Wednesday, March 2 2011
‘The American’ Is a Thoughtful, Deceptively Spare Work Rife with Political Intrigues
Jack is hardly the protypical "Ugly American", but he is an "American", with all that that signifies to the skeptical Left.
Tuesday, January 13 2009
Off the Radar - The Top 30 DVDs of 2008
Oddly enough, while the major studios continue scratching their heads over how to sell yet another new format (Blu-ray) to disinterested consumers, several outside distributors made sure that this would be a digital year to remember.
Friday, October 24 2008
Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Pasolini’s career reads as a heartbreaking, stylized summary of the last century’s glamour and tragedy.
Friday, November 9 2007
Night on Earth
Night on Earth consists of a pleasingly varied collection of tales yet each is infused with the director’s own brand of subtle affection, offbeat musings and wit.
Sunday, January 1 1995
The Mystery of Oberwald (Mistero di Oberwald, Il) (1980/2001)
Set in 1903, 'Oberwald' is an adaptation of a Jean Cocteau play called 'The Two-Headed Eagle'. The play and subsequent video are both premised on the kind of everyplot that evokes many common narratives at once.
