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Select DVD releases for MARCH 9, 2010:


David Lam's "Athlete" [Direct-to-DVD/(2010) docu-USA]

the Avon Barksdale Story: Legends of the Unwired [Direct-to-DVD/(2009)docu-USA/72 min]


(INDIE/SEQUEL) the Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day [(2009)USA/Apparition/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 7.0 the Brothers Warner [(2008) docu-USA]


(Toronto) Michael Moore's "Capitalism: A Love Story" [(2009)docu- USA/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 7.2


(INDIE/Tribeca'06) Fay Ann Lee's "Falling for Grace [(2006)USA] - IMDb rating: 6.4


(INDIE) Tao Ruspoli's "Fix" [(2008)USA] - IMDb rating: 6.1

the Heart Is a Drum Machine [(2009)docu-USA/74 min]

Jesse Quackenbush's "the Last Word: A Documentary" [Direct-to-DVD/(2008)docu-USA]


(INDIE) Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire [(2009)USA/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 7.5


(INDIE/Toronto'08) the Stoning of Soraya M. [(2008) USA/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 7.8

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(INDIE/QueerCinema) the Art of Being Straight [(2008) USA] - IMDb rating: 4.0
(INDIE) Chris Shadley's "Nine Dead" [Direct-to-DVD/(2010)USA]
(INDIE) Diana Lee Inosanto's "the Sensei" (2008) [Direct-to-DVD/(2008)USA]
(INDIE) the Truth About Average Guys [(2009)USA/Rated R/83 min]





Select DVD releases for MARCH 2, 2010:



(Toronto'08) Agnès Varda's "the Beaches of Agnes" [(2008)docu-France/CG] - IMDb rating: 8.1

Sarah Townsend's "Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story" [(2009)docu-UK]


(INDIE/Toronto'09) Rebecca Miller's "the Private Lives of Pippa Lee" [(2009)USA/SM/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 6.7

Tell Them Anything You Want (A Portrait of Maurice Sendak) [(2009)TV-docu-short/USA/Rated-TV- 14/39 min]


(Sundance'09) Ondi Timoner's "We Live in Public" [(2009)docu-USA/IF] - IMDb rating: 7.5

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(INDIE/Toronto'09) Bitch Slap [(2009)USA/FR/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 4.6 -3.2
(INDIE) Jared Hess' "Gentlemen Broncos" [(2009)USA/FS] - IMDb rating: 5.5
(INDIE) Biju Viswanath's "Marathon" [Direct -to-DVD/(2009)USA]
(INDIE) Chris Levitus' "the Penthouse" [Direct-to-DVD/(2010)USA]
(INDIE) Mike Marvin's "the Wraith" [Special-Edition/(1986)USA] - IMDb rating: 5.1


Select DVD releases for FEBRUARY 23, 2010:



(Sundance'09) Joe Berlinger's "Crude" [(2009)docu-USA/FRF] - IMDb rating: 8.3

(QueerCinema) Eleven Minutes [(2008) docu-USA/Rated R]


Rupert Murray's "the End of the Line" [(2009)docu-UK] - IMDb rating: 6.8


Astra Taylor's "Examined Life" [(2008)docu-Canada] - IMDb rating: 7.1

(2fer) the Kartemquin Films Collection: The Early Years, Vol. 1 [B&W/Docu-USA/124 min: "Parents" [(1968)SHORT-22 min] and "Thumbs Down" [(1968)/102 min]


(CLASSIC) Leo McCarey's "Make Way for Tomorrow" [B&W/(1937)USA] - IMDb rating: 7.9


(INDIE/Sundance'09) Katherine Dieckmann's "Motherhood" [(2009)USA/FR/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 6.9

Amie Williams "No Sweat" [(2006)docu-USA/54 min]


(Sundance'09) the September Issue [(2009)docu-USA/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 6.9

(Docu-2fer) UNCOMMON WOMEN: "My Name Was Sabina Spielrein" [Ich hiess.../(2002)docu/France- Germany-Sweden-Denmark-Finland-Switzerlandand] and "The Anna Akhmatova File" [Lichnoe delo Anny Akhmatovoy/(1989)docu-Soviet Union/65 min]

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(INDIE/Mumblecore) Joe Swanberg's "Alexander the Last" [(2009)USA/72 min]
(INDIE) Jonathan W. Stokes' "the Last Hurrah" [Direct-to-DVD/(2009)USA]
(INDIE/Animated) Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers [(2010)USA]
(INDIE) Colin Bannon's "Love Conquers Paul [(2009) USA/Rated R]
(INDIE) Person of Interest [Direct-to-DVD/(2007)USA]
(INDIE) Derek Sieg's "Swedish Auto" [(2006)USA] - IMDb rating: 5.8
(INDIE/Sundance'09) the Vicious Kind [(2009)USA]


