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PICK OF THE WEEK

Stanley Kubrick: Essential Collection/Stanley Kubrick: Limited Edition Collection (Warner Home Video) — The name of this director and these titles speak for themselves: Spartacus; Lolita; Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb; 2001: A Space Odyssey; A Clockwork Orange; Barry Lyndon; The Shining; Full Metal Jacket; Eyes Wide Shut (and a bonus disc: Stanley Kubrick: A Life In Pictures). Lately there has been a rising stink from reliable sources that some of these films aren’t being presented in the aspect ratio that the perfectionist Kubrick intended for them to be. So take that warning for what it’s worth, but if you decide that the urge to have these films collected in one tidy package proves too strong, buy the 10-disc sets on DVD or Blu-ray.

Recommended

Gerry (Echo Bridge) — A new discounted version of one of my personal favorites is now available on DVD.

Kaboom (MPI Home Video) — Buy it on DVD.

New t0 Blu-Ray Pick(s) of the Week

Once Upon A Time In The West (Paramount) — Buy it on Blu-ray (or download it on Amazon Instant)

American Graffiti: Special Edition (Universal) — Buy it on Blu-ray (or download it on Amazon Instant).

Have Not Seen But Really/Kinda/Sorta/Maybe Wanna

Biutiful (Roadside Attractions) — Buy it on DVD or Blu-ray.

Queen to Play (Zeitgeist Films) — Buy it on DVD.

Undertow (Wolfe Video) — Buy it on DVD or Blu-ray.

Wild Card of the Week

Drive Angry (Summit Entertainment) — Nicolas Cage, once again, at his most seemingly unhinged? Proceed accordingly. Buy it on DVD, Blu-ray, or Blu-ray 3D.

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Michael Tully is an award-winning writer/director whose films have garnered widespread critical acclaim, his projects having premiered at some of the most renowned film festivals across the globe. He is also the former (and founding) editor of this site. In 2006, Michael's first feature, COCAINE ANGEL, chronicling a tragic week in the life of a young drug addict, world premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. The film immediately solidified the director as one of Filmmaker Magazine’s "25 New Faces of Independent Film,” a reputation that was reinforced a year later when his follow-up feature, SILVER JEW, a documentary capturing the late David Berman's rare musical performances in Tel Aviv, world-premiered at SXSW and landed distribution with cult indie-music label Drag City. In 2011, Michael wrote, directed, and starred in his third feature, SEPTIEN, which debuted at the 27th annual Sundance Film Festival before being acquired by IFC Films' Sundance Selects banner. A few years later, in 2014, Michael returned to Sundance with the world premiere of his fourth feature, PING PONG SUMMER, an ‘80s set coming-of-age tale that was quickly picked up for theatrical distribution by Gravitas Ventures. In 2018, Michael wrote and directed the dread-inducing genre film DON'T LEAVE HOME, which has been described as "Get Out with Catholic guilt in the Irish countryside" (IndieWire). The film premiered at SXSW and was subsequently acquired by Cranked Up Films and Shudder.

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  • Chase

    “Biutiful” is definitely worth a watch for Bardem’s performance alone. The film is a little too scattered for its own good, but the sincerity of the performances overcome whatever flaws there are, and really deliver an emotional punch to the stomach.  

    June 3, 2011
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