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Select DVD releases for MARCH 9, 2010:



(JapAnime) Evangelion: 1.11 You Are Not Alone [1.0 -"Rebuild"/Evangerion shin gekijôban: Jo/(2007)Japan] - IMDb rating: 7.9


(USA-Co-prod/FAMILY) Lasse Hallström's "Hachi: A Dog's Tale" [(2009)US-UK/Rated G] - IMDb rating: 8.1


(CinemaLatino/Toronto) Adrián Biniez' "Gigante" [(2009)Uruguay-Argentina-Germany-Spain/84 min] - IMDb rating: 7.0


> (FAMILY/Animated) Planet 51 [(2009)Spain-UK/Rated PG] - IMDb rating: 6.1


Brillante Mendoza's "Service" [Serbis/(2008) Philippines-France/Reg/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 6.6


(Jewish&ArabCine) Karin Albou's "the Wedding Song" [Le chant des mariées/(2008)France-Tunisia] - IMDb rating: 6.6

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
Alison Reid's "the Baby Formula" [(2008) Canada] - IMDb rating: 4.4
Escape From Blood Plantation [aka 'The Island of the Bloody Plantation'/(1983)W.Germany- Philippines]
(Horror) God's Left Hand, Devil's Right Hand [Direct-to-DVD-in-the-USA/Kami no hidarite akuma no migite/(2006)Japan]





Select DVD releases for MARCH 2, 2010:



(USA-Co-prod/Toronto'09) Roland Emmerich's "2012" [2009)US-Canada/S- Col/Rated PG-13/158 min] - IMDb rating: 6.1


(Miyazaki) Cast le in the Sky: Special Edition [2-Discs/Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta/(1986)Japan/Rated PG] - IMDb rating: 8.1


(USA-Co-prod/Sundance'09) Sophie Barthes' "Cold Souls" [(2009)US-France/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 6.7


(Miyazaki) Kiki 's Delivery Service: Special Edition [2-Discs/Majo no takkyûbin/(1989)Japan/Rated G] - IMDb rating: 7.9


(Miyazaki) My Neighbor Totoro: Special Edition [2-Discs/Tonari no Totoro/(1988)Japan/Rated G] - IMDb rating: 8.1


(Hand-drawn-Animation) Hayao Miyazaki's "Ponyo" [...on the Cliff/ENGLISH- DUB/Gake no ue no Ponyo/(2008)Japan/BV-WD/Rated G] - IMDb rating: 7.9


(KungFu) Return To The 36th Chamber [aka 'Return of the Master Killer'/Shao Lin da peng da shi/(1980)Hong Kong/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 7.2

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(JapAnime) Eureka Seven: Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers [Psalms of Planets.../Kôkyô shihen Eureka Sebun: Poketto ga niji de ippai/(2009)Japan]


Select DVD releases for FEBRUARY 23, 2010:



(Toronto'08/Animated) Tatia Rosenthal's "$9.99" [(2008)Israel-Australia/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 7.0


Abdullah Oguz' "Bliss" [Mutluluk/(2007)Turkey-Greece/126 min] - IMDb rating: 7.9


(2fer) Juliusz Machulski's "Break the Vabank" [aka 'Hit the Bank'/Vabank I/(1981) Poland/IMDb:8.2] and "Vabank II" [...czyli riposta/Sequel/(1985)Poland/IMDb:7.6]


(Sundance'08) Captain Abu Raed [(2007)Jordan] - IMDb rating: 7.4


(Toronto/UKcinema) the Damned United [(2009)UK/SPC] - IMDb rating: 7.6


(HORROR/Sundance) Dead Snow [Død snø/(2009) Norway/IFCfilms] - IMDb rating: 6.6


(USA-Co-prod-&-USA-REmake) Kirk Jones' "Everybody's Fine*" [(2009)US-Italy/Rated PG -13] - IMDb rating: 7.4


(Toronto'08) Flame and Citron [(2008)Denmark-Czech Republic-Germany/130 min] - IMDb rating: 7.2


Merchant-Ivory's "Howards End" [CriterionColl./(1992)UK-Japan/Rated PG/140 min] - IMDb rating: 7.4