Select DVD releases for FEBRUARY 16, 2010:



(INDIE/Tribeca) Black Dynamite [(2009)USA/App/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 7.6


(Sundance'09) Good Hair [(2009)docu-USA/Rated PG- 13] - IMDb rating: 6.8

(Rockumentary) No Distance Left to Run [A Film about BLUR/(2010)docu-UK]

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(INDIE/B-horror) Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever [Direct-to-DVD/(2009)USA]
(INDIE) John Murlowski's "Freeway Killer [Direct-to-DVD/(2009)USA]
(INDIE/CinemaLatino) From Mexico With Love [(2009)USA/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 5.7
Select DVD releases for FEBRUARY 9, 2010:



(CLASSIC/Box Set) Bad Girls of Film Noir 1 [Two-discs/USA/313min: "The Killer That Stalked New York" [NOIR-B&W/(1950)/79 min/IMDb:6.5]; Henry Levin's "Two of A Kind" [NOIR-B&W/(1951)/75 min]; "Bad for Each Other" [B&W/(1953)/83 min]; & "The Glass Wall" [B&W/(1953)/82 min]


(CLASSIC/Box Set) Bad Girls of Film Noir 2 [Two-discs/USA/300min: Henry Levin's "Night Editor" [NOIR-B&W/(1946)/82 min]; "One Girl's Confession" [B&W/(1953)/75 min]; Lewis Seiler's "Over-Exposed" [B&W/(1956)/80 min] & "Women's Prison" [B&W/(1955)/79 min/IMDb:6.6]


(INDIE/Sundance'09) Adam Salky's "Dare" [(2009) USA/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 6.3

(QueerCinema) Eleven Minutes [(2008) docu-USA/Rated R]

the People Speak [(2009)docu-USA]


(INDIE/Sundance'09) Peter and Vandy [(2009)USA] - IMDb rating: 6.5

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(INDIE/Sequel) the Brotherhood V (Alumni) [Direct-to-DVD/(2009)USA/Rated R]
(INDIE) Hurricane Season [Direct-to-DVD/(2009)USA/Rated PG-13]
(INDIE/Chickflick) Nia Vardalos' "I Hate Valentine's Day" [(2009)USA/IFC/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 4.7
(INDIE) Travis Betz "http://www.thedemonlo.com/">LO" [Direct-to-DVD/(2009)USA]
(INDIE/Tribeca) Midgets Vs. Mascots [Direct-to-DVD/(2009)USA]
(INDIE/Tribeca'09) Cheryl Hines' "Serious Moonlight" [(2009)USA/84 min] - IMDb rating: 5.9


Select DVD releases for FEBRUARY 2, 2010:



(INDIE/Sundance'09) Max Mayer's "Adam" [(2009)USA/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 7.3


(Tribeca'07/QueerCinema) Black White + Gray [...A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe/(2007)docu/US-Germany/77 min] - IMDb rating: 6.7


(CLASSIC) Michael Curtiz' "Casablanca" [Blu-ray/(1942)USA] - IMDb rating: 8.8


(INDIE/HORROR) the House of the Devil [(2009)USA/Mag/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 6.7


(BOX SET) TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Marx Brothers [2- discs/B&W/USA: "A Day at the Races" [(1937)/IMDb:7.6]; "A Night in Casablanca" [(1946)/IMDb:7.0];/ "Room Service" [(1938)78 min/IMDb:6.6]; "At the Circus" [(1939)/IMDb:6.8]


(BOX SET) TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Romance [2-discs/487 min/USA: Elia Kazan's "Splendor in the Grass" [Technicolor/(1961)/124 min/IMDb:7.5]; Billy Wilder's "Love in the Afternoon" [B&W/(1957)/130 min/IMDb:7.4]; John Ford's "Mogambo" [Technicolor/(1953)/IMDb:6.6]; "Now Voyager" [B&W/(1942)/IMDb:7.9]


(BOX SET) TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Sci-Fi Adventures [2- discs: Gordon Douglas' "Them!" [B&W/(1954)USA/IMDb:7.5]; "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms" [B&W/(1953)USA/80 min/IMDb:6.6]; "World Without End" [Technicolor/ (1956)USA/80 min/IMDb:5.9]; "Satellite in the Sky" [Warnercolor/(1956)UK]



Select DVD releases for JANUARY 26, 2010:


Jennifer Baichwal's "Act of God" [(2009)docu/Canada-UK-France/75 min]

Closer to the Dream [(2010)docu/US-France]

Wanda Jakubowska's "the Last Stage" [Ostatni etap/(1948)docu-drama/Poland]

Meeting David Wilson [(2008)docu-USA]


Michael Jackson This Is It [Ltd.-IMAX-run/(2009)Perf-docu/USA/S-Col/Rated PG] - IMDb rating: 7.4

