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Carlos (Criterion) — Olivier Assayas’s globetrotting Carlos is among the most in-depth, fully-realized character studies in recent years, and not just because of its marathon runtime of five-and-a-half hours. As the infamous title terrorist, Edgar Ramirez packs so many nuanced gestures—with his eyes, with his hands—into any given minute that we almost don’t need to hear him speak. And that’s just the beginning of Michael Nordine’s excellent review, the rest of which you can read right here. Available on DVD and Blu-ray.

L’Amour Fou (MPI Home Video) — Available on DVD.

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

The Phantom Carriage (Criterion) — Available on DVD and Blu-ray.

Ben-Hur: 50th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition (Warner) — Available on DVD and Blu-ray.

Extract (Miramax/Lionsgate) — Available on Blu-ray.

Genre Boulevard

Basket Case (Image Entertainment) — Available on Blu-ray.

Mother’s Day (Troma) — Available on Blu-ray.

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

Viva Riva! (Music Box Films) — Available on DVD and Blu-ray.

3 By Theo Van Gogh (Entertainment One) — Includes three feature films from the late Dutch filmmaker: Blind Date, Interview, and 1-900. Available on DVD.

The Hour (BBC Warner) — Available on DVD and Blu-ray.

Sounds and Silence: Travels With Manfred Eicher (ECM Records) — Available on DVD and Blu-ray.

How To Make It In America: The Complete First Season (HBO) — Available on DVD and Blu-ray.

Good Neighbors (Magnolia) — Available on DVD, Blu-ray, or through Amazon Instant (RENT).

Wild Card of the Week

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Paramount) — Okay, who am I kidding. I have no desire to see this especially now that it would be on the small screen, but apparently Michael Bay is a misunderstood auteur genius so we should probably include him here, right? Available: 2-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy.

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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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