DVDs
REVIEWIssue 20 17-30 November 2008
Closer in spirit and technique to "The Last Waltz", his classic account of The Band's farewell gig, than to the more recent Dylan documentary "No Direction Home", Martin Scorsese's Shine a Light is a ... READ MORE →
REVIEWIssue 19 November 3-17 2008
Are big bosoms enough in and of themselves to make a film work? Russ Meyer based his entire career on such a belief. Bertrand Blier is a latter day Meyer, one who doesn't let things like narrative l... READ MORE →
REVIEWIssue 18 October 20 - November 2 2008
The debut feature from Bong Joon-Ho, director of "The Host", "Barking Dogs Never Bite" is a delicious black comedy set in a high rise apartment building. Yun-ju, an aspiring academic under profession... READ MORE →
REVIEWIssue 17 October 6-19 2008
Three hours long, seven years in the making and utterly uncompromised by any studio interference or commercial considerations David Lynch's "Inland Empire" plays like a compendium of all his previous ... READ MORE →
REVIEWIssue 16 September 22 - October 5 2008
If your constitution is up to seeing a grossly corpulent Jack Black stripped to the waist, observing that "my scrotum is longer than my penis", "Margot at the Wedding" may well be the film for you. A... READ MORE →
REVIEWIssue 15 September 8-21 2008
This is the film that fans of the cult Canadian actress Sarah Polley have been waiting for. She plays a secretive woman scarred in more ways than one, living a friendless, minimalist existence in a d... READ MORE →
REVIEWIssue 14 August 25 - September 7 2008
“Juno” depicts a year or so in the life of a sixteen year old student who finds herself pregnant. Whatever the high school backdrop there are no ‘sit com’ moments or obviously contrived plot ... READ MORE →
REVIEWIssue 13 August 10-24 2008
Paul Thomas Anderson’s "There Will Be Blood" is arguably the best film of 2007. A pitiless adaptation of an Upton Sinclair socialist novel, its account of the birth and growth of twentieth century ... READ MORE →
REVIEWIssue 12 July 28 - August 10 2008
Riveting from first til last, "Michael Clayton" is equal parts thriller and character study. George Clooney has his best leading role to date in the title part, a trouble shooting lawyer whose person... READ MORE →
REVIEWIssue 11 July 14 - 27 2008
This movie has an opening sequence which promises much. Joaquin Phoenix bears down on a scantily clad Eva Mendes, exposing some bits and massaging others, all to the tune of Blondie's "Heart of Glass... READ MORE →
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