Painters Painting [(1973)docu-USA]

the People Speak [(2009)docu-USA]

Prom Night in Mississippi [(2008)docu-Canada]


(Toronto'08) Soul Power [(2008)Perf-docu/USA/SPC/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 6.8


(Toronto/GURLPOWER) Drew Barrymore's "Whip It" [(2009)USA/FS/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 7.4

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(INDIE/B-horror) Frank Henenlotter's Bad Biology" [(2008)USA]
(INDIE) T.J. Martin's "the Donner Party" [Direct -to-DVD/(2009)USA/Rated R]
(INDIE) Russell Mulcahy's "Give 'em Hell, Malone" [Direct-to-DVD/(2009)USA]
(INDIE/GUYflick) I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell [(2009)USA/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 4.6
(INDIE/Tribeca'08) Aaron Woodley's "Tennessee" [(2008)USA/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 5.2


Select DVD releases for JANUARY 19, 2010:


(INDIE) Nancy Bardawil's "According to Greta [(2009)USA] - IMDb rating: 6.6


(INDIE) Across the Hall [(2009) USA/ImageEnt./Rated R] - IMDb rating: 6.1

(QueerCinema) the Butch Factor [(2009)docu-USA]

Chevolution [Direct-to-DVD/(2008)docu-Mexico]

(LIVE-perf) Maria Costa's Macho Men and the Women Who Love Them [Direct-to-DVD/(2010)Perf-docu/USA/69 min]


(Sundance'09) Laura Gabbert's "NO IMPACT MAN: The Documentary" [(2009)docu-USA] - IMDb rating: 6.9


(QueerCinema/Tribeca) Kirby Dick's "OUTRAGE" [(2009)docu-USA] - IMDb rating: 7.6


(CLASSIC) Robert Altman's "Streamers" [(1983)USA/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 6.7

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(INDIE) Across the Hall [(2009)USA]
(INDIE) Deep in the Valley [(2009)USA/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 3.8
(INDIE) Neveldine & Taylor's "" [(2009) USA/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 5.8
(INDIE/Horror) Kingdom of the Spiders [(1977)USA/Rated PG] - IMDb rating: 5.6


Select DVD releases for JANUARY 12, 2010:


(INDIE/Sundance) Robert D. Siegel's "Big Fan" [(2009)USA] - IMDb rating: 7.4


(INDIE/Toronto'08) the Brothers Bloom [(2008) USA/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 7.1


Amy Rice & Alicia Sams's "By the People: The Election of Barack Obama" [(2009)Cable-docu/USA] - IMDb rating: 6.6

Virginia Anita Williams' "FRONTRUNNER [(2008)docu-USA/CG]


(INDIE) Kathryn Bigelow's "the Hurt Locker" [(2008)USA/Su/Rated R/131 min] - IMDb rating: 8.0

With One Voice [(2009)docu-USA/78 min]

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(INDIE) Acting Shakespeare (Ian McKellen) [(1982)TV-movie-USA]
(INDIE) CockHammer [(2009)USA]
(INDIE/Sundance'08) Downloading Nancy [(2008)USA] - IMDb rating: 5.4
(INDIE/MUSICAL-REmake) Kevin Tancharoen's "FAME" [(2009)USA/Rated PG] - IMDb rating: 4.2
(INDIE/SEQ-to-the-REmake) Rob Zombie's "Halloween II [(2009)USA/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 5.0
(INDIE) Tyler Perry's "I Can Do Bad All by Myself" [(2009)USA/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 2.1
(INDIE/Christian Cinema) Wes Llewellyn's "the Moment After" [(1999)USA] - IMDb rating: 4.1
(INDIE) Nun of That [(2009)USA]
(INDIE/TEENflick) Vicky Jenson's "Post Grad [(2009)USA/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 5.0
(INDIE/QueerCinema) Tru Loved [(2008)USA/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 5.4
(INDIE/Compilation) WWE-TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs [(2009)USA]


Select DVD releases for JANUARY 5, 2010:

the Hip Hop Project [(2006)docu-USA/Rated PG -13]


(INDIE) Loren Cass [(2006)USA/83 min] - IMDb rating: 6.1


Select DVD releases for December 29, 2009:


Àlex Pastor's "http://www.carriersmovie.com/">Carriers" [(2009)USA/Rated PG-13/84 min] - IMDb rating: 6.3

(Boxing) Facing Ali [(2009)docu/US-Canada]


