By John ThomasonCinevardaphoto (Cinema Guild)Standard list price: $29.95Release date: Aug. 31For a filmmaker of Agnes Varda’s renown, it’s important to note how few features she has made over her 40-plus-year career. She boasts 47 directorial credits on the Internet Movie Database, yet most cineastes who haven’t spelunked into the deepest depths of the … [Read more...]
The View From Home 2: New releases on DVD
By John ThomasonCastle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki’s Delivery Service (Disney’s Studio Ghibli)Release date: March 2Standard list price: $19.99 eachGirls always rule in the films of Hayao Miyazaki, Japan’s top animator and one of international cinema’s most empowering feminist voices. In his four most prominent Western exports – Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, … [Read more...]