DVD & TV If, for some strange reason, you have yet to watch the FX series The Shield, then you haven't seen one of the best television shows of all time (which you should know by now, 'cause I keep saying it). ...   More

DVD & TV Looking for the last-minute holiday gift ideas or just something to watch over the long weekend? Here are a few suggestions that might work for you.Serenity—The big-screen conclusion to the ill- ...   More

DVD & TV There's not enough space in this puny column to fit all the things I have to say about Richard Pryor. In fact, there's probably not enough space in this whole newspaper to fit all the things I have to ...   More

DVD & TV Stephen Gaghan's politically charged thriller Syriana (see review, page 55) recalls the films of the late 1960s and 1970s, an era when movies weren't afraid to make bold statements about corruption an ...   More

DVD & TV Eight years after theatrical re-release, Jean-Pierre Melville's 1967 masterpiece has finally, mercifully, been released on DVD. If that sounds reverential, it's because this movie, and the watching of ...   More

DVD & TV If all the hype surrounding Rent has got you all moist and juicy to see a musical about people looking for a place to live, don't waste your time with the big-budget adaptation of the hit play (see re ...   More

DVD & TV Ghost riders, veiled specters, love, God, murder and all that—the Man in Black can sure spook a gal. But sometimes Johnny Cash is scary in a whole different way. He was such a badass for so long ...   More

DVD & TV "Kiri, kiri, kiri..." In English, "deeper, deeper, deeper." A slender female, pale and fragile as a ceramic doll, buries three long needles deeper and deeper into the eyelids of her captive, a man who ...   More

DVD & TV A brief warning: Even if you and your children liked the Jack Black comedy School of Rock, this documentary may not be for you. Don't get me wrong, 'cause Rock School, Don Argott's documentary about t ...   More

DVD & TV Director Walter Hill's 1979 film The Warriors remains one of my favorite movies of all time. I've seen The Warriors more times than I can count, and I've devoted far more time to researching the histo ...   More