New on DVD and Blu-ray, Aug. 10 Blue Like Jazz This entertaining spiritual dramedy, about a religious Texas schoolboy who tries to ditch his Christian roots for liberal Reed College in Portland, Ore., tackles existential struggles without being too preachy. Marley This is an overlong, rigidly chronological and intermittently boring documentary about an interesting person, reggae master Bob …
Movies to see this weekend, Aug. 3 The Well Digger’s Daughter Daniel Auteuil’s first film as a director – he also stars – is a lovely and passionate visit to the Marcel Pagnol world of rural Provence – the same world that was the setting for “Jean de Florette” and “Manon of the Spring.” The Queen of Versailles Lauren Greenfield’s startlingly candid look at one family’s descent from colossal …
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New on DVD and Blu-ray, July 27 Footnote Two Talmudic scholars – a frustrated, traditionalist father (Shlomo Bar-Aba) and his successful, cutting-edge son (Lior Ashkenazi) – lock horns in writer-director Joseph Cedar’s vivacious, quirky film, a tale of academic maneuvering and mystery that has its little fun with suspense-film conventions.
New on DVD and Blu-ray, July 24 Untouchable” (2012), “Footnote” (2012), “Girl From the Naked Eye” (2012), “Girls’ Night: Spaghetti Western Collection (various dates) Treasure Island (2012).
DVD review: ‘Story of a Love Affair’ Roman Polanski, Woody Allen, Mike Nichols, Stanley Kubrick and the Coen brothers are some filmmakers who seem to have sprung onto their first movie set fully developed. Michelangelo Antonioni deserves to go to the head of the class, as attested to by the recent release of a major digital restoration of his first movie, the all-but-forgotten “Story of a Love …
New on DVD and Blu-ray, July 20 Casa de Mi Padre Expect maximum Ferrellian oddness in this Spanish-language spoof of Mexican soap operas, which stars Will Ferrell as the stupid, unappreciated son of an old ranchero (Pedro Armendariz Jr.). The Fairy Fiona Gordon and Dominique Abel, who wrote, directed and star in this comedy, have developed their own distinct style of performance, which mixes …
Movies opening Friday, July 20 A Burning Hot Summer Love, art and the meaning of life thread through this tale of an Italian actress (Monica Bellucci) and a French painter (Louis Garrel) whose marriage hits a bump. The Dark Knight Rises Oh, Batman (Christian Bale), your shadowy ploy to escape works for a while, but now trouble’s afoot
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