A CERTAIN SADNESS

NEW IN THEATRES...

* The Descendants, George Clooney starring in a new film from Alexander Payne.

* Into the Abyss, Werner Herzog's documentary on the death penalty in Texas. Very human, very scary.

* Melancholia, Kirsten Dunst at the end of the world, courtesy of Lars von Trier.

UPDATED TO CRITERION CONFESSIONS...

* Aki Kaurismaki's Leningrad Cowboys, a boxed set of some late '80s/early '90s rock movies stuck in time. (Also at DVD Talk.)

* Elephant Boy, my first review of the movies from the Eclipse set starring Indian child actor Sabu.

* Fanny & Alexander, Ingmar Bergman's semi-autobiographical classic about two children in early-20th-Century Sweden. It should be a holiday classic. (Also at DVD Talk.)

THIS WEEK IN DVD/BD REVIEWS...

* Miss Nobody, an indie black comedy starring Leslie Bibb.

* My Fair Lady, another Audrey Hepburn movie comes to Blu-Ray. (What is that? Three now? Hurry up, Hollywood!)

* The White Bus, a short film written by the recently deceased Shelagh Delaney and directed by Lindsay Anderson.

Current Soundtrack: I had given up on The Office, but come on, Maura Tierney is guest starring.

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