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Bellflower (Oscilloscope Pictures) — Bellflower, which features its writer/director Evan Glodell in the lead role, teeters at times into near satire with a Crispin Glover circa River’s Edge manic energy, but the story and the performances always in the end seem rooted in its sincere genuine intentions. Despite the pyrotechnics and manic mondo energy there is a bedrock sincere apocalyptic worldview that perfectly suits the age of the characters as they struggle to find their place in the world and restore some piece of self-identity after the turmoil of first love gone bad. It is an explosive, outrageous, and dynamic first film that lives way outside the margins of what we call indie film today. Read Mike S. Ryan’s full review. Available on DVD and in a Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack.

Recommended

Enemies of the People (Old Street Films) — Available on 2-Disc Special Edition DVD.

The Weird World of Blowfly (Indie Blitz/E1 Entertainment) — Available on DVD and Blu-ray.

New/Old to Blu-ray/DVD Picks of the Week

The Rules of the Game (Criterion) — Available on DVD and Blu-ray.

Three Colors: Blue, White, Red (Criterion) — Available on DVD and Blu-ray.

Robert Frank: The Complete Film Works (Steidl) — Joining the first three volumes are DVD sets of Volume 4, Volume 5, and Volume 6.

The Big Lebowski (Universal) — Available on Blu-ray.

My Fair Lady (Paramount) — Available on Blu-ray (and DVD).

West Side Story: 50th Anniversary Edition (MGM) — Available on Blu-ray.

Evil Dead 2 (Lionsgate) — Available on Blu-ray.

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

Beginners (Focus Features) — Available on DVD and Blu-ray.

The Rolling Stones Some Girls Live in Texas ’78 (Eagle Rock Entertainment) — Available on DVD, Blu-ray, and DVD/CD Combo.

Waylon Jennings – Live at the US Festival June 4, 1983 (Shout! Factory) — Available on DVD.

Willie Nelson – Live at the US Festival June 4, 1983 (Shout! Factory) — Available on DVD.

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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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