Category Archives: DVD

The Puffy Chair

The Puffy Chair (Director: Jay Duplass, USA, 2005): The Puffy Chair was the recipient of significant buzz after it won the Audience Award at the South by Southwest film festival in 2005, and the fact that a film made for … Continue reading

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Tell Them Who You Are

Tell Them Who You Are (Director: Mark Wexler, USA, 2004): Oscar-winning cinematographer and director Haskell Wexler is a man who is invariably praised as brilliant, but he has just as often called “a pain the ass to work with.” This … Continue reading

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Mysterious Skin

Mysterious Skin (Director: Gregg Araki, USA, 2004): Two boys share a dark secret until their paths cross again ten years later. If it sounds a bit melodramatic, well, it might be, except that the two boys smother their pain in … Continue reading

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Children of Men

Children of Men (Director: Alfonso Cuarón, UK/USA, 2006): I really wanted to watch this film last Saturday but the 200 copies at the local Blockbuster were gone. What’s a guy to do when he has company over and has to … Continue reading

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Trailer Park Boys: The Movie

Trailer Park Boys: The Movie (Director: Mike Clattenburg, Canada, 2006): A double-dose of Canadiana this weekend for your humble reviewer. In contrast with Bon Cop Bad Cop, though, it’s not strictly necessary to have a maple leaf on your passport … Continue reading

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