RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE) Ingmar Bergman announced his retirement after making this film in 1982. A family epic, it begins on Christmas 1907 and revisits all the grand Bergman subjects – God, death, marriage, infidelity,…
RATING: (ALERT VIEWER) Another Earth A mirror Earth pops up in the night sky – and a young woman (co-writer Brit Marling) stares at it, crashing into a family and killing all but the dad (William Mapother). In its most…
Feature: “Another Earth” (2011), “The Art of Getting By” (2011), “Cave of Forgotten Dreams” (2010), “Chillerama” (2011), “Eclipse Series 30: Sabu!” (various dates), “5 Days of War” (2011), “From Dusk Till Dawn:…
Though best known as a Bay Area theater director, Amy Glazer has movies in her blood. As a child, she got to hang out with Mel Brooks and Zero Mostel because her uncle, Sidney Glazier (who spelled his name differently),…
Adele laughs often and heartily in her sublime new concert DVD, and each time reminds you why the 23-year-old British singer has been so irresistible this year: What you see is exactly what you get. â€Live at the Royal Albert Hall,” out next Tuesday, was filmed in September in Adele’s native London, and the hometown honor is not lost on her.
RATING: (SNOOZING VIEWER) Conan the Barbarian This is a laughable, ineptly made remake of the 1982 Arnold Schwarzenegger epic, with newcomer Jason Momoa as a barbarian bent on revenge. Rated R
New DVD and Blu-ray releases Feature: “The Birth of a Nation: Deluxe Edition” (1915), “The Bridge at Remagen/The Devil’s Brigade/633 Squadron” (various dates), “Carjacked” (2011), “Charlie Chan: In the Secret Service/…
RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE) In the early 1930s, there was a brief trend in morally subversive horror, films that suggested a godless or malevolent universe. “Dracula” started the trend, though his fear of the cross at least…
Reviewed by Walter Addiego, Amy Biancolli, Peter Hartlaub and Mick LaSalle RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) Beginners Writer-director Mike Mills zigzags over the decades for this story of a sensitive cartoonist (Ewan McGregor),…
The day is coming where you will have little or no choice. Much like VHS in the past, DVD technology will be weeded out in favor of Blu-ray. But that could be years from now