Jurgen & Marcy's World / Independent Film Blog

Just in time for his next martial arts epic "House of Flying Daggers," Miramax releases Zhang Yimou's "Hero," starring Jet Li, on DVD. Also new this week: André Téchiné's wartime ... Read More

Sixty feature films will screen in four competitions (Documentary, Dramatic, World Documentary and World Cinema Dramatic) at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival in late January. Indie mainstays Naomi Watts, Laura ... Read More

The Criterion Collection gives Catherine Breillart's shocking coming-of-age tale "Fat Girl" a handsome DVD release, but no amount of interviews, essays, and special features can make up for the film's ... Read More

Jean-Pierre Jeunet's lavish follow-up to "Amélie" is both a whimsical love story featuring his favorite brown-eyed star Audrey Tautou and a nitty-gritty depiction of World War One trench warfare. "A ... Read More

Acclaimed director Hayao Miyazaki's latest film "Howl's Moving Castle" is breaking box office records in Japan. Based on the children's book of the same name by British writer Diana Wynne ... Read More

With his latest film, Nouvelle Vague pioneer Jean-Luc Godard delivers a unqiue blend of almost abstract cinema, fiction, and documentary patterened after Dante's "Divine Comedy." "Notre Musique" opens on Friday. ... Read More

Pedro Almodovar's new film "Bad Education," starring Gael Garcia Bernal, has been rated NC-17 by the Motion Picture Association of America. The MPAA cited "explicit sexual content" as a reason ... Read More

Syringes, botched anesthesia, and cranium saws: Gilles Marchand's taut hospital thriller "Who Killed Bambi?," starring Sophie Quinton and Laurent Lucas, is not for the squeamish. Read Jürgen's review.

New on DVD this week: Ingmar Bergman's "Fanny And Alexander" in a five-disc Criterion edition, Robert Altman's adaptation of Raymond Carver's stories, "Short Cuts," Guy Maddin's "The Saddest Music in ... Read More

Bill Condon's new bio film about pioneering sex researcher Alfred Kinsey is already getting Oscar buzz. To the horror of his father (and conservatives across the country), impassioned Liam Neeson ... Read More

Thanksgiving is about more than turkey and football: it's a complicated celebration of the American family gathered around a table. Here are our top picks of the best Thanksgiving films.

Fans of Ludivine Sagnier ("Swimming Pool") will not be disappointed with the young temptress in Claude Miller's new drama "La Petite Lili." Based on Chekhov's "The Seagull," the film ... Read More

Oscar-winning filmmaker Michael Moore told Daily Variety that he has plans for a follow-up to his record-breaking documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11," a film that caused a firestorm of controversy for attacking ... Read More

Richard Linklater's wonderfully romantic sequel to his 1995 slacker love story "Before Sunrise" is one of our favorite films of the year. Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke reprise their roles ... Read More

Lang, Wenders, Schlöndorff, Fassbinder, Herzog: the great German directors explore everything from claustrophobic World War II submarine warfare and mischievous dwarves to expressionistic visions of the future and angelic dreams ... Read More

Stanley Kubrick's atomic comedy "Dr. Strangelove" gets a 40th anniversay double-disc release, and the instant rock classic "Festival Express" comes with plenty of bonus material of the Grateful Dead and ... Read More

After the two parts of "Kill Bill," Quentin Tarantino has announced plans to shoot a kung-fu movie entirel in Mandarin. For audiences who'd rather not read subtitles, he is considering ... Read More

Roger Mitchell's psychological thriller "Enduring Love" quickly loses steam after an hot air balloon plunges on a lovers' picnic. Daniel Craig, Samantha Morton, and Rhys Ifans star. Read Marcy's review.