(INDIE/Horror) Paranormal Activity [(2007)USA/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 6.9


a Perfect Getaway [(2009)USA//Rated R] - IMDb rating: 6.5

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(INDIE/2fer) Daniel Taplitz' "Breakin All the Rules" [(2004)USA/85 min/IMDb:5.3] AND Mark Brown's "Two Can Play That Game" [(2001)USA/Rated R/IMDb:5.6]
(INDIE) Jennifer Phang's "Half-Life [Direct- to-DVD/(2008)USA]
Karyn Kusama's "Jennifer's Body" [(2009)USA/Fox/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 5.4
(INDIE) Weather Girl [Direct-to-DVD/(2009) USA]


Select DVD releases for December 22, 2009:


(INDIE/Sundance&SXSW) (500) Days of Summer [(2009)USA/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 8.1

(JewishCinema) Hilary Helstein's "As Seen Through These Eyes [(2008)docu-USA/70 min]


(INDIE) Mike Judge's "Extract" [(2009) USA/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 6.7


(Toronto'08/Rockumentary) It Might Get Loud [(2008)docu-USA/2009 release/SPC] - IMDb rating: 7.6

Jennifer Steinman's "Motherland" [(2009)docu-USA/80 min]

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(INDIE-REmake) Beyond a Reasonable Doubt [(2009) USA/AutonomousFilms/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 5.8
(INDIE) Noble Things [(2008)USA]
(INDIE/AsianCine) Pretty to Think So [Direct-to-DVD/(2008)USA]


Select DVD releases for December 15, 2009:


(Cannes) Ang Lee's "Taking Woodstock" [(2009)USA/Fo/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 7.0

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(INDIE) (BO) the Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard [(2009)USA/P-V/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 5.9
Megumi Sasaki's "Herb and Dorothy" [(2008)docu-USA/FL]
(INDIE/B-horror) Red Canyon [(2008)USA/Rated R]


Select DVD releases for December 8, 2009:


(SXSW) Beautiful Losers [(2008)docu-USA/Website] - IMDb rating: 7.8

Brick City [(2009)TV-series/docu-USA]


(Sundance) the Cove [(2009)docu-USA/RA/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 8.5

(QueerCinema) Michelle Boyaner & Barbara Green's "a Finished Life (The Goodbye & No Regrets Tour)" [(2008)docu-USA/81 min]

(Tribeca'07) the First Saturday in May [(2007)docu-USA/Rated PG-13]


Freedom's Fury [(2006)docu-USA] - IMDb rating: 7.7


Christopher Denham's "Home Movie" [(2008)USA/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 6.5


Humble Pie [aka 'American Fork'/(2007) USA/84 min] - IMDb rating: 7.2

Paperback Dreams [(2008)docu-USA/57 min]


(Sundance) Bob Goldthwait's "World's Greatest Dad*" [(2009)USA/Mag] - IMDb rating: 7.4

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
Hollywood, je t'aime [Direct-to-DVD/ (2009)USA]
Lost Treasure of the Maya [Direct-to-DVD/aka "No Bad Days"/(2008)USA]
the Marc Pease Experience [(2009)USA/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 3.7
Peter James Iengo's "Partners" [(2009)USA/Rated PG-13]
Brad Sykes' "Plaguers" [Direct-to-DVD/(2008) USA/Rated R]
(QueerCinema) David Lewis' "Redwoods" [(2009) USA/82 min]
Run! Bitch Run! [Direct-to-DVD/(2009) USA]
Tim McCann's "Runaway" [Direct-to-DVD/(2005)USA/80 min]
Warning!!! Pedophile Released [Direct-to-DVD/(2009)USA]


Select DVD releases for December 1, 2009:

2 Turntables and a Microphone [(2008)docu-USA]


(INDIE/Sundance) Paper Heart [(2009)USA/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 6.3

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(INDIE) the Boy with the Sun in His Eyes [(2009)USA/81 min]
(INDIE) Bruce Koehler's "End Game" [(2009)USA/Rated PG]
(INDIE) IMAX: Ride Around the World [(2006) USA]


Select DVD releases for November 24, 2009:

(BOX SET) the Golden Age of Television [3-discs/CriterionColl./B&W/(1981-82)PBS -TV series/docu-USA]


(CLASSIC/Animated) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs [2-discs/(1937)USA/83 min] - IMDb rating: 7.8

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(SHORTS/Classic) AVANT-GARDE 3: Experimental Cinema 1922-1954 [2-discs/15 SHORTS, including: Dudley Murphy's "Danse macabre" [B&W/(1922)Short-USA/8 min]
James R. Gorrie's "the Indian" [Direct-to- DVD/(2007)USA]
Peter Hewitt's "the Maiden Heist" [Direct-to-DVD/(2009)USA/Rated PG-13]


Select DVD releases for November 17, 2009:


(SHOCK-umentary/BO) Larry Charles' "Brüno" [(2009)Mock-Doc/USA/U/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 6.6


