Jurgen & Marcy's Independent Film Blog December 2004 Archive

Kevin Bacon stars as Walter, a reformed pedophile returned to society after twelve year's incarceration in Nicole Kassel's acclaimed debut drama "The Woodsman." Read Marcy's review.

Let's not even get started on where Hollywood went wrong--the art house world produced its own list of flops and failures. Zhang Yimou traded character and story for endless slo-mo ... Read More

Jessica Yu's documentary about the reclusive artist Henry Darger, who wrote and illustrated a 15,000 page novel, opens today. Read Jurgen's review.

Now out on DVD: the cult sleeper "Napoleon Dynamite," British slackers taking on zombies in the hilarious "Shaun of the Dead" and a moving portrait of a Palestinian woman's struggle ... Read More

Tired of "It's a Wonderful Life" yet? Sick of "White Christmas?" "Jingle Bells" driving you up the walls? Here is our list of ten Christmas movies that are guaranteed not ... Read More

Korean director Kim Ji-Woon provides two hours of stylish spookiness with this moody horror flick about a pair of adolescent girls who are being terrorized by their stepmother... or are ... Read More

Martin Scorsese's biopic about the early years of Howard Hughes, legendary film producer, playboy, and test pilot, is pure razzle-dazzle entertainment. Leonardo DiCaprio gives an Oscar-worthy performance and Cate Blanchett ... Read More

This week's top DVD releases include the Sam Shepard documentary "This So-Called Disaster," Kim Basinger and Jeff Bridges in "The Door In The Floor," the Andre Dubus adaptation "We Don't ... Read More

Your guides joined Charles Taylor (Salon), David Edelstein (Slate), Kurt Loder (MTV), Armond White (New York Press) and many others to vote for the best films of 2004. As the ... Read More

Bare chested script girls, glowing jaguar sharks, and Bill Murray in a red wool cap and Speedos: Wes Anderson, wunderkind director of "Rushmore" and "The Royal Tenenbaums," is back with ... Read More

This week's new DVD releases: the outstanding drug mule drama "Maria Full of Grace," Andy Lau in the Hong Kong crime thriller "Infernal Affairs," Fritz Lang's classic "M," and Mathilde ... Read More

Zhang Yimou has tasted blood. Following his surprise blockbuster hit "Hero," the Chinese auteur best known for his tasteful dramas is back with another wire-fu adventure starring Zhang Ziyi and ... Read More