About World / Independent FilmGet the latest headlines from the About.com World / Independent Film GuideSite.New DVDs: In Bruges, The Free Will, Persepolis, Solo Sunny- June 24, 2008 Belgium in the spotlight: in this week's recommended DVDs, the neutral nation provides shelter for failed hit men (In Bruges) and reformed rapists (The Free Will). Elsewhere, Persepolis takes...http://worldfilm.about.com/b/a/257510.htm Review: James McAvoy Bends Bullets in Timur Bekmambetov's Wanted- June 24, 2008 Atonement star James McAvoy makes the jump from art house dreamboat to blockbuster hero in the Hollywood debut of Russian action wizard Timur Bekmambetov (Night Watch.) Like Bekmambetov's gloomy but...http://worldfilm.about.com/b/a/257509.htm Review: Kit Kittredge: An American Girl, a Film for Children and Adults- June 23, 2008 As a self respecting guide to WorldIndependent film, Marcy had many fine reasons for seeing Kit Kittredge: An American Girl, a G rated movie based on a popular doll: 1)...http://worldfilm.about.com/b/a/257508.htm Review: Brick Lane- June 20, 2008 Nazneen, a seventeen-year-old girl from a Bangladeshi village, is sent to marry a stranger after her mother commits suicide. At the start of Brick Lane, Sarah Gavron's melancholic adaptation of...http://worldfilm.about.com/b/a/257506.htm Then Summer Came Opens 7th New York Asian Film Festival- June 19, 2008 The New York Asian Film Festival opens this Friday and runs until July 6. In its seventh year, the NYAFF offers its biggest line-up yet, screening 43 films and two...http://worldfilm.about.com/b/a/257507.htm New DVDs: 4 Months, Be Kind Rewind, Caramel- June 17, 2008 Cristian Mungiu's 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days received both the 2007 Palme d'Or Prize Winners at Cannes and the number one spot in Marcy's own Top Ten Movies...http://worldfilm.about.com/b/a/257505.htm Review: Encounters at the End of the World- June 13, 2008 At the beginning of his new documentary Encounters at the End of the World, Werner Herzog states plainly that this was not another movie about fluffy penguins. Instead, the...http://worldfilm.about.com/b/a/257504.htm New DVDs: Catherine Deneuve, Heavy Metal in Baghdad, The Wayward Cloud- June 12, 2008 Great stuff out this week on DVD: five classic Catherine Deneuve films in Lionsgate's terrific box set, a powerful documentary about Iraq's only heavy metal band, and Taiwanese filmmaker Tsai...http://worldfilm.about.com/b/a/257503.htm Review: Ed Norton Deserves Better Than The Incredible Hulk- June 10, 2008 Who doesn't love Ed Norton Even as nasty skinhead (American History X), wannabe cowboy (Down in the Valley), failed drug dealer (25th Hour), and schizophrenic everyman (Fight Club), he's got...http://worldfilm.about.com/b/a/257502.htm Review: When Did You Last See Your Father- June 5, 2008 In Anand Tucker's melodrama When Did You Last See Your Father, based on Blake Morrison's memoir, a grown man (Colin Firth) deals with his father's (Jim Broadbent) terminal illness and...http://worldfilm.about.com/b/a/257501.htm |