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Honeydripper
directed by Sayles, John
Something Resembling Life John Sayles works his typical magic with an ensemble cast--this time, it's centered around the blues |
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Black Christmas (2006)
directed by Glen Morgan
All I Want for Christmas is Grue I think I like it, I feel like I do but I'm genuinely confounded. I may need someone to make up my mind for me. |
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Hell's Gate
directed by John Cecil
A Great Return to a Genre's Roots For many hipsters, they want style so bad that they no longer recognize it. Style isn't simplification and exaggeration (like Sin City). Style can be subtle and to the point. And John Cecil's Hell's Gate has real style. |
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Wilderness (2006)
directed by Michael J. Bassett
Man is the Most Dangerous Animal of All As filtered through the prism of Predator. |
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Apocalypse Now: The Complete Dossier
directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Longer, Louder, Bigger Apocalypse Now was many things—pretentious, muddled, stunning, excessive, genius—but it was at least excessive in the best possible way. |
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When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
directed by Spike Lee
The City that Care Forgot... The City that Care Forgot... |
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Andrew Jenks, Room 335
directed by Andrew Jenks
Life Lessons NYU student Andrew Jenks spends 36 days of his summer vacation in a Florida assisted living facility and shares his video diary in a humorous, poignant, and entertaining documentary. |
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Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
directed by Park Chan-wook
A stunning close to Park's trilogy of revenge While not quite as strong as Oldboy, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance is a stunningly beautiful film that you should make every effort to see. |
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Real Dirt on Farmer John, The
directed by Taggart Siegel
Death and Rebirth of the Family Farm Most American family farms have gone the way of the dinosaur. Farmer John Peterson isn't your ordinary farmer--wearing Dr. Seuss hats, glitter costumes, and frocks tends to draw attention in rural Illinois. |
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Up for Grabs
directed by Michael Wranovics
Battling Over Barry's Ball If you follow baseball at all, you probably heard about the record setting home run ball of Barry Bonds that set off a legal controversy between two Giants fans that battled for its possession for nearly two years. This is the story--with human faces attached. |
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