12 and Holding
12 and Holding12 and Holding is a peculiar movie about children and adults in small town America. Jacob and Rudy Carges are twin 12 year olds. Jac…
About Schmidt
About SchmidtHollywood movies tend to aim at a target demographic of younger movie-goers, aged 15-35. However, for the first time in human history, the population of…
Aileen - Life and Death of a Serial Killer
Aileen - Life and Death of a Serial KillerDirector Nick Broomfield made a documentary about Aileen Wuornos in 1992, The Selling of a Serial Killer, in which he showed how those around Aile…
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Beautiful Dreamers
Beautiful DreamersBeautiful Dreamers starts off in late nineteenth century London, Ontario, in a mental asylum. Dr. Maurice Bucke is the new superintendent. He fi…
Boys Don't Cry
Boys Don't CryThe true story of Teena Brandon is a difficult one to portray, as director Kimberly Peirce explains in her DVD commentary to Boys Don't Cry. It i…
Breasts - A Documentary
Breasts - A DocumentaryBreasts is a 50-minute documentary from 1996, released on DVD in 2006 with about 20 minutes of outtakes and a 10-minute interview with the filmmak…
Commune
CommuneBlack Bear Ranch, in Siskiyou County, located in northern California, became a commune in 1968. Berman&…
Dahmer
DahmerDahmer is a portrayal of the life and crimes of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. In the accompanying "featurette" on the DVD, director/wri…
Dirty Filthy Love DVD
Dirty Filthy Love DVDMark is an architect living in London, and he has obsessive-compulsive disorder. His marriage is on the rocks, and he and his wife are trying a trial se…
Evamarie Pilipuf's Yoga Express DVD
Evamarie Pilipuf's Yoga Express DVDThis yoga DVD contains four exercises, of four different durations: 10, 15, 20, and 25 minutes. It is a low budget production, filmed in what looks like…
Girl, Interrupted
Girl, InterruptedSusanna Kaysen's memoir Girl, Interrupted (reviewed in Metapsychology December 1999) has received wide critical acclaim, and the movie adaptation of the book by James Mangold starring Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Whoopi Goldberg and Vanessa Redgrave was…
Girl, Interrupted
Susanna Kaysen's memoir Girl, Interrupted (reviewed in Metapsychology De…
Hard Candy
Hard CandyHard Candy is an extremely uncomfortable movie that reverses the expected power roles between Jeff, a man in his early thirties, and Hayley, a fou…
Her Third
Her ThirdHer Third is, at least according to its promoters, a "landmark" of European cinema. The central character is Margit, an East Ger…
Hot Body Cool Mind - Level 1
Hot Body Cool Mind - Level 1Hot Body Cool Mind Level 1 contains several different kinds of workout, involving Pilates, yin yoga, Chi-Gong, the 5 Tibetans, jazz and ballet.&…
Identity
IdentityIdentity is a tightly constructed film in the noir genre that plays with the theme of multiple personality. Mangold has previously directe…
In My Skin
In My SkinIn My Skin by French director Marina de Van is a disturbing film about a thirty year old woman who cuts and mutilates herself. De Van plays Esthe…
In the Realms of the Unreal
In the Realms of the UnrealHenry Darger was a janitor who lived in Chicago. He died in 1973, and in his small apartment thousands of pages of writing and hundreds of pictures were…
Insight Yoga with Sarah Powers
Insight Yoga with Sarah PowersInsight Yoga is a very well produced DVD package with about four hours of yoga practice. It has two vinyasa practices, one a 40 minutes sun salut…
Into Great Silence
Into Great SilenceI asked a friend if he wanted to borrow this DVD, but he said he had already seen the movie, and if he never saw another 20-minute scene of some old monk…
Introduction to Ashtanga Yoga DVD
Introduction to Ashtanga Yoga DVDIn this yoga DVD, Richard Freeman goes through a flow of standing and sitting positions that involve deep stretches. The whole program lasts about 75 mi…
Janis Saffell Beverly Hills Yoga
Janis Saffell Beverly Hills YogaJanis Saffell has 11 different DVDs available through Mill Creek Entertainment. They include Tai Chi Balance Workout, South Beach Slam, Kick-It, Dyna…
Julien Donkey-Boy
Julien Donkey-BoyViewing the wide variety of reviews of Julien Donkey-Boy, it becomes clear that reviews of this film tell us as much about the reviewer as they do…
Junebug
