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DVDs
Friday, November 20 2009
By Stuart Henderson
Now is the right time to revisit Costa-Gavras' response to the defeats of 1968, all shot through with allusions to a burgeoning transnational revolutionary solidarity.
By Scott Jordan Harris
Buñuel made so many masterpieces in his near 50-year career that those films of his that are merely very good tend to be overlooked. Death in the Garden is just such a film.
By Emma Simmonds
This series acted as a springboard for an astonishing plethora of British talent such as Julia Davis, Tamsin Greig, Robert Webb, David Tennant and Bill Nighy.
Thursday, November 19 2009
By Michael Curtis Nelson
A portrait of a muralist who’s spent his life filling buildings with mosaics is also a family drama and a primer on successfully coping with mental illness.
By Christel Loar
The IT Crowd: The Complete Third Season brings back Moss, Roy, Jen and Mr. Reynholm for more of the sharpest computer-centric comedy around.
Wednesday, November 18 2009
By Shaun Huston
Despite bringing film noir into the daylight and into color, this is among the darkest of Southern California tales.
By Michael Curtis Nelson
“Real life is so much more interesting and so much more bizarre than anything you can make up”.
By Cyrus Fard
Schwarzenegger and Belushi team up as two cops who... well, you know the drill.
Tuesday, November 17 2009
By Thomas Britt
There is something deeply affirming in believing that saving a friendship is a worthy pursuit, even for stubborn adults who have a hard time articulating love and regret.
By Michael Antman
The last American television series before Mad Men to treat the world of advertising seriously was this more satisfying, actual period piece.
By Andrew Winistorfer
This is undone by the same thing that plagues all CBS crime show lineups: many episodes are centered around tension-filled scenarios involving the characters, all of whom will always escape just fine.
Monday, November 16 2009
By Adele Melander-Dayton
At once profound, seedy, sweeping and intimate, The Exiles chronicles a particular (and often ignored) moment in mid-20th century American history.
By Jarrett Berman
Stone's pedigree secure, the Hollywood maverick turned on the system itself; tarring sensationalism, public bloodlust, and judicial entropy, seemingly with the same brush.
By Ben Travers
Mediocrity should never be a filmmaker's loftiest goal, and yet it's the best-case scenario for The Accidental Husband.
Friday, November 13 2009
By Shaun Huston
A family drama, as mosaic of modern, globalizing India, as a love story that sneaks up on you, and as a discourse on post-modernity and tradition.
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Friday, November 20 2009
By PopMatters Staff
Today: Viva Pedro: The Almodovar Interview -- What could possibly be better than getting face time with one of the most legendary filmmakers of all-time? Almodóvar talks to PopMatters about his new film, Broken Embraces and much more.
Friday, November 6 2009
By Alistair Dickinson
These five films from the golden-era of the legendary Nikkatsu studio shows off the never-ending ways Japanese filmmakers were able to combine the best elements of pulp and epic Japanese storytelling.
Friday, October 23 2009
By PopMatters Staff
PopMatters celebrates its birthday this week with a series of essays on cultural changes over our 10-year lifespan. Today: Mark Reynolds on "The Long and Short of Long-Form Journalism" and Nikki Tranter on "Exit from Nowheresville: My 10 Years with PopMatters".
Monday, November 9 2009
By Glenn McDonald
Researchers have largely ignored the pop cultural value of the H1N1 virus: hours on the couch catching up on DVD.
(more PopShots)
Monday, November 2 2009
By Monte Williams
More surprising than the still-impressive special effects and the jokes that hold up to modern scrutiny is the fact that there are moments throughout Ghostbusters that are legitimately scary.
(more Lowbrow Literati)
Wednesday, October 28 2009
By Jennifer Makowsky
No matter the vercity of the tale, The Haunting in Connecticut has just enough creep quotient to keep me engaged, especially since I grew up a few miles from the house.
(more The Box Office Belletrist)
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