DVDs This Week

Pick of the Week

I’m Not There – A polarising, hugely imaginative biopic of Bob Dylan in which the great man is played at various stages by six separate actors, including a young African American kid and Cate Blanchett. The latter gives an amazing performance and the whole film is brimming with wit and overflowing with imagination.

Also out

Batman Cartoons – The Dark Knight Chronicles and Gotham Knight, both decent adaptations of the Batman comics and worth a watch in the build up to The Dark Knight.
Step Up 2 The Streets – More dancing and other stuff from the Disney stable. Haven’t seen it and likely won’t.
The Spiderwick Chronicles – Really effective little kids horror movie that probably won’t do anything for adults but will provide a good evening’s entertainment for the little ones.
Love in the Time of Cholera – Haven’t seen but a pretty much universally disliked adaptation of Marquez’s classic.
Margot at the Wedding – Mean-spirited and misguided difficult third film from Noah Baumbach.
You, The Living – Adored Swedish black comedy. I will be seeing soon based on the pitch of Bergman meets Monty Python
The Cottage – Terrible follow-up to London to Brighton from Paul Andrew Williams which is a horror comedy and isn’t scary and isn’t funny.
Wrong Move/The American Friend/Kings of the Road – Three more from Wim Wenders. You can read my reviews of the first two here and here. The third incidentally is a freaking masterpiece.
Things We Lost in the Fire – Big time downer but truly a great performance from Benicio del Toro.