(FrenchCine) Emmanuel Mouret's "Shall We Kiss?" [Un baiser s'il vous plaît/ (2007)France/MB] - IMDb rating: 7.0


(SEQUEL/GUYflick) Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day [(2009)Canada] - IMDb rating: 7.2

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(QueerCinema) Laurie Lynd's "Breakfast with Scot" [(2007)Canada/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 6.5
(Lovecraft) Colour from the Dark [(2008)Italy] - IMDb rating: 4.5
El Amanecer de un Seuño [Awaking from a Dream/(2008)Spain]
(BOX SET) FILMS OF AMOS GITAI: Six Films From Israel [6-discs/Israel- France: "Kadosh" [(1999)/IMDb:6.7]; "Kippur" [(2000)/124 min/IMDb:6.7]; "Kedma" [(2002)Italy/IMDb:6.7]; "Alila" [(2003)/123 min/IMDb:6.2]; "Devarim" [Zihron.../(1995)Italy]; & "Yom Yom" [(1998)/IMDb:6.3]
(AsianCinema) For Fun [Zhao Le/(1993)China]
the Internecine Project [(1974)UK-West Germany/Rated PG] - IMDb rating: 6.0
the Last Grenade [(1970)UK]
David Hamilton's "Laura" [...les ombres de l'été/(1979)France/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 5.8
(AsianCinema) Takashi Miike's "Like a Dragon" [Ryû ga gotoku: gekijô-ban/(2007)Japan] - IMDb rating: 6.3
(USA-Co-prod/B-horror) Open Graves [(2009)US-Spain]
Palermo or Wolfsburg [Palermo oder Wolfsburg/(1980)Switzerland-W.Germany/173 min]
Martyn Burke's "Power Play" [(1978)Canada-UK] - IMDb rating: 4.9
Tadeusz Konwicki's "Salto" [(1965)Poland]
(AsianCinema) Yoichi Sai's "Soo" [aka 'Art of Revenge [(2007)S.Korea/122 min] - IMDb rating: 6.3
Matthew Newton's "Three Blind Mice" [(2008)Australia]


Select DVD releases for FEBRUARY 16, 2010:



(FrenchCine) Anne Fontaine's "Coco Before Chanel" [(2009)France/SPC/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 6.6


(Cannes'08) Steve McQueen's "Hunger" [(2008)UK -Ireland] - IMDb rating: 7.6


(Animated) Immigrants [L.A. Dolce Vita/ (2008)US-Hungary/78 min] - IMDb rating: 6.9


Max Ophuls' "Lola Montès"
[CriterionColl./(1955)France-West Germany] - IMDb rating: 7.3


Dino Risi's "Profumo di Donna" [Orig. 'Scent of a Woman'/(1974)Italy/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 7.8


(Toronto'08) Gotz Spielmann's "Revanche" [(2008)Austria] - IMDb rating: 7.6

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(Musical) William Sterling's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" [(1972)UK/Rated G]
Adolfo B. Alix Jr's "Daybreak" [(2008)Philippines/75 min]
Muscha's "Decoder" [(1984)West Germany]
Return to Kandahar [(2003)Canada/65 min]


Select DVD releases for FEBRUARY 9, 2010:



Blade of the Ripper [aka 'The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh'/Lo strano vizio della Signora Wardh/(1971)Italy-Spain/Rated R/81 min] - IMDb rating: 7.0


(Sundance/UKcine) Nicolas Winding Refn's "Bronson" [(2009)UK/MR/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 6.6


(LesbianCinema) Shamim Sarif's "I Can't Think Straight" [(2007)UK/Re/80 min] - IMDb rating: 6.5


Peter Brook's "King Lear [(1971)UK-Denmark/137 min] - IMDb rating: 7.0


the Song of Sparrows [Avaze gonjeshk-ha/ (2008)Iran/Rated PG] - IMDb rating: 7.7


Vincenzo Marra's "the Trial Begins" [L'ora di punta/(2007)Italy] - IMDb rating: 6.5


Erik Poppe's "Troubled Water" [De Usynlige/ (2008)Norway-Sweden-Germany] - IMDb rating: 7.7

