DVDs
As with our music, which tends toward jazz, blues, folk, and classical, our dvds are eclectic. We like to sell dvds that have some book or play basis, although some loyalties are basic: really well-done anime, Angelina Jolie since she was awarded her Academy Award for work here in the Valley (Girl, Interrupted), and simply flat-out essentials according to our lights.
Amy
Amy
Archival footage and personal testimonials present an intimate portrait of the life and career of British singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse.
The artistic life and awful death of Amy Winehouse at age 27 has been so exhaustively chronicled that we think we know everything about her. Think again. Full review
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
Hardly innovative in form, but boasting the same depth of feeling and breadth of archival material that made Kapadias Senna so rewarding.Full review
Guy Lodge·Variety
With Amy, Asif Kapadia isn’t simply revisiting Ms. Winehouse’s life and death, but also telling the story of contemporary celebrity and, crucially, fandom’s cost. Full review
Manohla Dargis·New York Times
A documentary on Amy Winehouse can’t end well. But what makes the new film so valuable is the way it starts. Full review
Jim Farber·New York Daily News