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DVDs
The Band’s Visit (Eran Kolirin, 2007)
Overlooked as Israel’s entry for Best Foreign Language Film at this year’s Oscars – ostensibly because too much of the dialogue is spoken in English, but more probably because of its deeply humanist approach to the Middle East crisis – The Band’s Visit is a warm-hearted comedy about the Alexandria Ceremonial Police Orchestra’s disastrous visit to Israel to play a goodwill concert.
Water Lilies (Céline Sciamma, 2007)
The story of three young friends coming to terms with love and desire against the backdrop of a synchronised swimming club in a Parisian suburb might not sound like fertile dramatic territory, but Céline Sciamma imbues it with rare insight, sensitively handling the sexual maturity of teenage girls without patronising the pain of their awakening.
The Terence Davies Trilogy (Terence Davies, 1976)
There are many reasons to be embarrassed about the British film industry but surely the most toe-curling reason of all is the fact that Terrence Davies struggles to make films in this country.
Rambo (Sylvester Stallone, 2007)
So let’s see: you live in a country whose military junta have just led a brutal crackdown, imprisoning monks and torturing political opponents.
Paranoid Park (Gus Van Sant, 2007)
Why is it that fifty-six-year-old Gus Van Sant can ride the elusive swell of teenage angst when other more youthful directors wipe out?
Stanley Kubrick Special Edition Box Set (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
Christmas has come early (or is that late?) for movie lovers as Stanley Kubrick finally gets the treatment his films deserve.
Silent Light (Carlos Reygadas, 2007)
Aspiring to the level of spiritual revelation, Carlos Reygadas’ Silent Light is quite literally awe-inspiring.
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Andrew Dominik, 2007)
Something of a critical darling when released in cinemas, DVD is as good a time as any to reappraise Andrew Dominik’s pseudo-philosophical western.
Southland Tales (Richard Kelly, 2006)
If you’re a director with unimpeachable indie credentials, critical love, fan boy worship and studio backing, this is exactly how you’d want to piss it away: with an epic folie de grandeur starring Justin Timberlake, Sarah Michelle Gellar and The Rock.
