Jurgen & Marcy's Independent Film Blog June 2005 Archive

Michael Winterbottom, director of "The Claim," "24 Hour Party People" and the upcoming "9 Songs," is making a documentary about the American prison at Guantanamo Bay, The Guardian reports. The ... Read More

This infectious music documentary, now available on DVD, proves that the son of Africa's most celebrated musician has come into his own. At home in his native Nigeria, Femi Kuti's ... Read More

Pawel Pawlikowski's "My Summer of Love" is arguably the best film of the summer, perhaps even the year. British newcomers Nathalie Press and Emily Blunt both give stunning performances. Read ... Read More

Overlooked at the box office, John Maybury's bone-chilling thriller "The Jacket" is out on DVD. Also, Ross McElwee's personal look at the tobacco industry "Bright Leaves," and Jessica Yu's ... Read More

Chris Terrio's directorial debut is an all-engrossing, moving film that follows five characters through twenty-four hours on a fall day in Manhattan. Elizabeth Banks, Glenn Close, and James Marsden lead ... Read More

It's "Memento" reimagined as a love story: In "5x2," Francois Ozon ("Swimming Pool," "8 Women") tells the story of two lovers in five chapters, moving backwards in time from their ... Read More

The best film about a donkey you will ever see is out on DVD: Robert Bresson's sublime tale "Au Hasard Balthazar" arrives on Criterion, while master of bad taste John ... Read More

A curse that turns a hat shop girl into a 90-year-old woman, a four-legged fortress, a dashing wizard and a hopping scarecrow called Turnip Head: the new film by anime ... Read More

Alexandre Aja's relentless slasher flick "High Tension," starring Cecile de France and Maiwenn, celebrates the horror genre by heaping cliche upon cliche. The film packs a sharply focused punch – ... Read More

Paolo Virzì's "Caterina in the Big City" is a lovely surprise: an insightful, charming story of a fifteen-year-old girl (Alice Teghil) who moves from a small backwater Southern beach town ... Read More

In the slight but charming comedy "Après Vous," Daniel Auteuil stars as Antoine, a headwaiter at a popular Paris restaurant whose life falls apart after he does a good deed. ... Read More