Free DVD Giveaway: THE GREAT DEBATERS

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You can hardly go a few months without coming across the movie genre we like to call “uplifters”. Remember the Titans. Glory Road. Pride. […]

Free DVD Giveaway: Todd Haynes’ I’M NOT THERE

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If you’ve seen Todd Haynes’ earlier films, you probably wouldn’t peg his work as “Oscar friendly.” The sexual shock of Poison, the […]

MITL on the Radio: Week of April 4

Here’s another week’s worth of possibly worthless Meet In the Lobby opinions… as spoken on Wes McElroy’s show on WRNL radio last Friday.
TOPICS:
:: Leatherheads Preview and John Krasinski’s Short Filmography
:: Scorsese and The Rolling Stones’ Shine A Light
:: DVD Pick of the Week
Press that play button to check it out. If you’re so inclined, you can listen […]

Free DVD Giveaway: DAY ZERO Starring Elijah Wood

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The war / conflict / aggression / occupation in Iraq has been the focus of near-countless films for the past four years, but here’s something fresh: What if the draft were re-enacted? That’s the key to […]

Two “Killer” Endings Now on DVD

2007 brought tons of discussion about the power of movie endings. Now, the buzz around two specific finales has spilled over to their 2008 DVD releases. The first is I Am Legend (see our preview notes on the new ending), just out last Tuesday. The alternate ending we wrote about in December hit online video […]

DVD Review: THE DRAGON PAINTER

For film fans, not much compares to the excitement of a new discovery. As Martin Scorsese reminds us, too many movies have been lost or destroyed, so here’s the latest find to get excited about: the newly restored 1919 silent classic The Dragon Painter, now on DVD.
Milestone Films, the folks that proudly offer restored DVDs for
I […]