DVD review: Dorothy Mackaill, 'Safe in Hell'
RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) Dorothy Mackaill films One of the more unlikely, though welcome, home video resurrections is that of Dorothy Mackaill (1905-1990).
April 15, 2012
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RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) Dorothy Mackaill films One of the more unlikely, though welcome, home video resurrections is that of Dorothy Mackaill (1905-1990).
RATING: (ALERT VIEWER) The Conquest From writer-director Xavier Durringer comes this fictionalized rendering of Nicolas Sarkozy’s five-year rise to the French presidency. Denis Podalydès is terrific as Sarkozy – he…
Feature: “Caught Inside” (2010), “Charlotte Rampling: The Look” (2011), “The Conquest” (2011), “The Darkest Hour” (2011), “Dark Watchers: The Women in Black” (2012), “Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters” (1973), “Doctor…
Feature: “The Afflicted” (2010), “Alien Opponent” (2010), “Angels Crest” (1966), “Carnival of Fear” (2012), “Chasing Madoff” (2010), “The Corsican Brothers” (1941), “The Double Hour” (2011), “Dysfunctional Friends” (…
Reviewed by Peter Hartlaub and Mick LaSalle RATING: (ALERT VIEWER) A Dangerous Method In this latest from David Cronenberg, Viggo Mortensen is a compelling and twisted Freud, Michael Fassbender is a somewhat…
Feature: “The Adventures of Chris Fable” (2011), “Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked” (2011), “Assault on a Queen” (1966), “Bettie Page: Dark Angel” (2004), “Bicycle Bride” (2010), “Breaking Wind” (2011), “The Broken…
RATING: (ALERT VIEWER) Carnage Roman Polanski’s adaptation of Yasmina Reza’s scathing comedy – about misbehavior between kids and malice among parents – is stagy and unrealistic. But it’s well shot, filled with the…
Feature: “Amor en Transito” (2010), “Battle Royale” (2000), “Carnage” (2011), “Gainsbourg” (2012), “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” (2011), “The Hills Have Eyes: Part Two” (1985), “In the Garden of Sounds” (2009), “…
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