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He has a funny name. He's got a disability. He is terribly lonely... He is Ernie Biscuit, a deaf Parisian taxidermist. If you are thinking to yourself that his story couldn't be too interesting, you are mistaken. Great storytellers can bring the most unusual characters to life, put him or her in the most unexpected situations and create the most unforgettable stories. And Adam Elliot, director of the short film about Biscuit, is an amazing storyteller. After making his first short film trilogy (Uncle, Cousin and Brother), Elliot won an Academy Award for Harvie Krumpet, his 2003 short film about a man with Tourette's Syndrome. He followed that up with his only feature film to date, Mary And Max, which is about an unlikely friendship between...

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DVD Playhouse—June 2010

By

Allen Gardner

The White Ribbon (Sony) On the eve of Ww I, a small village in Germany is struck by a series of tragic, seemingly unconnected events until the townspeople, and the audience, start to connect the dots. Shot in stark, beautiful black & white, director Michael Haneke has fashioned a haunting metaphorical drama that is as coldly chilling as anything made by Ingmar Bergman, and darkly unsettling as anything from the canon of David Lynch. A rich, tough, brilliant cinematic experience you’re not likely to forget. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bd bonuses: Interviews with cast and crew; featurettes. Widescreen Dolby and DTS 5.1 surround.

Alice In Wonderland (Disney) Tim Burton’s take on the Lewis Carroll classic finds young Alice (Mia Wasikowska), a 19th century girl who finds herself in an unhappy engagement to a boorish suitor, tumbling down the rabbit hole into Wonderland, where she encounters magical cakes,...

"Mary and Max" reviewby Steve Ramos, Writer   "Mary with Max" opens Sundance with an artful bang.   The plasticine heroine at the heart of "Mary and Max," Australian filmmaker Adam Elliot's funny, eye-popping and somewhat moody claymation film is eight-year-old Mary Daisy Dinkle (voice of Toni Collette), a social misfit in suburban Australia whose life changes after finding a pen pal in New York City. Her faraway friend is a surprising soul mate, Max Jerry Horowitz (voice of Phillip Seymour Hoffman). He is overweight, a Jewish atheist with Asperger's Syndrome and a social outcast equal to Mary, a most unlikely hero.   Both Max and Mary come to life thanks to artful detail and exquisite production design from Elliot, who won an Oscar for his short film "Harvie Krumpet," his photographer Gerald Thompson and an Australian production team of 50 artists responsible for this frequently solemn but always engaging friendship tale, one...