JunebugJunebug is an entrancing movie on a rather familiar theme of a newly-wed coming to meet her in-laws. Madeleine has recently met and married George…
Kripalu Yoga Gentle DVD
Kripalu Yoga Gentle DVDThis Kripalu Yoga Gentle DVD is quite distinctive. The program is split into two main parts, each about half an hour long. It is led by Sudha Ca…
Kundalini Yoga for Beginners & Beyond
Kundalini Yoga for Beginners & BeyondThe DVD Kundalini Yoga for Beginners & Beyond is about an hour and five minutes long, and consists of 2 sets, each of about half an hour. Ana…
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La Sierra
La SierraLa Sierra is a documentary about the civil strife in Columbia. It focuses on a barrio in the city of Medellin. It starts out showing…
Manufactured Landscapes
Manufactured LandscapesJennifer Baichwal's film about Edward Burtynsky shows his photographic project showing the effects of modernization and industrialization in contempo…
Maui Pilates
Maui PilatesMaui Pilates is a gentle 50-minute DVD workout that is more reminiscent of a beginner's yoga class than a Pilates class. Instructor Ev…
Monster
MonsterMonster portrays the life of a female serial killer, Aileen Wuornos. She was abused as a child and lives by prostitution. She meets a young woman called Selby who hates her strict family and is longing to get away. The two have a kind of affair. Ailee…
Monster
Monster portrays the life of a female serial killer, Aileen Wuornos. She was abused as a child and lives by prostitution. She meets a young woma…
Murderball
MurderballMurderball is a documentary about the sport sometimes known as "quadriplegic rugby." It focuses on the rivalry between the USA and Cana…
My Flesh and Blood
My Flesh and BloodMy Flesh and Blood depicts the family of Susan Tom over the period of a year. She has adopted eleven children, many of whom have serious illnesse…
Normal
NormalNormal is a well-constructed film with fine performances about Roy, a husband who after 25 years of marriage reveals to his wife and pastor in a counseling session that he was born in the wrong body, and he is a woman. He says that he is agony and he wan…
Normal
Normal is a well-constructed film with fine performances about Roy, a husband who after 25 years of marriage reveals to his wife and pastor in a c…
Notes on a Scandal
Notes on a ScandalThe movie adaptation of Zoe Heller's book is a success. The scandal of the title is an affair between a female art teacher, Sheba (Cate Blanche…
People Like Ourselves
People Like OurselvesPeople Like Ourselves discusses about 70 movies in seven chapters, each with its own broad theme. These are titled:…
Phantom Museums DVD
Phantom Museums DVDPhantom Museums is a 2 DVD set collecting the shorter works of the Quay Brothers. Those on the first DVD are from between 1984 and 2003. &…
Pieces of April
Pieces of AprilPieces of April portrays the reunion of 21-year-old April with her mother at Thanksgiving. April, played by Katie Holmes, lives with her boyfrien…
Pollock
PollockThere's a scene near the start of Pollock in which Pollock's family is sitting around the dining room table. He lives with his brother and sister…
Pop & Me
Pop & MeThe basic idea behind Pop & Me seems pretty clear: Chris Roe and his recently divorced father Richard go around the world interviewing fathers…
Proof
ProofFrom the director of Shakespeare in Love and Captain Corelli's Mandolin comes this adaptation of a play of the same name. Gwyneth Paltrow…
Prozac Nation
Prozac NationProzac Nation was a memorable memoir by Elizabeth Wurtzel about her dysfunctional adolescence and college years. Wurtzel's bitchy self-deprecation and righteous indignation made her a charismatic narrator. It is a book beloved especi…
Prozac Nation
Prozac Nation was a memorable memoir by Elizabeth Wurtzel about her dysfunctional adolescence and college years. Wurtzel's bitchy self…
Psycho Thrillers
Psycho ThrillersIt is such a delicious title that Indick's latest book on psychiatry and the cinema has something to live up to. It certainly has a sprinkling of wit, an…
Rain Man
Rain ManRain Man was released in 1988, although it was in development for years. The original script was by Barry Morrow, and a number of directors, acto…
Rated X - A Journey Through Porn
Rated X - A Journey Through PornRated X is a low-budget documentary by Dag Yngvesson on the porn industry. He interviews porn stars, directors, camera operators, make-up…
Red Lotus Yoga
