videotapes into their bellies. Here is our highly subjective list of top ten films from north of the border, ... Read More
New DVD Releases
Wednesday April 7, 2004
Jacques Demy's "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" is one of the most touching love stories ever brought to the silver screen. The classic film has been digitally remastered for its 40th ... Read More
Review: Intermission
Tuesday April 6, 2004
John Crowley's ensemble drama is a rich, nuanced film - crowded with lovely moments and complicated stories. Rising stars Colin Farrell, Shirley Henderson, Kelly MacDonald, and Cillian Murphy lead ... Read More
New DVD Reviews
Sunday April 4, 2004
Fear and oppression weigh heavily in all three of our favorite recent DVD releases: in Fassbinder's "Ali: Fear Eats the Soul," an immigrant worker falls in love with a German ... Read More
Bellissima: Italian Actresses
Thursday April 1, 2004
Check out our new profiles of three iconic Italian actresses. Sultry Asia Argento, daughter of legendary horror director Dario Argento, has taken on vin Diesel and made an autobiographical ... Read More