I wish that I didn’t have to review Timecrimes. Not that I didn’t like it — quite the opposite. This Spanish sci-fi thriller is one of the most original films released in years. Why the hesitation? Simple. In order to experience this intense mind-fuck puzzle to its fullest, confronting it blank is essential.  

Another holocaust film? Hollywood has riddled us with dozens of Another holocaust film? Hollywood has riddled us with dozens of these movies since the release of Schindler’s List back in 1993. Mark Herman’s The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is set apart due to the perspective in which we are placed throughout the film. Herman’s The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is set apart d  

This show was getting some notice even before one of its actors (Dev Patel) turned up as the star of Slumdog Millionaire.  

Steven Sebring spent 11 years working on this film about Rock icon/poet/activist Patti Smith, as worthy a subject for a documentary as anyone in Pop music. But his project at some point overwhelmed him.  

At 88 years old, French auteur Eric Rohmer is still at the top of his game detailing the intricacies of young romantic relationships with his latest, The Romance of Astrea and Celadon.  

Last winter’s writer’s strike reeked havoc across the television universe. And while that hastened the demise of the likes of Back to You, a lot of good scripted TV suffered.  

This is a major find for connoisseurs of adult-oriented classic TV, a tough-minded noir-style cop show from the 1950s that was naturalistic and hard-nosed.  

This original version is probably the least well known of Hong Kong master Wong Kar Wai's nine feature films. There are numerous reasons for this: its batshit, inscrutable narrative; its lack of a proper theatrical release in the U.S.; and the need for a definitive DVD being at the top of the list.  

This box set collects virtually every documentary and movie about the American Revolution shown by The History Channel over the past few years. Anchored by 'Founding Fathers' and 'Founding Brothers,' no historical stone is left unturned and no angle left unexamined.  

One reason it’s become so hard for new musicians to make an impact is because so many old ones — including deceased ones — are still being discovered (or rediscovered), thanks to the proselytizing efforts of those who somehow got turned on to their obscure work the first time around.   

One reason it's become so hard for new musicians to make an impact is because so many old ones — including deceased ones — are still being discovered (or rediscovered), thanks to the proselytizing efforts of those who somehow got turned on to their obscure work the first time around.  

Cliched and perceptive in equal measure, writer/director Jonathan Levine's entertaining, occasionally affecting coming-of-age drama waxes nostalgic for ... the summer of 1994?  

Chances are the Walt Disney Company is counting their blessings that they didn't part ways with Pixar after making 'Cars.' The computer animation juggernaut — and arguably a Disney savior — has again proved who wears the pants in the relationship.  

The Golden Age of network television occurred early in its existence, the 1950s, when executives still believed it had a mission to elevate as well as entertain and the creatives believed they could produce anything, not just endless variations on lowest-common-denominator formulas.  

Audrey Tautou's exotic visage is enough to melt the most discerning of men, let alone the haplessly smitten Frenchmen that populate Pierre Salvador's Priceless, a frothy update of "Breakfast at Tiffany" set amid lush, upscale hotels in the south of France.