Monthly Archives: January 2009

ALICE IN WASTELAND (DVD)

By | January 2009

NEW THIS WEEK ON DVD… In this “Kill Billish” revenger pastiche, the humorous tone of the script appears alien to the filmmakers.

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ALICE IN WASTELAND (DVD)

In 2008 an oddball curio called “American Punks” showed up on DVD. Turns out this micro-budget thing was originally called “Generation X-tinct,”...

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THE CARTER

Lil Wayne is currently one of hip-hop’s most successful and critically acclaimed rappers today. Beginning his career at the age of eight, Wayne was on...

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LITTLE CANYON

Packed tight into an old station wagon, Greta (Tessa Allen) and her family are moving to California. The twelve-year-old clutches her stuffed bunny rabbit...

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ABBIE CANCELLED

There comes a point in most people’s lives, somewhere around your mid-20s, when your friends start throwing dinner parties. It might start out as just a...

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BIG RIVER MAN

“Big River Man” has a lot of things going for it. The story of a crazyass endurance swimmer, Martin Strel, and his son, Borut, whose job as a...

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MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3D

For all the hub-bub about how 3D will save the theatrical experience, it can only do so much to enhance the package that it amplifies. Movies like "Meet...

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LITTLE MINX EXQUISITE CORPSE: SHE WALKED CALMLY DISAPPEARING INTO THE DARKNESS

Sayeed’s competent short film follows a young man through a violent ordeal on an inner-city street. The scene is replayed from different angles as the...

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I KNEW IT WAS YOU

About seven or eight years ago, I was obsessed with Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Conversation.” It was one of those films I’d somehow never seen and...

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WHERE IS WHERE?

No stranger to experimental cinema, Eija-Liisa Ahtila has recently had installations at the MoMA and Tate Modern. Now she releases her newest project,...

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OMELETTE

Sometimes an omelette is much more than an omelette. In Koseva’s film “Omelette,” the egg dish represents a variety of emotions which range from...

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