Thursday, January 24 2008
Gone and Not Forgotten: The PopMatters DVD Wish List
A lot of good movies are still missing from DVD. Here is a list of 25 that PopMatters feels have been unceremoniously left to simply fade away.
Wednesday, December 12 2007
Nanking
On paper, the film's combination of interviews, readings, and archival footage sounds unwieldy, but on screen, it is exceptionally effective and appropriately jarring.
Tuesday, January 16 2007
Primeval (2007)
Two plotlines come together thematically, as the militias are "killing machines" much like the crocodile is purported to be, and neither attracts the attention of white Western media or intervention by international peacekeepers.
Monday, June 7 2004
Das Boot (The Original Uncut Version) (1981)
It is a landmark event for connoisseurs of war movies, thrill-seekers, and lovers of consummate filmmaking.
Monday, May 12 2003
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (Die Verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum) (1975)
Oddly, the film's attack on bourgeois morality is itself a form of bourgeois morality.
