Jurgen & Marcy's World / Independent Film Blog

Part "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" part "Rashomon," Chinese art house auteur Zhang Yimou ("Raise the Red Lantern") gets in on the wire-fu action with the blockbuster "Hero," the martial arts ... Read More

The Criterion Collection gives the special treatment to David Cronenberg's cult classic "Videodrome," the mesmerizing Iranian tragedy "Crimson Gold" hits the shelves and the "The Mayor Of Sunset Strip," a ... Read More

Why wait until December, when we're swamped with high-caliber releases jockeying for Oscar positions and holiday box office to compile a best-of list? With the end of summer in sight, ... Read More

Margarethe von Trotta's moving film focuses on a little known act of resistance in 1943 Berlin, when a group of women staged a rebellion in front of a detention center ... Read More

Fans of Zach Braff's "Garden State" will be excited to hear that the writer, director, and star of the romantic coming-of-age tale is keeping his own blog. Unfortunately, there are ... Read More

Lars von Trier's disturbing masterpiece "Dogville," starring Nicole Kidman and Paul Bettany, is out on DVD. Also, the hilarious Hong Kong hit "Shaolin Soccer," the early Fellini gem "I Vitelloni," ... Read More

A new film that portrays dictator Adolf Hitler's human side during his last days in a Berlin air-raid shelter is causing controversy in Germany. Produced by Bernd Eichinger and directed ... Read More

Mexico's highest grossing film of 2003, Hugo Rodriguez' "Nicotina" stars heartthrob Diego Luna ("Y Tu Mama Tambien," "Havana Nights") as an obsessive computer hacker who gets involved in a diamond ... Read More

Spies, crooks, Nazis, divas, politicians and nuclear scientists circle one another in Jean-Paul Rappeneau's romantic wartime comedy "Bon Voyage," starring Isabelle Adjani, Gerard Depardieu and Virginie Ledoyen. Also out on ... Read More

Mark Ruffalo, Laura Dern, Naomi Watts, and Peter Krause take turns suffering fits of jealous rage and sexual ecstasy in John Curran's "We Don't Live Here Anymore." Marcy reviews.

This week's top DVD releases include Wolfgang Becker's bittersweet comedy "Goodbye, Lenin!," the end of the bride's revenge odyssey in Quentin Tarantino's stylized "Kill Bill Vol. 2" and Tod Browning's ... Read More

The biggest indie horror sensation since "Blair Witch Project," Chris Kentis' "Open Water" promises sharks and scares--but can the cheap, handheld film, released today, live up to the hype? With ... Read More

Sitcom actor Zach Braff ("Scrubs") wrote, directed and starred in "Garden State." His first feature film is inventive, warm, and often hilariously funny. Natalie Portman, Peter Saarsguard, and Ian Holm ... Read More

Through Internet sales and word of mouth alone, Robert Greenwald's DVD-only "Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism" has become a grass-roots phenomenon. The documentary takes on the "fair and balanced" ... Read More