(Classic?) Michael Ritchie's "Downhill Racer" [CriterionColl./(1969)USA/Rated PG] - IMDb rating: 6.0


http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/43890000/43894314.JPG (INDIE/Classic) Kent Mackenzie's "the EXILES" [B&W/(1961)USA/MF/72 min] - IMDb rating: 7.6

Food Beware: The French Organic Revolution [Nos enfants nous accuseront/(2008)docu-France]


(BOX SET/Classic) Victor Fleming's "Gone with the Wind" [5-discs/70thAnniv.Ed./(1939) USA] - IMDb rating: 8.2


(INDIE-Mumblecore/Sundance) Lynn Shelton's "HUMPDAY" [(2009)USA/Magnolia/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 6.5

the Ister [(2004)docu-Australia/189 min]

Official Rejection [Direct-to-DVD/(2009)docu-USA]


(TRIBECA) Virginia Reticker's PRAY THE DEVIL BACK TO HELL [(2008)docu-USA/BR] - IMDb rating: 7.8

(Burlesque) Deirdre Allen Timmons' "a Wink and a Smile" [(2008)Perf-docu/USA]

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(INDIE) Richard Harrah's "the Canyon" [Direct-to-DVD/(2009)USA]
(INDIE) Michael Meredith's "the Open Road [(2009)USA/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 5.0
(INDIE/B-action) SEAL Team VI [Direct-to-DVD/ (2008)USA]


Select DVD releases for November 10, 2009:


(INDIE/Sundance) Lance Hammer's "Ballast [(2008)USA/SR] - IMDb rating: 7.5

Kate Churchill's "Enlighten Up!" [(2008)docu-USA/Bal/82 min]


(INDIE/Sundance'08) Michael Keaton's "the Merry Gentleman" [(2008)USA/IDP/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 7.4


(Rockumentary) Noel Archambault's "the Rolling Stones: Live At the Max" [(1991)IMAX- docu/Ireland-Canada-US] - IMDb rating: 7.4


(INDIE/Sundance) David Mackenzie's "Spread" [(2009)USA/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 6.1

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(INDIE) Blake Leibel's "Bald" [(2008)USA]
a Christmas Proposal [(2008)Cable-movie/USA/Rated PG]
(INDIE/Sequel/QueerCine) Eating Out: All You Can Eat [EO#3/(2009)USA]
(INDIE/B-horror) Yam Laranas' "the Echo" [Direct-to-DVD/(2008)USA]
(INDIE) Enid Zentelis' "Evergreen" [(2004) USA/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 5.4
(INDIE) Familiar Strangers [(2008) USA/Rated PG-13]
(INDIE/LoFi-SciFi) Jamin Winans's "Ink" [Direct-to-DVD/(2009)USA]
(INDIE/B-horror) Christopher Di Nunzio's "Livesto ck" [Direct-to-DVD/(2009)USA/76 min]


Select DVD releases for November 3, 2009:


(CLASSIC/Xmas-Comedy) Christmas Vacation [2-Discs/20th Anniv.Ed./(1989)USA/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 7.0

Dear Jack [(2009)docu-USA/67 min]


(BOX SET) Film Noir Collection [5-discs/USA: Edward Dmytryk's "The Sniper" [(1952)/IMDb:7.2]; Fritz Lang's "The Big Heat" [(1953)/IMDb:8.0]; "5 Against The House" [(1955)/84 min/IMDb:5.9]; Don Siegel's "The Lineup" [(1958)/IMDb:7.4]; and "Murder by Contract" [(1958/81 min/IMDb:7.2]


(Toronto'08) Food, Inc. [(2008)docu-USA/Mg/Rated PG] - IMDb rating: 8.0

Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs [(2007)docu-USA]


(CLASSIC) Alfred Hitchcock's "North by Northwest" [50th-Anniv.Ed./(1959)USA/131 min] - IMDb rating: 8.6


(BOX SET) TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Comedy [2-discs/USA: Frank Capra's "Arsenic and Old Lace" [(1944)/IMDb:8.1]; "A Night at the Opera" [(1935)/IMDb:8.0]; "The Long Long Trailer" [(1953)/IMDb:6.8]; AND Vincente Minnelli's "Father of the Bride" [(1950)/IMDb:7.3]


(BOX SET) TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Hitchcock Thrillers (NOIR) [2-discs/USA: "Suspicion" [(1941)/IMDb:7.6]; "Strangers on a Train" [(1951)/IMDb:8.3]; "The Wrong Man" [(1956)/IMDb:7.5]; "I Confess" [(1953)/IMDb:7.2]


(BOX SET) TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Holiday [2-discs/USA: Peter Godfrey's "Christmas in Connecticut" [(1945)/IMDb:7.3]; Edwin L. Marin's "A Christmas Carol" [(1938)69 min//IMDb:7.5]; Ernst Lubitsch's "The Shop Around the Corner" [(1940)/IMDb:8.0]; "It Happened on 5th Avenue" [(1947)/IMDb:7.4]


