DVD Review: Poison Ivy 4 – The Secret Society
Back in 1992, the original Poison Ivy served to relaunch Drew Barrymore’s career after she had emerged from years of alcohol and drug addiction. That film was nominated for a coveted Grand Jury prize at Sundance and went on to earn a respectable cult following, but an ill-conceived pair of increasingly absurd sequels–Poison Ivy II: […]
DVD Review: American Teen
In an effort to make a year-long documentary about high school seniors, director Nanette Burstein (On the Ropes, The Kid Stays in the Picture) reviewed more than 100 different schools in the pre-production process, and ten schools replied, agreeing to participate. After she interviewed incoming seniors at all 10, she chose Warsaw. The film, American […]