Valentín
When Argentinean writer/director Alejandro Agresti was eight years old, he spent a sublime afternoon with one of his father’s girlfriends... read more
Time of the Wolf
Michael Haneke is not a familiar name, even to fans of arthouse cinema... read more
Time of the Wolf
Michael Haneke is not a familiar name, even to fans of arthouse cinema... read more
Hero
Zhang Yimou’s elegant, star-studded action epic, Hero, ambitiously attempts to elevate the sword-fighting genre in both style and substance... read more
Hero
Zhang Yimou’s elegant, star-studded action epic, Hero, ambitiously attempts to elevate the sword-fighting genre in both style and substance... read more
Shaolin Soccer
In Shaolin Soccer, writer, director and star Stephen Chow plays a down-on-his-luck kung fu master... read more
Shaolin Soccer
In Shaolin Soccer, writer, director and star Stephen Chow plays a down-on-his-luck kung fu master... read more
The Son (Le Fils) (DVD)
Since Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s movie The Son played in theaters last year, I’ve thought about it more than any other movie in recent memory.. read more
The Son (Le Fils) (DVD)
Since Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s movie The Son played in theaters last year, I’ve thought about it more than any other movie in recent memory.. read more
The Tin Drum (DVD)
If childhood is the age of innocence, what happens when all innocence dies? Or worse, what happens when inhumanity is passed off as innocence?... read more
The Tin Drum (DVD)
If childhood is the age of innocence, what happens when all innocence dies? Or worse, what happens when inhumanity is passed off as innocence?... read more
The Lower Depths (DVD)
Have you ever had it blue? Well, you may have had your bad days, but it was likely a walk in the park compared to what happens to the poor souls in Maxim Gorky’s harrowing 1902 drama, The Lower Depths... read more
The Lower Depths (DVD)
Have you ever had it blue? Well, you may have had your bad days, but it was likely a walk in the park compared to what happens to the poor souls in Maxim Gorky’s harrowing 1902 drama, The Lower Depths... read more
Five Films About Christo & Jena-Claude (DVD)
Since so much of what sculptors and painters do is a slow and laborious process—part mental rumination and part gradual development of the physical piece... read more
Five Films About Christo & Jena-Claude (DVD)
Since so much of what sculptors and painters do is a slow and laborious process—part mental rumination and part gradual development of the physical piece... read more
The Son (Le Fils) (DVD)
Since Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s movie The Son played in theaters last year, I’ve thought about it more than any other movie in recent memory... read more
The Son (Le Fils) (DVD)
Since Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s movie The Son played in theaters last year, I’ve thought about it more than any other movie in recent memory... read more
The Leopard (DVD)
Fine lace curtains blow in the breeze as Prince Don Fabrizio Salina and his family gather to say their prayers. Suddenly shouts from outside their plush mansion announce that a dead soldier has been found in the garden... read more
Super Size Me
Super Size Me is a lively and accessible account of director Morgan Spurlock’s attempt to spend 30 days eating nothing but McDonald’s food—for breakfast, lunch and dinner—while doctors monitor the changes in his vital statistics. It’s an increasingly important topic. As a society, we’ve built a machine that saves us dollars at the cash register but requires us to pay them back in health bills down the road. The movie accomplishes some of its more modest goals: it makes fast food look disgusting, makes the serving sizes seem outrageous and, perhaps most importantly, makes the food programs at many schools... read more
Together
If Bergman was the mid-century Scandinavian voice of conscience—creating dark, powerful films about the human experience in a world where God seems absent... read more
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