(CLASSIC/Sci-fi) Gordon Douglas' "Them!" ["Keepcase" Ed./(1954)USA] - IMDb rating: 7.5

(SXSW'08) Throw Down Your Heart [(2008)docu-USA/Website]


Unmistaken Child [(2008)docu-Israel] - IMDb rating: 7.5


(INDIE/CinemaLatino) Where God Left His Shoes [(2007)USA] - IMDb rating: 6.9

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(Sundance) the Answer Man [(2009)USA/Mg/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 6.6
(INDIE/B-action) Dolph Lundgren's "Command Performance [Direct-to-DVD/(2009)USA]
(INDIE) Rob Moretti's "Crutch" [(2004)USA/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 5.4
(INDIE/CinemaLatino) Pablo Proenza's "Dark Mirror" [(2007)USA]
(CLASSIC/Horror) André De Toth's "House of Wax" ["Keepcase" Ed./(1953)USA] - IMDb rating: 7.0
(BO) I Love You, Beth Cooper [(2009)Canada-US/F-at/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 5.0
(CLASSIC/Musical) Frank Oz' "Little Shop of Horrors" [(1986)USA/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 6.6
(INDIE) François Velle's "the Narrows [(2008) USA/Rated R]
(INDIE) Not Forgotten [(2009)USA/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 4.9


Select DVD releases for OCTOBER 27, 2009:

Meg McLagan's "Lioness" [(2008)docu-USA/81 min]


(INDIE/B-Horror) Willard Huyck's "Messiah of Evil: The Second Coming" [aka 'Dead People'/ (1973)USA/Rated R/83 min] - IMDb rating: 6.2


(INDIE-XMAS/CinemaLatino) Nothing Like the Holidays [(2008)USA/Rated PG- 13] - IMDb rating: 6.2


(Classic/BOX SET) the SAM FULLER Collection [7-discs/USA/NOTE: **Co-written by Fuller ONLY: Harry Lachman's "It Happened In Hollywood**" [(1937)/64 min]; "Adventure in Sahara" [(1938)/60 min]; Lew Landers' "Power of the Press**" [(1943)/64 min]; (NOIR) Douglas Sirk's "Shockproof**" [(1949)/79 min/IMDb:6.5]; "Scandal Sheet" [(1952)/82 min/IMDb:7.2]; (NOIR) Phil Karlson's "The Crimson Kimono**" [(1959)/82 min/IMDb:6.9]; "Underworld U.S.A." [(1961)/IMDb:7.4]

VIRTUAL JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived [(2008) docu-USA/80 min]

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(INDIE) Steve Collins' "Gretchen" [(2006)USA] - IMDb rating: 5.4
(INDIE/B-Horror) Graham Reznick's "I Can See You" [(2008)USA] w/ SHORT: "The Viewer" [(2009)USA/3D-Short-Film]
(INDIE) Into Temptation [(2009)USA]
(INDIE) Jason Connery's "Pandemic" [Direct-to-DVD/(2009)USA]
(INDIE) Slava Tsukerman's "PERESTROIKA [(2009)USA]
(2-SHORTS) "Taylor Chain" [(1984)Short-USA/33 min] and "Taylor Chain II: A Story of Collective Bargaining" [(1988)Short-USA/30 min]


Select DVD releases for OCTOBER 20, 2009:

Blood Sweat and Gears: Racing Clean to the Tour de France [(2009)docu-USA]

Pepita Ferrari's "Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary" [2-Discs/(2008)docu- Canada]


(MUSIC) Carlos Saura's "FADOS" [(2007) perf-docu/Portugal-Spain/Zg] - IMDb rating: 7.2


Irene Taylor Brodsky's "Hear and Now [(2007)docu-USA] - IMDb rating: 7.3


(Cannes&Tribeca'08) I Am Because We Are [(2008) docu-USA] - IMDb rating: 7.9

(QueerCinema) PAGEANT [(2008)docu-USA]

Marilyn Levine's "Something to Do with the Wall" [(1991)docu-USA]

That Was the GDR: A History of the Other Germany [2-Discs/Color-and-B&W/(1993) Compilation-docu/Germany]

(SXSW'08) They Killed Sister Dorothy [(2008)docu-USA]


(CLASSICS) William Castle Film Collection [8-films/5-Discs/USA: "13 Frightened Girls" [(1963); "13 Ghosts" [(1960)/85 min/IMDb:5.9]; "Homicidal" [(1961)/IMDb:6.8]; "Strait-Jacket" [(1964)/IMDb:6.7]; "The Old Dark House" [(1963)UK/Rated PG/IMDb:5.4]; "Mr. Sardonicus" [(1961)/IMDb:6.6]; "The Tingler" [(1959)/82 min/IMDb:6.6]; and "Zotz!" [(1962)/IMDb:6.1]

