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By Michael Tully

January 3, 2012

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Picks of the Week

Mildred Pierce (HBO Home Video) — I have neither read the James Cain novel, nor seen the 1945 Hollywood adaptation of said tome, so I fortunately wasn’t bogged down playing the compare/contrast game when watching Todd Haynes’ made-for-HBO multi-episode drama. Had it been eligible, it might very well have made my Top 10 list of 2011. Kate Winslet is as good as she’s ever been, as is cinematographer Ed Lachmann. This is top notch filmmaking across the board. Available on DVD or DVD/Blu-ray Collector’s Edition.

The Guard (Sony) — Brendan Gleason. Don Cheadle. Funny, funny, funny. Available on DVD or Blu-ray.

Recommended

Contagion (Warner Home Video) — To be honest, this movie started with a bang for me and gradually unraveled into a place where I stopped caring, but I definitely think it’s worth taking for a spin now that it’s on home video. Available on DVD + UltraViolet Digital Copy, Blu-ray + UltraViolet Digital Copy, 2-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + UltraViolet Digital Copy, or at Amazon Instant.

Have Not Seen Yet But Really/Kinda/Sorta/Maybe Wanna

I Am (Gaiam) — Available on DVD.

Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (Sony) — Available on DVD or Blu-ray + UltraViolet Digital Copy.

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Michael Tully

Michael Tully is an award-winning writer/director whose films have garnered widespread critical acclaim, his projects having premiered at some of the most renowned film festivals across the globe. He is also the former (and founding) editor of this site. In 2006, Michael's first feature, COCAINE ANGEL, chronicling a tragic week in the life of a young drug addict, world premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. The film immediately solidified the director as one of Filmmaker Magazine’s "25 New Faces of Independent Film,” a reputation that was reinforced a year later when his follow-up feature, SILVER JEW, a documentary capturing the late David Berman's rare musical performances in Tel Aviv, world-premiered at SXSW and landed distribution with cult indie-music label Drag City. In 2011, Michael wrote, directed, and starred in his third feature, SEPTIEN, which debuted at the 27th annual Sundance Film Festival before being acquired by IFC Films' Sundance Selects banner. A few years later, in 2014, Michael returned to Sundance with the world premiere of his fourth feature, PING PONG SUMMER, an ‘80s set coming-of-age tale that was quickly picked up for theatrical distribution by Gravitas Ventures. In 2018, Michael wrote and directed the dread-inducing genre film DON'T LEAVE HOME, which has been described as "Get Out with Catholic guilt in the Irish countryside" (IndieWire). The film premiered at SXSW and was subsequently acquired by Cranked Up Films and Shudder.

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Mike McQuillian

I Am was horrendous. Worst movie I saw in 2012.

January 3, 2012

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