DVD Articles: May 2008

A dramatic Devonshire setting, a feminist younger sister, and a wet shirt wood-chopping scene: a few details are frankly invented, but for the most part this new adaptation is true to Austen's novel.

This sometimes loses itself in a labyrinth of classic hipster kitsch: fake moustaches, Polaroid pictures, out-of-date analog technology, and quasi-condescending interpretations of small-town America

Delon is a handsome French SOB -- and this set of five Delon films is a bargain for those who trawl the shallower end of French cinema's swimming pool.

Some of the later pinks and other exploiters push concepts of sexual revolution and empowerment, sometimes in very odd and controversial ways, but this film doesn't go so far.

From its first eerily harmonized soul anthems through the feverish funk of Superfly, this two-disc documentary establishes Mayfield’s visionary leadership.

In this too-brief biographical film, French documentarian Anaïs Prosaïc aims to unravel the mystery surrounding this complicated artist

Mirikitani's present parallels with his past; the profiling and targeting of Arab-Americans and Japanese-Americans, the World Trade Center and the bombing of his hometown of Hiroshima .

As a meditation on the tragedy of a broken community and on the viciousness of Croatia’s recent fascistic past, this is thoughtful and incisive, if unremittingly bleak.

Jaglom's career-long desire to wring every drop of truth from a moment converges with a unified, satisfying viewing experience that ranks with the better work of Woody Allen or John Sayles.

The blending of the natural with the fantastical is truly remarkable and elevates this film from simple child’s play to high art.

This intriguing documentary seeks to restore Wagstaff – an enigmatic, enthralling figure by any reckoning – to his rightful place at the centre of New York's art world in the '70s and '80s.

This is a well-intentioned little film with its heart in the right place, and everything else out of whack.

This film carries a bedrock rebelliousness and shocking ugliness that firmly resonates today.

Much of the drama here is handled in the immediate, vital style of historical films from Eastern Europe, which are without exception the most fluid and immediate in cinema