DVDs, 2/19.

"More than 30 years after her death, Joan Crawford continues to exert a fascination that has little or nothing to do with her gifts as an actress, a fact that is one working definition of the term 'movie star.'" The New York Times' Dave Kehr reviews the second volume of Warner Home Video's Joan Crawford Collection. More from Dan Callahan in Slant.

Dennis Lim talks with Alex Cox about Walker, "one of the boldest and strangest political films ever made for an American studio." More from Jeremiah Kipp in Slant.

Also in the Los Angeles Times, Sheri Linden on Kurt Cobain About a Son, "a work of startling intimacy."

Mike Everleth on Codex Atanicus: "[Carlos] Atanes proudly follows in the footsteps of fellow Spanish surrealist filmmakers Luis Buñuel and Fernando Arrabal and has crafted a trio of bizarrely demented short films that eschew comprehensible plots, character motivation and just plain logic. They're also all a hell of a lot of fun."

DVD roundups: Sean Axmaker (MSN) and DVD Talk.

Posted by dwhudson at February 19, 2008 1:50 AM