DVDs
The Fountain (Darren Aronofsky, 2006)
Dismissed by some as an overblown piece of flatulent self-indulgence, The Fountain is, at heart, a moving and mesmeric examination of lost love.
Notes on a Scandal (Richard Eyre, 2006)
Stunning performances from Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench aside, Notes on a Scandal offers little in the way of light or love for any of its protagonists.
Shortbus (John Cameron Mitchell, 2006)
John Cameron Mitchell’s latest sex odyssey, Shortbus, is a fleshy, voluptuous film set in the twilight world of New York’s underground sex club scene.
Stranger Than Fiction (Marc Forster, 2006)
This story of a tax man embroiled in the meta-narrative of novellist Kay Eiffel’s (Emma Thompson) story doesn’t quite have the odd-balls to go all the way into the kind of outré universe that writer Charlie Kaufman explored with such success in Adaptation.
