One of the year’s busiest weeks comes to a close on Friday with a screening of David Lynch’s new 3-hour DV opus Inland Empire. But before then, I’ve got a bunch of new reviews to offer you, my faithful readers, including ones for this Friday’s three wide releases (highlighted by Scorsese’s pretty good The Departed), a mediocre NYFF entry, and Werner Herzog’s classic Aguirre, the Wrath of God, which receives a NYC re-release later this month at Film Forum.
Friday:
The Departed (Slant magazine)
The Texas Chainsaw Masscre: The Beginning (Slant magazine)
Employee of the Month (Slant magazine)
Post-Friday:
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Slant magazine)
1/3 (Slant magazine)
NYFF:
Poison Friends (Slant magazine)
Provided I get some sleep first, I’ll also hopefully have links to my review of Bong Joon-ho’s awesome The Host, as well as a write-up of Jafar Panahi’s Offside, posted on the site later this weekend.