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
BUSHIDO: The Cruel Code Of the Samurai [Bushidô zankoku monogatari/B&W/(1963)Japan/122 min]
Satan's Wife [Un ombra nell'ombra/(1979)Italy-UK]


Select DVD releases for FEBRUARY 2, 2010:



Kay Pollak's "As It Is in Heaven" [(2004)Sweden/132 min] - IMDb rating: 7.5


(USA-Co-prod/RE-issue) Spike Lee's "Malcolm X" [Keepcase Ed./(1992)US-Japan/Rated PG- 13/202 min] - IMDb rating: 7.5


(USA-Co-prod/Omnibus) New York, I Love You [12-SHORTS/(2009)France-US/VE/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 7.4


(SEQUEL/AsianCinema)Ong bak 2: The Beginning [(2008) Thailand/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 6.4


(USA-Co-prod) Stanley Kubrick's "the Shining" [Keepcase Ed./(1980)UK-US/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 8.5


(USA-Co-prod) Antoine Fuqua's "Training Day" [Keepcase Ed./(2001)US-Australia/Rated R/122 min] - IMDb rating: 7.6


Karen Shakhnazarov's "the Vanished Empire" [Ischeznuvshaya imperiya/(2008)Russia] - IMDb rating: 6.1

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(USA-Co-prod) Mira Nair's "AMELIA" [(2009)US-Canada/FS/Rated PG] - IMDb rating: 5.6
Christopher Smith's "Triangle" [Direct-to-DVD/(2009)UK-Australia]


Select DVD releases for JANUARY 26, 2010:



(Toronto) Scott Hicks' "the Boys Are Back" [(2009)Australia-UK/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 7.1


(Cannes&Toronto/UKcine) Jane Campion's "Bright Star" [(2009)UK- Australia-France/App] - IMDb rating: 7.4


(Cannes&Toronto'07) Ulrich Seidl's "Import/Export" [(2007)Austria/141 min] - IMDb rating: 7.3


Moscow, Belgium [(2008)Belgium/NCl] - IMDb rating: 7.4


Wim Wenders' "Paris, Texas [(1984)Germany-France-UK/Rated R/147 min] - IMDb rating: 7.9


Bruce McDonald's "Pontypool" [(2008)Canada] - IMDb rating: 7.0


Costas Ferris' "Rembetiko: Special Edition" [(1983)Greece] - IMDb rating: 7.8


Roberto Rossellini's WAR TRILOGY [CriterionCollection/Italy: Roberto Rossellini's "Rome Open City" [Roma, città aperta/(1945)/IMDb:8.2]; "Paisan" (1946)/IMDb:7.7]; "Germany Year Zero" [(1948)78 min/IMDb:7.9]


a Touch of Spice [Politiki kouzina/(2003)Greece-Turkey] - IMDb rating: 7.5


(2fer) YOUNG TURKS [Turkey: Yesim Ustaoglu's "Journey to the Sun" [Günese yolculuk/ (1999)Netherlands-Germany/IMDb:7.1] AND "Boats Out of Watermelon Rinds" [Karpuz kabugundan gemiler yapmak/(2004)/IMDb:7.9]

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(USA-Co-prod/CinemaLatino) 3 Américas [(2007)US- Argentina]
(AsianCinema) Daytime Drinking [(2008)South Korea/EA] - IMDb rating: 6.6
(AsianCinema) Thanakorn Pongsuwan's "Fireball" [(2009)Thailand] - IMDb rating: 4.3
(2fer) FIRST FILMS: FORMAN/KAUFMAN: Milos Forman's "Black Peter" [Cerný Petr/ (1964)Czechoslovakia/IMDb:7.3] AND Philip Kaufman's "Goldstein" [(1965)USA]
(FrenchCine) Pascal-Alex Vincent's "Give Me Your Hand" [Donne-moi la main/(2008)France-Germany/80 min] - IMDb rating: 6.1
Graham Guit's "Hello Goodbye" [(2008)France-Italy-Israel]
(LesbianCinema) Shamim Sarif's "I Can't Think Straight" [(2007)UK/Re/80 min] - IMDb rating: 6.5
Evan Richards' "In a Day" [(2006)UK/81 min] - IMDb rating: 6.8
(QueerCinema) Little Ashes [(2008)UK/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 6.8
(USA-Co-prod/SEQUEL/Horror) Kevin Greutert's "SAW VI" [(2009)US-Canada-UK-Australia/Lg/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 6.3
St. Trinian's [(2007)UK/NCF] - IMDb rating: 5.5
Dariusz Gajewski's "Warsaw" [(2003)Poland] - IMDb rating: 6.4


