Articles by Alan Bacchus

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  Marwencol

  Jeff Malmberg

  PUBLISHED Apr 30, 2010

  The title of this film certainly doesn't roll off the tongue. In fact, it's a made up word by the film's subject, Mark Hogancamp, an extrao...

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  Thieves by Law

  Alexander Gentelev

  PUBLISHED Apr 30, 2010

  The mysterious Russian Mob is possibly more infamous and feared than the Italian Mafia or the Japanese Yakuza. We were first enlightened to...

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  Art and Copy

  Doug Pray

  PUBLISHED Apr 14, 2010

  There's a feeling of desperation to the DVD release of Art and Copy. I was in Sundance when it premiered, with a certain degree of hype, no...

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  The Eclipse

  Conor McPherson

  PUBLISHED Apr 8, 2010

  This small-scale, atmospheric Irish tale brings the audience through an odd mix of character-based introspective drama and disturbing psych...

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  Loft

  Erik Van Looy

  PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2010

  Loft arrives on DVD in Canada with little previous traction in North America. It received neither a theatrical release nor any major film f...

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  Welcome

  Philippe Lioret

  PUBLISHED Mar 9, 2010

  The ironically titled Welcome explores further the popular theme of the immigrant refugee experience in Western Europe from the point of vi...

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  Fish Tank

  Andrea Arnold

  PUBLISHED Feb 18, 2010

  Mia (Kate Jarvis) is a typical British 15-year-old, full of anger for no apparent reason other than the constant feeling of working class s...

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  We Live in Public

  Ondi Timoner

  PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2010

  At the top, the subject of this documentary, Josh Harris, is billed as "the greatest Internet pioneer you've never heard of," a statement t...