The end of the world isn’t all zombie plagues and alien invasions (although sometimes it’s both — see Night of the Comets). We’ll skip the disaster-porn of Roland Emmerich’s 2012. Instead, the following list rounds up some lesser-known cinema to aid in mustering up appropriate dread for our impending doom. In the pre-apocalypse genre, […]
Aimee Hennessy
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Two DVDs
A pair of worthy films that did not play in local theaters are now out on DVD: Damsels in Distress. In Whit Stillman’s first film since The Last Days Of Disco, a private East Coast college is watched over by a group of young philanthropists in training, headed by Violet Wister (Greta Gerwig). These […]
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Four Oscar nominated films
Many of this year’s Oscar nominated films did not play in local theaters. Here are a few that are already out on DVD: If A Tree Falls: A Story of Earth Liberation Front (Best Documentary Feature) How often do we get to see footage from Eureka in an Oscar nominated film? (Perhaps the 1997 pepper […]
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Submarine, Incendies and The Red Chapel
Living behind the Redwood Curtain often means missing out on the majority of independent theatrical releases. With that in mind, we look back at a few overlooked 2011 films now available on DVD. Submarine. On the light and fluffy side we have a Welsh crowd-pleaser directed by Britcom star Richard Ayoade. Oliver Tate (Craig Roberts) […]