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(INDIE/B-horror) Nathaniel Nose's "Blood Ties" [Direct-to- DVD/(2009)USA]
(INDIE) Love N' Dancing [(2008)USA/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 5.6
(INDIE) an Ordinary Killer [(2003)USA] - IMDb rating: 3.3


Select DVD releases for OCTOBER 13, 2009:


(INDIE) American Violet [(2008)USA/2009 release/IDP/Rated PG-13/MySpace] - IMDb rating: 6.4

Elvis: Return to Tupelo [(2008)Video-docu/USA]


(Toronto'08) Every Little Step [(2008)docu-USA/SPC/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 6.7

Clark Lyda's "the Least of These" [(2009)docu -USA/62 min]


(SXSW) New World Order [(2009)docu- USA/83 min] - IMDb rating: 6.4


(INDIE) Where the Day Takes You [(1992)USA/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 6.7

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(INDIE) Horror in the Wind [(2008)USA]
(INDIE) iMurders [(2008)USA] - IMDb rating: 5.8
(INDIE) Infestation [Direct-to- DVD/(2009)USA/Rated R]
(INDIE) Mr. Art Critic [(2007)USA]
(INDIE) Oral Fixation [(2009)USA]
(INDIE) Raphael Nussbaum's "Pets" [(1974)USA/Rated R]


Select DVD releases for OCTOBER 6, 2009:


ANVIL! The Story of Anvil [(2008)docu-USA/2009 release/Abramorama] - IMDb rating: 8.3


(CLASSIC) Chinatown [2-discs/Spec.Ed./(1974)USA/Rated R/131 min] - IMDb rating: 8.5

(Tribeca'07) Bruce Broder's "Chops" [(2007)docu-USA]

Chantal Akerman's "From The East" [D'Est/(1993)docu/Belgium-France-Portugal]


(INDIE) Stuart Gordon's "King of the Ants" [(2003)USA/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 6.3


Maximilian Schell's "Marlene" [(1984)docu-West Germany] - IMDb rating: 7.7


(Toronto'08) Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! [(2008)docu/Australia-US/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 7.8

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(INDIE/Sundance&SXSW'08) Assassination of a High School President [Direct-to-DVD/aka 'The Sophomore'/(2008)USA]
(INDIE/Family/DogLovers) Aussie and Ted's Great Adventure [Direct-to-DVD/(2009)USA]
(INDIE) Eriq La Salle's "Crazy as Hell" [(2002)USA/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 5.9
(INDIE-HORROR/REmake) Josef Rusnak's "It's Alive" [Direct-to-DVD/(2008)USA]


Select DVD releases for September 29, 2009:

(Sundance/Tribeca) Steven Soderbergh's
"the Girlfriend Experience" [(2009)USA/Mg/Rated R/78 min] - IMDb rating: 6.0


(Toronto'08) Management [(2008)USA/IDP/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 6.5

Not Your Typical Bigfoot Movie [(2008)docu-USA/63 min]

Jonas Pate's "Shrink" [(2009)USA] - IMDb rating: 7.0


(CLASSIC) the Wizard of Oz [4- discs/70th-Anniv.-Ultimate-Collector's-Ed./(1939)USA] - IMDb rating: 8.3

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(INDIE/B-horror) Dylan Bank's "Nightmare" [aka 'Never Wake Up'/(2005)USA/Rated R]
(INDIE) Kyle Schickner's "Steam" [(2007)USA]
(INDIE) Uncross the Stars [(2008)USA/Rated PG-13]


Select DVD releases for September 22, 2009:


(3D-Animation/Tribeca'08) Battle for Terra [aka 'Terra'/(2007)USA/Lg/Rated PG] - IMDb rating: 7.0

Hoop Reality [(2007)docu-USA]

Iran: The Hundred Year War [...une puissance dévoilée/(2009)TV-docu/France]

(2fer) Jamaican Music & Soul [2-discs/Reggae-umentaries: "Made in Jamaica" [(2006)docu/France-US]; and "The Journey of the Lion" [Die Reise des Löwen/(1992)docu-Germany]

(Toronto'08/Sundance'09)
Derick Martini's "LYMELIFE [(2008) USA/SM/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 7.5


Complete "Monterey Pop" Festival [CriterionColl./(1968)docu-USA/78 min] - IMDb rating: 7.9

Private Century [Soukromé století/(2006)TV mini-series docu/Czech Republic]

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(INDIE/B-horror) Albino Farm [Direct-to- DVD/(2009)USA]
(INDIE/B-horror) Edges of Darkness [(2009)USA]
(INDIE/B-horror) Grave Danger [(2009)USA]
(INDIE/B-horror/Animated) the Haunted World of El Superbeasto [(2009)USA/Rated R]
(INDIE/B-horror) Witchmaster General [(2009)USA]


