Every week we dive into the cream of the crop when it comes to home releases, including Blu-ray and DVDs, as well as recommended deals of the week. If we were provided screener copies, we’ll have our own write-up, but if that’s not the case, one can find official descriptions from the distributors. Check out our rundown below and return every Tuesday for the best films one can take home. Note that if you’re looking to support the site, every purchase you make through the links below helps us and is greatly appreciated.
Like Someone In Love (Abbas Kiarostami)
Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami made a major splash at the 2010 Cannes film festival with his first feature film shot outside of his home country of Iran, Certified Copy. This year, the renowned auteur returns with his second non-Iranian production, Like Someone in Love, shot completely in Japanese amidst the neon lights of Tokyo. But shooting in a foreign country doesn’t mean the director is straying from themes that have dominated his body of work since the early ’70s. What seems to anchor Kiarostami as one of the most revered filmmakers working today is his ability to reflect the natural unexpectedness of reality by forcing us to question the identity of his characters. These thematic through-lines continue to evolve in Like Someone in Love, an enigmatic examination of the different forms of affection that people can have for one another. – Raffi A. (full review)
Nosferatu the Vampyre (Werner Herzog)
Worth seeing for the greatest undead performance in all of cinema, certainly, but a wonder even when seen outside Klaus Kinski‘s magnetic turn. Herzog has rarely felt more alive than in Nosferatu, which wisely sidesteps Murnau’s indelible picture with a verve that is all its own — formalism that is tight, controlled, yet utterly unpredictable in something as common as shot-to-shot progression. Look out for the use of “Das Rheingold” that stands right alongside The New World in exhibiting powers of a fused sound and image. – Nick N.
Recommended Deals of the Weeks
(Note: new additions are in red)
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Blu-ray) – $7.50
Adventureland (Blu-ray) – $5.00
The American (Blu-ray) – $6.00
Amelie (Blu-ray) – $7.57
The Big Lebowski (Blu-ray) – $9.96
The Cabin in the Woods (Blu-ray) – $7.88
Capote (Blu-ray) – $9.21
Casino (Blu-ray) – $8.71
Django Unchained (Blu-ray) $12.99
Drag Me To Hell (Blu-ray) – $7.50
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Blu-ray) – $9.99
Gojira (Blu-ray) – $9.49
Gone Baby Gone (Blu-ray) – $6.00
High Plains Drifter (Blu-ray) – $9.96
Hot Fuzz (Blu-ray) – $7.50
Hugo (Blu-ray) – $8.98
Inglorious Basterds (Blu-ray) – $7.99
Inside Llewyn Davis (Blu-ray) – $14.99
Jaws (Blu-ray) – $9.99
Knocked Up (Blu-ray) – $7.50
Looper (Blu-ray) – $9.99
No Country For Old Men (Blu-ray) – $5.00
Public Enemies (Blu-ray) – $7.50
Pulp Fiction (Blu-ray) – $7.88
Reality Bites (Blu-ray) – $9.96
A Separation (Blu-ray) – $11.49
Seven (Blu-ray) – $8.98
Shutter Island (Blu-ray) – $8.98
Source Code (Blu-ray) – $7.88
Spring Breakers (Blu-ray) – $9.96
Stoker (Blu-ray) – $11.49
Submarine (Blu-ray) – $11.99
The World’s End (Blu-ray) – $14.99
Zodiac (Blu-ray) – $10.99
What are you picking up this week?