RIBBONS & CHAINS

NEW IN THEATRES...

* The White Ribbon, Michael Haneke's Oscar-nominated black-and-white period piece. The most affecting morality play ever, or the most affected bunch of twaddle? Can't decide.

UPDATED TO CRITERION CONFESSIONS...

* Hausu (House, a catshit crazy Japanese horror film from 1977 currently touring the country.

Portlanders, see this movie at Cinema 21 this Monday through Thursday at 9 pm!

* Howards End, the return of the Merchant Ivory classic.

THIS WEEK IN DVD REVIEWS...

* Buena Vista Social Club, a by-numbers reissue of the Wim Wenders musical doc, part of Lionsgate's Music Makers series.

* George Bernard Shaw on Film - Eclipse Series 20, a collection of three screen adaptations of the master playwright's work. (Also at Criterion Confessions.)

* Make Way For Tomorrow - Criterion Collection, a powerful Depression-era drama from Leo McCarey. (Also at Criterion Confessions.)

* Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak, Spike Jonze and Lance Bangs give us a wonderful documentary about the Wild Things author.

Current Soundtrack: Richard Hawley, Truelove's Gutter



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