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SHOGUN ASSASSIN 2: LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH (DVD)

By | June 2007

Watching these films is pure joy. Anyone who would denounce these tales as nothing but violence and bloodshed obviously hasn’t seen them, as there is more humanity in these than in almost any critically praised drama…

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SHOGUN ASSASSIN 2: LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH (DVD)

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"Shogun Assassin 2: Lightning Swords of Death" (one of about eight titles this film has gone under) suffers from some of the same problems as the first...

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OMEN

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This odd, affecting film shows a series of visual and sound textures which veer between abstraction and the concrete. Many sequences show a lone figure in...

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1408

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The haunted house enjoys a rich cinematic tradition, dating back at least as far as the 1924 silent short “Au secours!” This proud history works almost...

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VOX 13 (DVD)

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"Vox 13," a recent DVD collection of film and video by Peter Rose exploring language and the body, is filled with wonders: visual beauty, provocative...

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THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP

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Stephane (Gael Garcia Bernal) is a peculiarly awkward young man, raised in Mexico, who has returned to France to live with his French mother. (His father...

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SOPRANOS MAKE A KILLING AT WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL

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Don’t believe the blank screen! Tony Soprano and his cronies are coming to Woodstock, and they aren’t making any graveyard trips. The Woodstock Film...

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NEBULOUS 1-3

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"Nebulous" is a suite of 3 related abstract video shorts which provide variations on indistinct textures. "Nebulous 1" (5 minutes) presents an inner...

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HEF SAYS “OKAY” TO BIOPIC

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Hugh Hefner has OK'ed the filming of a biopic of his life, entitled "Playboy," to be directed by Brett Ratner. Brett Ratner? Well, by this quote we can...

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HYBRIDE (DVD)

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Lowave's new DVD collection of experimental films by young French artist Johanna Vaude will introduce you to the work of a talented, original artist...

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BLACKLIGHT (DVD)

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DVD label Lowave teams with Label Ombres to present this uneven collection of shorts created by a loosely associated group of young artists, most of which...

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