The script is busy and unconvincing, and much of the acting is lousy, but there are haunting touches.
This package offers a nice transfer of a not-altogether-unpleasant time killer.
Mr. Nice has a number of lively moments that suggest a comedy of the inevitablity of radicals selling out.
Hello Lonesome at least has something that a number of more polished pictures in the same vein don’t: human decency.
A little light on the extras, but this Criterion edition of a not-quite-famous-enough classic still merits attention.
The visual magnificence shouldn’t be too surprising, as the film has been directed by Andrew Lau.
An enormously overheated yet oddly affecting movie gets an appropriately earnest DVD treatment.
A lot of narrative territory for sure, and Hey, Boo, at a succinct 80 minutes, manages to cover most of it while steering clear of too many glaring omissions.
The Dilemma gets the indifferent DVD treatment it deserves. Skip it.
Under the Boardwalk is affectionate and inoffensive, but unavoidably disposable.
Carlos César Arbeláe doesn’t let anger cloud his humanity, and he never sacrifices the ambiguity of his images to score points.
This is a softer and kinder film than Shelton’s smug and cruel Humpday.
Earthwork tells a true story that has the potential to compellingly refute the trajectory of most films about struggling artists.
The DVD is unremarkable, but Rabbit Hole is a wrenching, superbly acted film that deserves to find an audience.
Dumbstruck pays convincing tribute to those willing to honor their interior calling regardless of the hardship.
A thoroughly decent presentation of a well-intentioned misfire.
The film isn’t very good for reasons common to a low-budget work early in a director’s career.
Kevin Barker doesn’t even adequately establish the progression of the road trip, much less any other continuity.
Mesrine is a pretend epic just enjoyable enough to make you wish that Cassel would get a real one.
Black Swan is maddening, uneven, often bonkers, but it’s also often strangely beautiful.