Select DVD releases for JANUARY 19, 2010:


(USA-Co-prod) Steven Soderbergh's "CHE" [CriterionCollection/Spain-US/IFC: CHE-PART ONE: The Argentine [(2008)/129 min/IMDb:7.4] AND "CHE-PT.2: Guerilla" [(2008)/129 min/IMDb:7.0]


(BOX SET) ECLIPSE SERIES 19: Chantal Akerman in the Seventies [Silent&Sound/B&W/375 min./France-Belgium: "Je, tu, il, elle" [(1976)Belgium/IMDb:7.1]; "Les Rendez-vous d'Anna" [The Meetings of Anna/(1978)West Germany/IMDb:7.6]; "News From Home" [(1977)West Germany/IMDb:7.8]; PLUS two "silent" titles


(USA-Co-prod) Christian Alvart's "Pandorum" [(2009)US-Germany/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 7.0

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
Dani Levy's "My Fuhrer [Die wirklich wahrste Wahrheit über Adolf Hitler/(2007)Germany] - IMDb rating: 5.5
(USA-Co-prod/GraphicNovel) Dominic Sena's "Whiteout" [(2009)US-Canada/WB/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 5.3


Select DVD releases for JANUARY 12, 2010:


(Cannes'08) Jia Zhang-ke's "24 City" [(2008)China- Hong Kong-Japan] - IMDb rating: 7.1


(USA-Co-prod/Sundance&Cannes/MuslimCine) Cherien Dabis' "AMREEKA" [(2009)US-Canada/NGC/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 7.0


(AsianCine/Tribeca/*OSCAR) Yôjirô Takita's "DEPARTURES" [Okuribito/(2008)Japan/130 min]- IMDb rating: 8.2 (*Winner for 2009 Best Foreign Film)


(AsianCine) Kenneth Bi's "the Drummer" [Zhan gu/ (2007)Hong Kong-Taiwan-Germany] - IMDb rating: 6.6


(USA-Co-prod/AsianCine/JapAnime) Ghost in the Shell 2.0 [Remastered-by-Director/Kôkaku kidôtai 2.0/(2008)Japan-US] - IMDb rating: 8.5


(Sundance&Tribeca) In the Loop [(2009)UK/IFCfilms] - IMDb rating: 7.7


(Sundance/Tribeca) Duncan Jones' "MOON" [(2009) UK/SPC/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 8.1


(Bollywood) Like Stars On Earth [Taare Zameen Par/(2007)India/Rated PG/165 mins] - IMDb rating: 8.1


Alex Galvin's "When Night Falls" [(2007)New Zealand] - IMDb rating: 7.1


(Cannes&Toronto'07) Roy Andersson's "You, the Living" [(2007)Sweden-Germany-France-Denmark-Norway] - IMDb rating: 7.5

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
Jean-Claude Brisseau's "À l'aventure" [(2009)France] - IMDb rating: 6.3

(USA-Co-prod/CinemaLatino/Toronto'08) Guillermo Arriaga's "the Burning Plain" [(2008)US-Argentina/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 6.8
Lee Akehurst's "Dark Rage [(2008)UK]
(AsianCine) Kenneth Bi's "the Drummer" [Zhan gu/ (2007)Hong Kong-Taiwan-Germany] - IMDb rating: 6.6
In Praise of Older Women [(1978)Canada/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 5.8

Dominic Savage's "Love + Hate" [(2005)UK-Ireland] - IMDb rating: 6.8
(AsianCine) ONIMASA: A Japanese Godfather [Kiryûin Hanako no shôgai/(1982)Japan/146 min]
"Thomas Mann's 'Doktor Faustus'" [(1982)West Germany/137 min]
"Thomas Mann's 'The Magic Mountain'" [Der Zauberberg/(1982)Austria-West Germany-France- Italy/153 min] - IMDb rating: 6.3


