This So Called Disaster, Door In The Floor, We Don't Live Here Anymore, Time of the Wolf, Kitchen Stories
1. This So Called Disaster
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 Harrelson razz each other about their worst films and not feel frivolous? Be warned: this DVD offers no special features.2. The Door In The Floor
Suffering is just not the same at the beach. As grieving parents, Jeff Bridges acts up a storm while clad in various revealing night shirts, and Kim Basinger looks positively gorgeous as a woman lost in her grief. If you are looking for a gripping soap opera to while away an evening, Todd William's adaption of John Irving's novel "A Widow For One Year" will satisfy. Special features include a making of featurette, Sundance's "Anatomy of a Scene," and a commentary track.
3. We Don't Live Here Anymore
More beautiful people suffer in John Duigan's "We Don't Live Here Anymore." Adapted from two novellas by Andre Dubus, Mark Ruffalo, Laura Dern, Naomi Watts, and Peter Krause take turns suffering from fits of jealous rage and sexual ecstasy. The film won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at Sundance.4. Time Of The Wolf
Michael Haneke's "Time Of The Wolf" is an emotionally riveting film that takes place in post-apocalyptic rural France. Isabelle Huppert stars as a surviving mother who with her two children, sets out on the open road with little more than the clothes on their backs.