Arts
Review: Fabio Montale
Fabio Montale Jose Pinheiro Koch Vision Street: 08.14 Based on a trilogy of crime novels that Jean-Claude Izzo wrote in the early 90s, Fabio Montale adapts the story of a compassionate, honest yet stone-cold detective on the brink of retirement as he solves murders and tries to clean up the dingy underworld of Marseille. Alain
Review: Darzamat
Darzamat Live Profanity (Visiting the Graves of Heretics) Metal Mind Street: 08.28 I had never heard of Darzamat before, the name sounds like some sort of chemical or something. Surprisingly they are actually pretty entertaining, utilizing both male and female vocalists. The show for the DVD was filmed during the Metalmania festival this year and
Review: Cro-Mags
Cro-Mags The Final Quarrel: Live at CBGB 2001 MVD Visual Street: 08.28 I’m not going to pretend to say I know a lot about NYC hardcore, my expertise pretty much runs into the realm of Agnostic Front. I can however say that I own a couple Cro-Mags records and was excited to check out this
Review: Blessed by Fire
Blessed by Fire Tristán Bauer Koch Lorber Films Street: 07.17 Based on the war surrounding the ownership of the Malvinas Islands, Tristán Bauer delivers an amazing film and a truly moving and entertaining war movie experience. Focusing on the sheer brutality the Argentinian soldiers faced during this war, Blessed by Fire switches constantly from the
Review: A Few Days In September
A Few Days In September Santiago Amigorena Koch Lorber Street: 09.06 This movie is French! Or just kind of French. It stars many finer actors such as John Turturro, Juliette Binoche, and last but not least the fabulous and tantalizing Nick Nolte (I heard that he once posed for playgirl). The movie is set 10
Review: Wired For Sound – A Guitar Odyssey
Wired For Sound – A Guitar Odyssey Mpi Home Video Street: 06.26 Wired For Sound documents the role of the Gibson guitar throughout the evolution of rock music. Through interviews and a dash of live music, we see how, from the very beginning of its blossoming from the blues, rock has been intrinsically bound to
Review: Your Mommy Kills Animals
Your Mommy Kills Animals Curt Johnson Street: 2007 Don’t be fooled by the title; this is not another “shockumentary” exploiting animals even further by showing horrible abuse footage. It is not an ad for vegetarianism, PETA or anything of the sort. Your Mommy Kills Animals actually exposes companies like PETA and other “animal loving” corporations
Review: Space: 1999, the Complete Series – 30th Anniversary Edition
Space: 1999, the Complete Series – 30th Anniversary Edition Gerry Anderson A&E Television Street: 07.31 Following on the footsteps of demise of the original Star Trek, Anderson hoped to produce a television show that would fill the void of “deep space” that Star Trek‘s conclusion left. Space: 1999 tries to tell the story of a
Review: Moogfest 2006 Live
Moogfest 2006 Live MVD Visual Street: 07.17 Moogfest 2006 Live serves as a sequel of sorts to the 2004 feature, Moog, sort of a now-watch-these-instruments-in-action presentation. However, whereas the former release focuses on artists who have or currently use various Moog synthesizers to push music forward (Meat Beat Manifesto, Charlie Clouser, Luke Vibert), this feature stars
Review: A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash
A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash Basil Gelpke, Ray Mccormack Docurama Street: 05.24.06 “Oil is the devil’s excrement,” is the rather off-the-cuff remark kicking off this documentary about the world’s oil crisis, a phenomenon which the film says will reduce modern civilization to a nearly stone-age level in the next few decades. Mostly made up