Thursday, October 16 2008
Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs: Part 3
Day Three - The final ten, a cross-culture collection teeming with big ideas, larger than life visions, and perhaps the greatest documentary on rugby you've probably never heard of.
Monday, October 22 2007
Black Book (Zwartboek)
While the film begins with the familiar tagline of “Inspired by true events” Black Book is best approached through the lens of the classic pulp thriller.
Tuesday, May 15 2007
Black Book (Zwartboek) (2006)
Broadly drawn and ballsy, the movie features horrendous violence and stupefying melodrama: it's WWII without the usual sober romance, the Greatest Generation meets Starship Troopers.
Tuesday, August 3 2004
RoboCop Trilogy (1987/1990/1993)
Strikingly, RoboCop's political insights are as timely today as on its release in 1987.
Sunday, January 1 1995
Hollow Man (2000)
When he and the team are unable to reverse the effect and he's stuck in a transparent state indefinitely, Sebastian becomes not just mean, but insane.
