Dec 20, 2011 DVDs Web Exclusive

She's often accused of being pretentious, cloying, and pejoratively referred to as the cinematic equivalent of "twee," but Miranda July, as polarizing as she may be, must be commended for taking risks. The Future, her second film, finds her succeeding spectacularly. More

Nov 29, 2011 DVDs Web Exclusive

This twenty-fifth anniversary triple DVD set features two discs of stellar performances from the history of the annual Bridge School benefit concerts, but it is the third disc documentaries and student-artist interviews that truly impress. More

Nov 14, 2011 DVDs Issue #38 - 10th Anniversary Issue

In a scene just before the opening credits of INNI, Sigur Rós sits in a radio station, baffled at how to answer their well-meaning interviewer’s question about the evolution of their sound.  More

Oct 25, 2011 DVDs Web Exclusive

Though known internationally as Heaven and Hell, the film's American title High and Low is more reflective of its many highs and lows: art, classes, and physical spaces, not to mention the movie's equally compelling text and subtext. More

Oct 11, 2011 DVDs Web Exclusive

The Complete Jean Vigo, released by the Criterion Collection, is the first time the director's work has been presented as a complete package in this country. The two-disc set features the four films Vigo completed before his death, each one slightly longer than the last, as well as a slew of archival documentaries which illuminate the director's life story and his contribution to the art of cinema. More

Aug 30, 2011 DVDs Web Exclusive

For his sixth feature, Léon Morin, Priest, France's Jean-Pierre Melville couldn't have stepped further from the fare he's associated with today. Gone are the usual thugs, bank robbers, and freedom fighters that populate his films, replaced with lonely housewives and a hot-under-the-collar clergyman. More

Aug 16, 2011 DVDs Web Exclusive

The 1958 film The Music Room was a watershed moment for Indian director/composer/writer/producer Satyajit Ray. The slow-paced drama eschews much of the melodrama and garish musical interludes of normal Bengali films and centers its story on an aging zamindar (feudal landlord) who is fading into obsolescence. More

Aug 08, 2011 DVDs Web Exclusive

The seventh season of Entourage is frankly only enjoyable if you’re already invested in the characters—and even then, it’s not so sparkly. More

Aug 05, 2011 DVDs Web Exclusive

This knockoff, straight-to-DVD style documentary is very low-rent, but has some merits by tracing Neil Young's many influences. The Godfather of Grunge once likened himself to a sponge and Here We Are In the Years: Neil Young's Music Box bears that statement out again and again...and again. More