Red Lotus YogaWith the development of cheap digital video cameras, DVD manufacturing and online sales, it is now much easier for individuals and small organizations to…
Requiem for a Dream DVD
Requiem for a Dream DVDRequiem for a Dream starts with Harry taking his mother's television set while she hides in the closet. The screen is split, so we see her mutter…
Speak
SpeakSpeak is the story of Melinda, a girl starting high school who clearly has some sort of problem. Her best friend from middle school won't talk to her, and she is ostracized by almost everyone else. Only one other girl, Heather, is friendly…
Speak
Speak is the story of Melinda, a girl starting high school who clearly has some sort of problem. Her best friend from middle school won…
Stranger Than Fiction
Stranger Than FictionHarold Crick is an accountant with some mild obsessive symptoms such as counting rituals. This obsessive quality, especially with all his calculating, makes him good at his job, at least in being able to see the flaws in people's tax returns.&nb…
Stranger Than Fiction
Harold Crick is an accountant with some mild obsessive symptoms such as counting rituals. This obsessive quality, especially with all his calculati…
Strength, Grace, Healing
Strength, Grace, HealingThis two-DVD yoga instruction by Max Strom proceeds at a slow pace, occasionally holding postures for long periods, and once or twice for minutes. So al…
Sunset Story
Sunset StorySunset Hall is a residential home for elderly radicals. Sunset Story is a short documentary focusing two women who live at the home: Irja…
Sylvia
SylviaSylvia tells the story of the marriage and death of the famous confessional poet Sylvia Plath. Its characterization of Plath is straightforward:…
The Better Sex Guide to the Kama Sutra
The Better Sex Guide to the Kama SutraThe Better Sex Guide to the Kama Sutra includes a 60-minute CD of Eastern-flavored music and a DVD of sex instruction. The main feature on the DV…
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The Big Book of Porn
The Big Book of PornThe Big Book of Porn is an enthusiastic and colorful look at the world of por…
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
The Devil and Daniel JohnstonDirector Jeff Feuerzeig and producer Henry Rosenthal believe that Daniel Johnston is a major musician and visual artist. In their commentary to thi…
The FIRM Power Yoga DVD
The FIRM Power Yoga DVDThe FIRM has a website that advertises programs and sells products aimed at sculpting muscles and burning fat. It features some success stories about wo…
The Snake Pit
The Snake PitThe Twentieth Century Fox Studio Classics DVD release of The Snake Pit from 1948 features a commentary by Aubrey Solomon, who has written two bo…
The Three Faces of Eve
The Three Faces of EveJoanne Woodwood won an Oscar for her performance in The Three Faces of Eve as a woman from Augusta, Georgia, and this made her a star. She plays…
Thumbsucker
Thumbsucker17-year-old Justin is a high school senior who lives at home with his parents and younger brother. He has never even kissed a girl. He has a crush on Rebecca who believes in environmental causes, and is also a little awkward with him. He…
Thumbsucker
17-year-old Justin is a high school senior who lives at home with his parents and younger brother. He has never even kissed a girl. He has a…
Tierney Gearon
Tierney GearonTierney Gearon is a photographer whose recent work has focused on her mother, who she says is manic depressive and schizophrenic. We see her mother…
Unborn in the USA: Inside the War on Abortion
Unborn in the USA: Inside the War on AbortionThe pro-life movement gets portrayed in many different ways in the media, but however they are shown, it is rarely in depth. Unborn in the USA…
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Waking Life
Waking LifeWaking Life is an animated movie with strong philosophical themes. It emphasizes the randomness of life, predetermination, creating one's own lif…
Yoga Beauty Body
Yoga Beauty BodyThe Yoga Beauty Body DVD sets out more Kundalini yoga. Some elements are very similar to those on the two previous DVDs made by Ana Brett…
Yoga for Regular Guys DVD
Yoga for Regular Guys DVDDiamond Dallas Page put out a book on Yoga for Regular Guys in 2005.&nbs…
Yoga To Go's Yoga Quick Fixes DVD
Yoga To Go's Yoga Quick Fixes DVDThis Yoga to Go DVD has three 20 minute practices: Energy to Go, Strength to Go, and Stretch and Soothe. The production quality is rather rough. …