Chris Marker doesn't fit into any of the buckets or boxes we use to contain and categorize filmmakers. The operative description seems to be "cine-essayist" -- but even that open-ended bag feels too conventional. Most of the now-elderly French artist's films are documentaries, of sorts, but they're relentlessly personal, subjective and … [Read more...]
‘Two Fat Ladies’: Yummo cooking on DVD
"Two Fat Ladies" waddled over to these shores in the mid 1990s, adding spice to what was already an eclectic mix on the Food Network. Back then, "Iron Chef" was fresh and the "Fat Ladies" were, well, phat. After 1999, the Food Network branded itself into blandness, and, alas, the Fat Ladies cooked no more. Jennifer Paterson, the lady who drove … [Read more...]
Uneasy riders: ‘The Furies’ on Criterion
Anthony Mann looks like the man of the year on DVD. The late director's "El Cid" and "The Fall of the Roman Empire" received the regal treatment from The Weinstein Co. as it debuted its new Miriam DVD collection. Despite some quibbling, these are considered two of the year's best home video titles. Now comes "The Furies," Mann's emotionally … [Read more...]
‘Juno’ DVD gives birth to digital copies
Plop in the disc, hit a prompt or two and you've got a copy of "Juno" ready for iPod or iTunes viewing. That was almost as easy as getting pregnant when you're young, in lust and not even close to married. The Hollywood studios are slow but not dumb. They finally figured out that tech-savvy users are going to get copies of hit movies onto their … [Read more...]
Online video review: Adobe Media Player
The Adobe Media player, which just went public, looks like it'll be a top-tier destination for mainstream online video -- that is, sometime soon. For now, there's not much in the way of meaningful content you can't get elsewhere -- more reliably. And, the service appears to inspire a maddening amount of buffer activity. As with Joost, you'll … [Read more...]
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