[Fri, 28.Apr.06]
:. Paradise Now
How might efforts to fathom suicide bombers' motives make them too much like their potential victims -- that is, everyone else -- and thus unmake the difference that defines everyone else?

[Thur, 27.Apr.06]
:. Ice Age: Super Cool Edition
While studios have often been accused of meddling in the creative end of moviemaking, the new DVD presentation of this 2002 blockbuster, illustrates how readily Fox pandered to the movie-going public -- and how eager the filmmakers were to follow the audience's test scoring lead.

[Wed, 26.Apr.06]
:. 9 to 5: Sexist, Egotistical, Lying, Hypocritical Bigot Edition
Producer and star Jane Fonda nails it: 9 to 5 endures because of its "historical synchronicity."

[Tues, 25.Apr.06]
:. Recyver Dogs: Live at Tresor Berlin
Laypeople may not get much out of this DVD, but techno enthusiasts who have been to Tresor may get misty-eyed.
 

[Mon, 24.Apr.06]
:. The Velvet Underground: Under Review
Yes, it would have been nice if the Velvet Underground had made 10 million dollars, but it's even better that they made music that still influences people today.

[Fri, 21.Apr.06]
:. Aeon Flux
The writers' commentary track is smart, instructive, and funny. The film is less so.
 

[Thur, 20.Apr.06]
:. A State of Mind
Even without many personal freedoms, the Pak and Kim families find ways to express themselves.
:. Spring Break Shark Attack
Given the opportunity to achieve some truly extraordinary, truly outlandish, Spring Break Shark Attack settles for something truly bad.

[Wed, 19.Apr.06]
:. The Chess Players
Satyajit Ray's 1977 film complicates historical narratives and takes an unflinching look at collusion between the colonizer and colonized elites.

[Tues, 18.Apr.06]
:. Dave Attell's Insomniac Tour Presents: Sean Rouse, Greg Giraldo and Dane Cook
Sean Rouse's jokes hit on themes the others will echo: drinking is fun; crystal meth is fun to joke about; masturbation is always on a man's mind; the existence of God is doubtful.
:. Empires: Great Religions
The PBS series also chronicles an evolution of thought. Most theological breakthroughs came as responses to tyranny, literal and cultural.

[Mon, 17.Apr.06]
:. Dog the Bounty Hunter: The Best of Season 2
Dog is not just a patriarch, he's a franchise. There's lots of Dog merchandise, and most relatives wear T-shirts or hats with the imposing logo.
:. An Unfinished Life
For his part, Lasse Hallström likes the subtler strokes, as the scene when Redford sits in his truck and is unable to start it.

[Fri, 14.Apr.06]
:. The Dick Cavett Show: Comic Legends
While he never developed a singular performing presence, Cavett is a skilled comic technician whose sense of timing and punchline set-ups pays off in playing straight man to his guests.
:. The Beat that My Heart Skipped
Caught between role models, Thomas gradually accepts a more "feminine" influence in his life that contrasts with the male-dominated world of his father.

[Thur, 13.Apr.06]
:. Re-Assembly: Asylum Street Spankers 10th Anniversary Reunion Concert
Two sets, 30 songs, 20 plus players and more than three hours of music. It would be too much, except that it barely scratches the surface of this versatile and genre-baiting band.

[Wed, 12.Apr.06]
:. Wonder Showzen: Season One
Wonder Showzen's signature mix of the disturbing and the absurd makes for searing satire and whipsmart TV.
:. Brokeback Mountain
While the movie's poetry is often stunning, the DVD docs are decidedly and disappointingly banal.

[Tues, 11.Apr.06]
:. Patton Oswalt: No Reason to Complain
Patton Oswalt's audience exemplifies the politically opinionated but ultimately unmotivated young Left, who turned out to the polls in 2004 with the same low figures as they did in 2000.
:. The Mary Tyler Moore Show: The Complete Third Season
Mary Richards, as essayed by the incomparable Mary Tyler Moore, would evolve over the span of the series, but at her core, she was always the wise, wonderful gal pal, the sounding board off of which those around her bounced their good natured notions.

[Mon, 10.Apr.06]
:. David Bowie, Serious Moonlight
Serious Moonlight captures Bowie at the point where he began to falter. Even worse, it's a testament to the glossy absurdity of the '80s.
:. Daltry Calhoun
What a pity Katrina Holden Bronson didn't spend as much time perfecting her script as she did her soundtrack.

[Thur, 6.Apr.06]
:. Kill the Moonlight
It's California in the early '90s on an outskirt north of Los Angeles dominated by decrepit strip malls, pawnshops, taco stands, and dirty coke dealers.

[Wed, 5.Apr.06]
:. Stalag 17: Special Collector's Edition
This is a Billy Wilder movie, so there's a darker side to the shenanigans, but it's also a post-war Hollywood blockbuster.
:. Bee Season
Suffused with loss and longing, Bee Season is often graceful and moving.

[Tues, 4.Apr.06]
:. Capote
As Miller and Kimmel finish one another's sentences and demonstrate a charming sort of sync, the artists here suggest how Capote came to be such a tight, complex, and elegant film.

[Mon, 3.Apr.06]
:. South Park: The Complete Seventh Season
Parker and Stone frequently use South Park as a platform for their libertarian views, and usually, it doesn't detract from the show's centrist, common-sense attitudes.