Lovers Cross a Bridge, in More Ways Than One By STEPHEN HOLDEN Published: November 13, 2009 “Uncertainty” is a taut, skillful exercise in cinematic clockwork concocted by Scott McGehee and David Siegel, the talented directors of “The Deep End” …

This week two excellent IFC Films are being released on DVD; Barry Jenkin’s debut feature MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY, a bright, romantic story of race, taste, and San Francisco, and FEAR(s) OF THE DARK, a collection of animated horror shorts from graphic arti …

EVERYONE HAS AN OPINION. WHAT’S YOURS? We’ve been keeping score of what some of the nation’s critics have been saying about ANTICHRIST. Now you can finally have your say. “What’s certain is that serious film people on several continents will  …

This weekend at Anthology Film Archives - A SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT of Hong Sang-soo’s NIGHT & DAY The lauded director of WOMAN ON THE BEACH delivers what Scott Foundas of The Village Voice calls “his most extraordinary work to date!” Glen Kenny of the Aute …

From The Village Voice Afterschool, the High School Movie’s Web-Addled Update AV club in the internet age By J. Hoberman Tuesday, September 29th 2009 at 2:30pm Afterschool, the almost frighteningly accomplished first feature made by Antonio Campos  …

From Anne Hornaday of The Washington Post: “Cinematic ‘Paris’ Is A Must-See Destination Even in its opening mash-up of images and musical styles, it’s clear that “Paris” will both indulge and explode the city’s mythology. In a frenetic series of scen …

From The WSJ: The French writer-director Cédric Klapisch makes fiction films that are better than most documentaries at tracking the ravages and felicities of urban renewal, the connections between people and their neighborhoods, the ties that both bin …

From The Onion AV Club Hirokazu Kore-Eda’s home drama Still Walking is a master class in doing much with little. The movie’s style and plot are simplicity itself. A Japanese family, including unemployed art restorer Hiroshi Abe, his father (Yoshio H …

From Time Out New York: *****FIVE STARS (Highest Rating) Buried family traumas lie at the heavy hearts of many recent American dramas, films like Rachel Getting Married, Ballast, even The Wrestler. Japan, it must be said, has long made this subgenre  …

From the New York Times: Fright Night, With Thrills From Six Feet Under By MANOHLA DARGIS Published: August 7, 2009 A pastiche of old-fashioned horror flicks and an homage to the same, “I Sell the Dead” recalls the kind of frightful diversi …