Asian · DVD & Blu-ray · Reviews
Stray Man: Kurosawa’s Stray Dog on DVD
Tokyo steams, Mifune screams, Shimura beams
Category: Movies
Activist & Political · Documentaries · Reviews
A Succession of Presents: Howard Zinn: You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train
Pay attention to that man behind the curtain
I’m Not Scared: But You’ll Be
Plumbing the darkness o “sunny Italy” in the 1970s
Commodifying Desire: Rodrigo Bellot’s Sexual Dependency
Where is the love?
DVD & Blu-ray · Music & Musicals
Wish Upon a Star! Robert Wise’s Musical Mess on DVD
or, a turkey returns
Quickies: Random Short Reviews from Al Adamson to Doing Time, Doing Vipasanna to Scopitones
“Love tramps seduced by creatures from the grave! Yesterday they were cold and dead today they’re hot and bothered!”
DVD & Blu-ray · Horror · Reviews
The Doctors Are In! Jekyll & Hyde Times Three on DVD
Men are brutes literally this time
The Great Marriage Debate of 1924: Lubitsch’s Masterful Silent on DVD
A pioneering entry in a rare genre: the screwball comedy of manners
Directors · Experimental & Underground · Festivals & Awards
“Too Busy Making Work!” Honoring Michael Snow at the 2004 Thessaloniki Film Festival
Painter, photographer, sculptor, composer, musician and here, seminal experimental filmmaker
Documentaries · DVD & Blu-ray · Writers & Critics
“Being There”: No Maps for These Territories on DVD
“I was just doing my job.”
You Can’t Go Home Again: Return of the King
Maybe that’s a good thing
Roses Without Thorns, Gains Without Pains, Love Without Tears: Mona Lisa Smile
Doctor Julia explains it all for you
Capturing the Beauty of the Beast: Aileen Wuornos, Charlize Theron, and Monster
The “monster” Wuornos and why she won’t go away
Architecture as Social Commentary: The Absurdities of Il Posto
Olmi’s 1961 masterpiece comes to DVD in an excellent transfer
Quickies: Random Short Reviews from The Backyard to Dagon to What Are You Going to Do for Toilet Paper?
Tormented Christians, hacker boyz, cannibal queers, fish people you know, all those folks who keep it real
Distribute This! Francisco Athié’s Vera (Mexico, 2003)
Bad day at Bedrock
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner: Native Canadians and a Glimpse in the Mirror
This breakthrough film fascinates on many levels
O Captain! My Captain! Master and Commander
Master and Commander wants to raise your mast
The 2003 Montréal World Film Festival
A world-class city offers a world-class fest despite some troubling backstory
The 2003 New York Film Festival
This year’s NYFF is a decidedly mixed bag of tricks
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