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[NOTE: Unfortunately, SXSW got in the way last week so we’re going to combine new releases from March 15th and 22nd in this post to deliver a double-whammy of information!]

Recommended

The Windmill Movie (Zeitgeist Films) — Read my HTN conversation with director Alexander Olch, then buy it on DVD.

The Fighter (Paramount) — Buy it on DVD or Blu-ray/DVD Combo/Digital Copy.

Waste Land (New Video Group) — Buy it on DVD.

New/Old To Blu-ray Pick(s) Of The Week(s)

Yi Yi (Criterion) — Buy it on DVD or Blu-ray.

Au Revoirs Les Enfants (Criterion) — Buy it on Blu-ray.

Stand By Me: 25th Anniversary Edition (Sony Pictures) — Buy it on Blu-ray.

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

No One Knows About Persian Cats (MPI Home Video) — Buy it on DVD.

BMX Bandits (Severin Films) — Buy it on DVD or Blu-ray.

Wild Card(s) of The Week(s)

How Do You Know (Columbia Pictures) — One of these years, I will return to get my doctorate in film studies, and my thesis will concentrate on this James L. Brooks messterpiece, which must be seen to be fully disbelieved and incomprehended. Buy it on DVD or Blu-ray.

The Absent (Passion River Films) — If you’re a fan of Chris Sivertson’s I Know Who Killed Me as much as I am, then you should definitely take Sage Bannick’s similarly toned thriller for a spin (whaddya know, it was produced by Mr. Sivertson himself). Buy it 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.

Comments
  • Chad Hartigan

    Does The Windmill Movie DVD have Quarry on it as well? Anyone know?

    March 22, 2011
  • Michael Tully

    According to Amazon, the only short film extras are: “Two previously unreleased Richard Rogers shorts: Elephants: Fragments of an Argument and 226-1690 (aka The Answering Machine Movie).”

    QUARRY is one of the best short films I’ve ever seen, man.

    March 22, 2011
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