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Michael BarrettFeatures FilmWhen Rules Were Meant to be (Silently) Broken[1.Feb.08] :. The films produced by Thanhouser may seem fragile in their faded beauty and quaint devices, but their very age and quaintness become strengths to who admire the style and vigor of silent cinema.  DVDsBerlin Alexanderplatz[3.Dec.07] :. Berlin Alexanderplatz, both serial film and novel, are essential to knowing Rainer Werner Fassbinder.  FilmThe Cult of Personality[2.Nov.07] :. Stalin's reach into Soviet Cinema is undeniable in these films, available on DVD: The Fall of Berlin: The Restored Soviet WW2 Epic, I Worked for Stalin, and Dialogues with Solzhenitsyn Featured Article FilmThe Face of Another Cinema: Classic and Modern Mirrors of Japan[1.Oct.07] :. Criterion captures three films directed jaggedly by Hiroshi Teshigahara, scripted enigmatically by novelist Kobo Abe, and scored unnervingly by Toru Takemitsu, and provides a welcome box of five films by Yasujiro Ozu.  FilmAvante-garde 2: Experimental Cinema 1928-1954[21.Sep.07] :. Kino's second avant-garde film set showcases a few major pieces (such as Isou's Venom and Eternity) and some tantalizing minor works from major names (such as Broughton's The Potted Psalm). Featured Article FilmThe Elusive Corpus: Jean Renoir Collection[26.Jun.07] :. This smorgasbord of "minor Renoir" encompasses and even summarizes his career from beginning to end; a bargain for the cinephile, expert or novice. Columns Active Film ColumnsAmerican Film Theatre[18.Jul.08] :. In what might be called the curse of Chekhov, the common setting is a living room, the common characters a family, and the common dynamic a stew of bitter backbiting and recrimination that ultimately gives the lie to Tolstoy, because here each unhappy family seems perfectly alike. Reviews DVDsNoriko's Dinner Table[13.Jun.08] :. A fractured (yet entirely unified) vision of the dissolution of identity, family, and morality in a society where people seem interchangeable.  DVDsBefore the Nickelodeon[6.Jun.08] :. By 1907, a million people a day were going to nickelodeons, five-cent movie houses that showed pre-packaged, half-hour programs.  DVDsThe Exquisite Short Films of Kihachiro Kawamoto[21.May.08] :. Striking and beautiful; clearly indebted to the Czech school, but applied to Japanese traditions such as Bunraku puppet theatre, Noh masks, and ghost stories  DVDsAlain Delon: Five Film Collection[8.May.08] :. Delon is a handsome French SOB -- and this set of five Delon films is a bargain for those who trawl the shallower end of French cinema's swimming pool.  DVDsSlave Widow[8.May.08] :. Some of the later pinks and other exploiters push concepts of sexual revolution and empowerment, sometimes in very odd and controversial ways, but this film doesn't go so far. DVDs The Last SupperDVDs Black WidowDVDs The Second TrackDVDs The Dragon PainterPopMatters Pick DVDsPost-War Kurosawa: Eclipse Series 7[14.Mar.08] :. Many films of this era tap into fear and paranoia but not many address if destruction will come from those who fear it or those who ignore it. DVDs German Expressionism CollectionDVDs Bruce Lee: The Early Years 1953/1955Featured Article DVDsThe Untouchables: Season 1, Vol. 1[8.Feb.08] :. This first season is addictive and almost uniformly excellent; the production values are high, the visual sense often delicious, and the murders consistently startling. DVDs Eugenie de SadeDVDs Syndromes and a Century (Sang Sattawat)DVDs Lost and Found: The Harry Langdon CollectionDVDs Route 66: Season 1, Vol. 1DVDs Tales of Tomorrow: Collection Three - The 2nd Season ShowsDVDs A Cottage on DartmoorDVDs Looking Back at Anger, or, We Always Have ParisDVDs Discovering CinemaDVDs Fox Horror Classics CollectionDVDs Stories of the American PuppetDVDs Snake Womans CurseDVDs L'IcebergDVDs True Heart SusieDVDs Spring in a Small TownDVDs MalpertuisDVDs Who Can Kill a Child? (¿Quien Puede Matar a un Nino?) (1978)DVDs The One-Armed SwordsmanDVDs Tyrone Power: The Swashbuckler Box Set (1949)DVDs Regular Lovers (2005)DVDs The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes (2005)Blog postsConsuming ConsumablesDiscovering Cinema [$29.99][10.Dec.07] :. Everything most people know about silent films is wrong. Now, we lucky denizens of DVD are in a golden age of appreciation for silent movies, as many are beautifully restored or digitally... Consuming ConsumablesThe Man From U.N.C.L.E. The Complete Collection [$249.95][28.Nov.07] :. One of the most popular and influential pop-culture TV phenomena of the 1960s has also been one of the most elusive, as difficult to track down as the headquarters of the sinister THRUSH... Consuming ConsumablesElvis Road by Elvis Studio [$24.95][28.Nov.07] :. This graphic novel unfolds into one 24-foot page, a black-and-white cartoon vision of modern life as a superhighway to heck complete with shopping malls (the Superporno Drive-In, for example) and an... Consuming ConsumablesJean Renoir 3-Disc Collector's Edition [$29.98][19.Nov.07] :. This smorgasbord of "minor Renoir" encompasses and summarizes his career from beginning to end; a bargain for the cinephile, expert or novice. For those who know about Renoir’s philosophical... |
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