Why watch noisy summer junk like Charlies Angels, when you can enjoy smart movies in the comfort of your quiet home? Top recommendations include "Intacto," "Lost In La Mancha" and "Warm Water Under Red Bridge."
1. Intacto
In this strange but compelling Spanish film, luck is both a blessing and a curse in a world where the lucky are often haunted and lonely survivors. Max von Sydow and Eusebio Poncela star in Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's unusual morality tale.
2. Lost In La Mancha
Terry Gilliam had the script, the sets, the stars (including Johnny Depp and Jean Rocheford) but he couldn't control the weather, NATO planes, injured players and the onslaught of financers. This documentary catches the slow and painful demise of a Gilliam's dream. You might twitch a little.3. Punch Drunk Love
Overhyped on its release, P.T. Anderson's movie is still worthy of attention. Adam Sandler abandons pop comedy for art comedy. He punches walls, dons a blue suit, but best of all, falls for the lovely Emily Watson.4. Life And Debt
Stephanie Black's sharp and insightful documentary about the crippling ecomonic ramifications of IMF money will make you reevalute that trip to Jamaica -- or any tropical paradise, for that matter.5. Warm Water Under Red Bridge
Japan's everyman superstar Koji Yakusho plays the laid-off salary man living in a Tokyo slum who goes off to look for a hidden treasure in a picturesque small town and meets a beautiful widow from whom flows the waters of life.6. His Secret Life
Shot in Italy and Turkey, Margherita Buy is a grieving widow who discovers that her husband had a secret mistress for the past seven years in Ferzan Ozpetek's drama.7. Bodies, Rest and Motion
Another Phoebe Cates film on DVD is a cause for celebration. This 1993 talky indie sleeper also stars Bridget Fonda, Tim Roth and Eric Stoltz. Special features include a short documentary featurette and behind the scenes footage.