WHITE MATERIAL

4/14/2011

 
If you need all the facts and back story spelled out for you, and/or if you don't enjoy close-ups of the sides and backs of people's heads, and/or an ambiguous ending, then skip this one. If you like a story to be set in Africa, know some of the characters fate in the beginning, and appreciate a story unfolding without much structure or logic then you might value White Material.
Fine performance by Isabelle Huppert, and it's nice to see Christopher Lambert.

Netflix: http://movies.netflix.com/Movie/White_Material/70125545?trkid=496624#height2080
Official Site: http://www.ifcfilms.com/uncategorized/white-material

MARWENCOL

4/13/2011

 
Every once in a while a movie comes along that after I view it, I just want to bask in its gloriousness for a while before I talk or write about it. Marwencol has everything; story, characters, art. It even ties into my love for dolls and RuPaul's Drag Race on Logo TV.

Netflix: http://movies.netflix.com/Movie/Marwencol/70134648?trkid=496624#height1080
Official Site: http://www.marwencol.com/

GET LOW

3/2/2011

 
Hard to believe that this is the first collaboration between Sissy Spacek and Robert Duvall: two of our favorite actors. Beautifully photographed period piece that delivers fine acting, solid well-balanced story, and lots of lovely wood and scenery.

Netflix: http://movies.netflix.com/Movie/Get_Low/70117559?trkid=2361637#height1906
Official Site: http://www.sonyclassics.com/getlow/