DVD Releases for the Week of Dec. 30, 2008

The week of December 30th is transition time. The shopping season has come to an end, and the next day beckons a new year for film. On the DVD front, this means nearly zilch of interest this week. Most notably for Montrealers, Sebastien Rose’s Le Banquet, which premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival in August, gets a province-wide release. This high-intensity drama culminates in a fiery demonstration on issues of education funding. As one reviewer put it, it deals with matters “better discussed over dinner than on film” (source), though it does so in a technically engaging way. Read more »