Apr 22, 2010
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"Let's be quiet," Hunger director Steve McQueen says, raising his index finger to his lips during a video interview. "Let's shut up and just look, observe, before one makes a judgment of anything." At that moment in the interview—included as a special feature on this Criterion release—McQueen is explaining his decision to abandon dialogue throughout much of his impressive and sometimes disorienting debut feature, which depicts the disturbing events leading up to the starvation and death of IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands in the Maze Prison outside of Belfast, Ireland in 1981. More
Mar 05, 2010
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So this is what Charlie Kaufman has wrought. One had to wonder what effects Kaufman's flights of fancy (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Adaptation, etc.) would have on Hollywood. More
Jan 27, 2010
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The Decemberists' 2009 album The Hazards of Love now has an animated album-length video companion, one that brings to mind those '60s and '70s rock 'n' roll films that were often watched with chemical enhancement. More
Jan 23, 2010
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The first rule of Fight Club on Blu-ray is: You don't talk about Fight Club on Blu-ray.
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Jan 21, 2010
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Neveldine/Taylor, aka Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, have already established themselves as energetic B-movie handymen after co-directing only three films. Their most popular films, Crank and Crank: High Voltage, deserve their own private champagne room in the Hollywood Hall of Fame, and now comes The Running Man for a new generation, Gamer.
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Jan 19, 2010
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Drew Barrymore's sweet directorial debut, Whip It, was almost completely ignored on its initial release, despite it being the best roller derby movie of 2009. Writer Shauna Cross adapted her novel Derby Girl in the story of Bliss Cavendar (Ellen Page besting her quippy Juno performance) and her coming-of-age journey into the world of Roller Derby in the small town of Bodeen, Texas.
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Jan 12, 2010
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Davis Guggenheim shows his range and follows his Academy Award-winning global warming documentary An Inconvenient Truth with a documentary about three famous guitarists from three different generations. Jimmy Page, The Edge, and Jack White are all profiled and speak of their love of the electric guitar and how it has shaped their lives.
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Jan 11, 2010
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So much conjecture has already been spilled over Brüno that it's pointless to hash out plot points and delve into a litany of specifics from the film. If you haven't seen it, renting or purchasing is a no-brainer. If you have seen it, you may want to revisit it, as the DVD provides ample context for the Felini-esque madness that imbued the film. More
Jan 10, 2010
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The past few years has seen the advent of a small underground genre of nerd-themed hip-hop called Nerdcore. Nerdcore Rising specifically profiles MC Frontalot the "Godfather of Nerdcore" as he embarks on a tour of North America with his backing bandmates. More
Dec 21, 2009
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Vernon Chatman (PFFR, Wonder Showzen, Xavier: Renegade Angel) wrote an absurd, surreal screenplay, divided it into four parts, and, although his script included no sex, hired four different boutique adult film companies to produce each section. More
