On the Shelves
New on DVD: The Women on the 6th Floor (2010)
The premise of The Women on the 6th Floor is so unoriginal it practically creaks. But the acting is so deftly executed that rather than grousing at its predictability you’ll find yourself sighing with pleasure.
New on DVD: One Day (2011)
One Day is a chick flick with a Ph.D. — funny, sad, insightful, and swooningly romantic, nicely acted by Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess and evoking universal emotions about love and friendship.
New on DVD: In Darkness (2011)
You may not have heard of Leopold Socha, but you’ll never forget him after seeing In Darkness, the latest (and, you could argue, the best) film from Polish director Agnieszka Holland.
New on DVD: The Way (2010)
Emilio Estevez’s The Way is old fashioned filmmaking. By which I mean that it takes its time, lets its story and its characters breathe, and slowly gets under your skin until it becomes a part of you.
New on DVD: Eames: The Architect & the Painter (2011)
Charles Eames will forever be associated with the chair that bears his name. But as Eames: The Architect & the Painter makes abundantly clear, that was only the tip of the man’s iceberg.