Select DVD releases for September 15, 2009:

(SXSW) Full Battle Rattle [(2008)docu-USA/FSC]


John Wayne-John Ford Film Collection 2009 [7-discs/811 min/USA: "The Searchers" [2-discs/SpecialEd./(1956)/IMDb:8.0]; "Fort Apache"[(1948) USA/125 min/IMDb:7.7]; "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" [(1949)/IMDb:7.3]; "They Were Expendable" [(1949)/IMDb:7.4]; "3 Godfathers" [(1948)/IMDb:7.1]; "The Wings of Eagles" [(1957)/IMDb:6.6]; "Wagon Master [(1950)/IMDb:7.2]; "Directed by John Ford" [(1971)docu-USA/IMDb:7.7];


Trumbo [(2007)docu-USA] - IMDb rating: 7.7


Winter Soldier [B&W/(1972)docu-USA] - IMDb rating: 8.3

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(INDIE) Eastern College [(2008)USA]
(INDIE) Jade Dixon's "Truth Hall [(2008)USA]


Select DVD releases for September 8, 2009:


(CLASSIC/Horror) William Friedkin's "the Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen" [(1973) USA/Rated R/122 min] - IMDb rating: 8.1


(INDIE/Christian-3fer) "Fireproof" [(2008)USA/Rated PG /122 min/IMDb:5.5];]; & "Facing the Giants" [(2006)USA/Rated PG/IMDb:6.1]; & "Flywheel" [(2003)USA/IMDb:6.6]


(Classic) Alan J. Pakula's "Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing" [(1973)USA/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 7.1


(INDIE/Animated) Jules Bass' "Mad Monster Party?" [SpecialEd./(1967)USA] - IMDb rating: 6.4


(Toronto'08) VALENTINO: The Last Emperor* [(2008)docu-USA/TI] - IMDb rating: 7.3

Gail Singer's "Wisecracks" [(1991)docu-Canada]

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(INDIE/B-SciFi) I'll Believe You [(2007)USA/Rated PG/82 min]
(INDIE/B-horror) Uncharted [Direct-to-DVD/(2009)USA]


Select DVD releases for September 1, 2009:


(CLASSIC/2fer) Ossie Davis' "Cotton Comes to Harlem" [(1970)USA/Rated R/IMDb:6.4] & "Hell Up in Harlem" [(1973)USA/Rated R/IMDb:5.7]


(EarthDay/BO) earth [(2007)docu/UK-Germany-US/D-n/Rated G] - IMDb rating: 7.9


(INDIE/Sundance'08) Marianna Palka's "Good Dick" [(2008)USA/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 6.5


(CLASSICS/Box Set) TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Murder Mysteries [2- discs/USA/433 min: John Huston's "The Maltese Falcon" [(1941)USA/IMDb:8.4]; Howard Hawks "The Big Sleep" [(1946)/IMDb:8.3]; Alfred Hitchcock's "Dial M for Murder" [(1954)/IMDb:8.1]; & Tay Garnett's "The Postman Always Rings Twice" [(1946)/IMDb:7.6]


(CLASSICS/Box Set) TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Sci-Fi [2-discs/USA: Richard Fleischer's "Soylent Green" [(1973)/Rated PG/IMDb:7.0]; "Forbidden Planet" [(1956)/IMDb:7.8]; "The Time Machine" [(1960)/IMDb:7.6]; & Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey [(1968)UK/Rated G/141 min/IMDb:8.4]


the Meerkats [(2008) docu-UK/Rated G/83 min] - IMDb rating: 6.7


(INDIE/CinemaLatino) Anna Boden's "SUGAR" [(2008)USA/SPC/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 7.3


(INDIE) Shih-Ching Tsou's "Take Out" [(2004)USA] - IMDb rating: 7.9 Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(INDIE) Hal Salwen's "His and Hers" [(1997)USA/82 min]
(INDIE/B-horror) Chris R. Notarile's "Methodic [(2007)USA]
(INDIE/Tribeca'08) Tennessee [(2008)USA/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 5.5
(INDIE/Animated/SXSW'08) Emily Hubley's "the Toe Tactic" [(2008)USA]


Select DVD releases for August 25, 2009:


(INDIE/Sundance/BO) Greg Mottola's "Adventureland" [(2009)USA/Mx/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 7.5


(INDIE) Full Grown Men [(2006)USA/EP] - IMDb rating: 6.8


(INDIE/SXSW) Ramin Bahrani's "Goodbye Solo" [(2008) USA/RA] - IMDb rating: 7.9


(INDIE) the Last Days of Disco [Criterion/(1998)USA/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 6.1


(INDIE) Life Is H