Last Life in the Universe
January 31, 2006
Last Life in the Universe (2003) begins with a striking image of a man who has hung himself, his feet dangling with one slipper on and a pile of books underneath. Cut to a shot of the man now standing on the books about to hang himself. It turns out he...
Le notti bianche
January 30, 2006
When Fyodor Dostoyevsky was 27 years old, he wrote a series of columns for the Saint Petersburg Gazette. They were short pieces about his observations on city life and were eventually published as the Petersburg Chronicle. Luchino Visconti’s Le notti...
Friday Night Lights
January 29, 2006
If phrases like “4th and 10”, “quarterback” or “state championships” don’t stir pride and honor into running through your veins, and unless your a NFL fan or from Odessa, Texas in 1988 – it probably won’t. Catering for a niche market,...
The Glass Shield: Special Edition
January 23, 2006
Charles Burnett is one of America’s most underrated filmmakers working today. Unlike his African-American contemporary, Spike Lee, he is not an outspoken personality in his own right, preferring to let the work speak for itself. In many respects, his...
The Truman Show: Special Edition
January 23, 2006
With the proliferation of reality TV shows of all kinds, we aren’t too far away from the premise of The Truman Show (1998). Reality TV proves that people will watch just about anything and Peter Weir’s film takes that notion one step further by having...
The Breakin’ DVD Collection
January 23, 2006
It’s time to put your headband and parachute pants on and break out those Grandmaster Flash records for the holy breakdancing trilogy of films. These movies were made pre-Gangsta rap when disputes were settled either on the dance floor or on the mic....
Beautiful Girls
January 21, 2006
There is something about turning 30 that makes one re-evaluate their life. It is that time when you are forced to grow up, find direction, settle down and become an adult. Beautiful Girls (1996) concerns a group of men faced with this dilemma. They have...
Witness: Special Collector’s Edition
January 19, 2006
Remember when Harrison Ford used to make good movies? It’s scary to think that there is an entire generation that only knows him from dreck like Hollywood Homicide (2003). The ‘80s proved to be his most prolific period where, in between huge blockbuster...
A Very Long Engagement
January 19, 2006
After the phenomenal success of Amélie (2001), Jean-Pierre Jeunet could have played it safe. Instead, he parlayed that success into an ambitious romantic tale set against the backdrop of World War I. A Very Long Engagement (2004) reunites Jeunet with...
The Brown Bunny
January 14, 2006
After the critical acclaim of Buffalo ’66 (1998), there was a certain amount of anticipation for what its writer/director/star Vincent Gallo would do next. He responded with The Brown Bunny (2003), a film that, to put it mildly, polarized critics and...
