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. Check out our rundown below and return every Tuesday for the best (or most interesting) 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.
The Better Angels (A.J. Edwards)
The best biopic of last year is also one of the most formally engrossing, two aspects that often clash. Yes, Terrence Malick‘s influence is felt in the debut of his protege, A.J. Edwards, but it’s the first film not from the renowned director to harness, not cheaply rip off, his style. With a fascinating historical approach (the voice-over dialogue comes directly from family writings regarding Abraham Lincoln) and despite never naming the iconic President-to-be, we get an intimate sense of both the harsh and tender side of his upbringing. It may not have received its proper due upon release, but I imagine few films from 2014 aging more gracefully than The Better Angels. – Jordan R.
Foxcatcher (Bennett Miller)
There is a distinctly Americana fascination and connection between director Bennett Miller’s Capote, Moneyball, and Foxcatcher. Centered on a struggling former Olympic wrestler and his unlikely relationship with a bizarre billionaire, the film is less about the actual details of what happened in this real-life tragedy and more about the insidious nature that is derived from excessive wealth and power. The film features a truly powerhouse trio of performances from Steve Carrell, Mark Ruffalo, and Channing Tatum. Eerily paced and unnerving at every turn, the fastidious study of these characters is both enveloping and thought-provoking. – Raffi A.
Also Available This Week
Full Frontal
The Grifters
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (review)
The Last of Robin Hood
Life Partners (review)
Recommended Deals of the Week
(Note: new additions are in red)
Alien Anthology (Blu-ray) – $24.96
The American (Blu-ray) – $8.99
Amelie (Blu-ray) – $6.74
Atonement (Blu-ray) – $10.42
Beginners (Blu-ray) – $6.60
Black Swan (Blu-ray) – $7.07
Bottle Rocket (Criterion Blu-ray) – $19.99
Bronson (Blu-ray) – $10.91
Burn After Reading (Blu-ray) – $8.85
The Cabin in the Woods (Blu-ray) – $7.88
Casino (Blu-ray) – $8.99
Cloud Atlas (Blu-ray) – $7.97
Collateral (Blu-ray) – $7.88
Contagion (Blu-ray) – $8.83
The Darjeeling Limited (Criterion Blu-ray) – $19.99
Dead Man (Blu-ray) – $7.99
Do the Right Thing (Blu-ray) – $8.09
Drive (Blu-ray) – $7.99
Fantastic Mr. Fox (Blu-ray) – $19.99
The Fly (Blu-ray) – $6.99
Gangs of New York (Blu-ray) – $7.50
Gattaca (Blu-ray) – $8.35
Goodfellas (Blu-ray) – $7.99
Good Will Hunting (Blu-ray) – $7.50
The Grandmaster (U.S. Cut Blu-ray) – $10.66
The Grey (Blu-ray) – $6.96
Haywire (Blu-ray) – $9.29
Headhunters (Blu-ray) – $7.64
Hot Fuzz (Blu-ray) – $8.99
Hugo (Blu-ray) – $6.99
I Am Love (Blu-ray) – $7.64
Inglorious Basterds (Blu-ray) – $8.00
In the Loop (Blu-ray) – $7.93
Inside Llewyn Davis (Blu-ray) – $9.99
Jackie Brown (Blu-ray) – $8.12
Killing Them Softly (Blu-ray) – $10.00
L.A. Confidential (Blu-ray) – $8.63
Let the Right One In (Blu-ray) – $7.64
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (Criterion Blu-ray) – $19.99
Looper (Blu-ray) – $8.00
Lost In Translation (Blu-ray) – $8.99
Margaret (Blu-ray) – $9.99
Melancholia (Blu-ray) – $7.64
Mother (Blu-ray) – $7.64
No Country For Old Men (Blu-ray) – $7.50
Observe & Report (Blu-ray) – $9.29
Office Space (Blu-ray) – $8.99
Persepolis (Blu-ray) – $7.26
Public Enemies (Blu-ray) – $7.99
Reality Bites (Blu-ray) – $9.49
The Royal Tenenbaums (Criterion Blu-ray) – $19.99
The Rover (Blu-ray) – $9.99
Rushmore (Criterion Blu-ray) – $19.99
The Secret In Their Eyes (Blu-ray) – $8.17
A Serious Man (Blu-ray) – $9.54
Seven (Blu-ray) – $7.50
sex, lies, and videotape (Blu-ray) – $8.19
Shutter Island (Blu-ray) – $7.48
Spring Breakers (Blu-ray) – $7.99
There Will Be Blood (Blu-ray) – $8.69
The Truman Show (Blu-ray) – $7.99
This is the End (Blu-ray) – $9.99
To the Wonder (Blu-ray) – $7.64
Two Lovers (Blu-ray) – $7.64
Vanilla Sky (Blu-ray pre-order) – $8.44
Volver (Blu-ray) – $6.56
We Own the Night (Blu-ray) – $6.91
The Wrestler (Blu-ray) – $6.49
Zero Dark Thirty (Blu-ray) – $8.00
What are you picking up this week?