We're starting to see some of the future Oscar nominees, like The Sessions, which is sure to nab at least a Best Actor nomination, if not Best Picture and several others. It's easygoing and nice to watch, but I wouldn't swap it for a couple of more daring art house movies, Andrea Arnold's Wuthering Heights and Leos Carax's Holy Motors, neither of which will score a single nomination. The other big release this week is Paranormal Activity 4, which shows that once-interesting series finally running out of steam. On video we have the best thing of all: Max Ophuls' Letter from an Unknown Woman, which is one of the all-time great American movies, and has never been released on DVD in the United States until now (there's also a Blu-ray). If you love movies, don't miss it. Next week The Sessions opens in San Francisco and other cities; please look for my interview with director Ben Lewin and stars John Hawkes and Helen Hunt in the S.F. Examiner. Also next week is the epic Cloud Atlas. Until then!NEW MOVIES:
Holy Motors ***1/2Paranormal Activity 4 **The Sessions **1/2Wuthering Heights ***1/2
NEW ON DVD & BLU-RAY:
Chernobyl Diaries *The Forgiveness of Blood (Criterion) ***1/2Letter from an Unknown Woman (Olive Films) ****Moonrise Kingdom ***1/2Neil Young Journeys ***That's My Boy **1/2
San Francisco Examiner Links:
Review: Wuthering HeightsA Talk with the makers of 'Argo'Review: FrankenweenieLooper FeatureReview: The MasterInterview: Director Robert Lorenz
Common Sense Media Links:
Holy MotorsParanormal Activity 4Seven PsychopathsSinisterThe PaperboyTaken 2V/H/S
Las Vegas Weekly Links:
Taken 2
Greencine Links:
Movies.com/Fandango:
The Tech Hive: Now Streaming Column
Now Streaming: Reading, writing, and talking pictures
MOVIE QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
"Gentlemen, I don't so much mind being killed, but you know how I hate to get up in the morning." - Louis Jourdan as "Stefan Brand," Letter from an Unknown Woman
ALEX QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
[Eating chocolate cake] "It's a pity we can only have such small slices!"
| DVD OF THE WEEK |
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| Les Amants du Pont-Neuf(1991) Read Jeffrey's review Buy DVD |
[Note: Regarding DVD reviews, if I have placed the name of the distributor in parentheses after the link, that means I received a review copy of said DVD.]
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Jeffrey M. AndersonCinema Consultant
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