Features
Monday, January 9 2012
The Best DVDs of 2011
With the continuing rise of Blu-ray, this year sees a lot of repeat entries. Just because they're here again, however, doesn't mean they're any less special.
Thursday, June 21 2007
Part 4: Challenging Convention
As cinema went completely commercial, abandoning art for artifice, true aesthetic acumen was hard to come by. Luckily, for the movies included herein, it was their difference, as well as their diversity, that helped them stand out from the rest of the high concept hackwork.
Reviews
Friday, March 18 2011
The Singular History of 'The Double Life of Véronique'
In The Double Life of Véronique, the camera has the same probing, investigative insistence as in Kieslowski’s documentaries detailing a day in a Polish hospital, or the experiences of workers and management at a factory, but now set free from the constraints the director placed upon himself in his documentary work.
Monday, June 23 2003
Three Colors Trilogy: Blue, White, Red (Trois Couleurs: Bleu, Blanc, Rouge)
Taken together, Blue, White, and Red are a visionary swan song for one of European cinema's most poetic moralists.
