DVD Discovery: Three Nose-ring Circus

Films about filmmakers making films are filmmakers’ favorite kind of films to make. Why? Because people who make movies know the inherent metaphors and obvious allegories that go hand-in-hand with the process of moviemaking. The problem is, this can feel like either “inside baseball” or pretentiousness when presented to people who don’t “get” the guts of this art.

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Star Trek Into Darkness

Not quite "boldly," but this sequel still "goes" pretty far.

GRADE
B


Blancanieves

A silent, Spanish retelling of Snow White with bullfighting is better than it sounds...

GRADE
A


Upstream Color

An abstract-but-understandable romance/thriller/sci-fi/mystery.

GRADE
A+


The Great Gatsby

Who didn't read the book and imagine a Jay-Z score?

GRADE
B-


Beyond the Hills

It's the slow Romanian melodrama you've been (not) waiting for!

GRADE
C


Iron Man 3

Turns out, if you have a script, you can make a killer superhero movie.

GRADE
A-


Disconnect

Scaring people off the Internet feels silly.

GRADE
C


Pain and Gain

As the title suggests, it is half horrid and half great.

GRADE
C


Twisty Pig Tale

Writer/director Shane Carruth’s 2004 film, Primer, isn’t just a great time-travel movie; it’s one of the best science...

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Puttin’ on the Fitz’

If “director Baz Luhrmann” and “restraint” have ever appeared in the same sentence together, they were the word-bread...

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Don’t Love Thy Neighbor Too Much

There was a shot so slow and quiet in Beyond the Hills (or Dupa Dealuri if you’ve got Romanian skills) that it appeared to...

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Up and Downey

Although traditionally necessary for filmmaking, the original Iron Man was rumored not to have had much of a real script,...

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