Select DVD releases for JANUARY 5, 2010:


(Cannes&Toronto'08) Dardenne Bros' "Lorna's Silence" [(2008)Belgium-France- Italy-Germany/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 7.2


(Toronto'08) Laila's Birthday [(2008)Palestine-Tunisia-Netherlands/71 min] - IMDb rating: 7.4

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(HORROR) Allan A. Goldstein's "Dorian" [(2001)UK-Canada/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 3.8


Select DVD releases for December 29, 2009:


(USA-Co-prod/Stop-Motion-Animation) Shane Acker's "9"* [(2009)US-Luxembourg/Fo/Rated PG-13/79 min] - IMDb rating: 7.1

Yim Pil-Sung's "Hansel & Gretel" [(2007)South Korea] - IMDb rating: 7.0


(2fer/USA-Co-prod) Tommy Lee Jones' "the Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada [(2005)US-France/Rated R/121 min/IMDb:7.6] AND Ron Howard's "the Missing" [(2003) USA/Rated R/137 min/IMDb:6.4]

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(AsianCinema/JapAnime) Case Closed: Captured in Her Eyes - Movie [aka 'Detective Conan...'/Meitantei Conan: Hitomi no naka no ansatsusha/(2000)Japan]


Select DVD releases for December 22, 2009:


(USA-REmake/Sundance'08/USA-Co-prod) Stanley Tucci's "Blind Date" [(2007)US-UK/80 min] - IMDb rating: 6.4

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(SciFi) Neill Blomkamp's "District 9" [(2009)New Zealand/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 8.4


Fumihiko Sori's "Ichi" [(2008)Japan] - IMDb rating: 6.3


(Czech-2fer) MEDIEVAL MADNESS [2-discs/B&W/200 min/Czechoslovakia: Frantisek Vlácil's "Valley Of The Bees" [Údolí vcel/(1968)/IMDb:7.9] AND Otakar Vávra's "Witches' Hammer" [aka 'Witchhammer'/Kladivo na carodejnice/(1970)/IMDb:7.9]


(USA-Co-prod) Christian Alvart's "Pandorum" [(2009)US-Germany/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 7.1


(USA-Co-prod) James DeMonaco's "Staten Island" [(2009)France-US] - IMDb rating: 6.1

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
Roger Cardinal's "Captive" [(1998)Canada] - IMDb rating: 4.2
(AsianCine) MAID-DROID [Rôjin to rabudôru: Watashi ga shochô ni natta toki.../(2009)Japan]
No Right Turn [(2009)Denmark]


Select DVD releases for December 15, 2009:


(USA-Co-prod) Todd Phillips' "the Hangover" [2-discs/UNRATED Spec.-Ed./ (2009)US-Germany/WB/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 8.0


(CinemaLatino/Cannes'08) Lucrecia Martel's "the Headless Woman" [(2008)Argentina-France-Italy-Spain/Str] - IMDb rating: 6.3


(USA-Co-prod/Cannes) Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds" [(2009)US-Germany/TWC] - IMDb rating: 8.5

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
Robert Dornhelm's "La Bohème: The Film" [(2008) Austria-Germany]
(USA-Co-prod/Toronto'08) Richard Eyre's "the Other Man" [(2008)US-UK/IE/85 min] - IMDb rating: 5.7
(B-horror) Psycho Ward [(2007)Canada/Rated R]


Select DVD releases for December 8, 2009:


(BOX SET) AK 100: 25 FILMS BY AKIRA KUROSAWA [CRITERION/25 discs/B&W and Color/Japan/3,017 min/includes: "Seven Samurai" [Shichinin no samurai/(1954)/141 min/IMDb:8.8]; plus 24 others including FOUR films never released on DVD before


the Cinder Path [(1994)TV-movie/UK/145 min] - IMDb rating: 6.5


Dog Eat Dog [Perro come perro/(2008)Colombia] - IMDb rating: 6.6


(USA-Co-prod/Franchise-Seq.#6-of-8/BO) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [(2009)UK-US/WB/Rated PG] - IMDb rating: 7.4


(Cannes'08/CinemaLatino) Pablo Trapero's "Lion's Den" [Leonera/(2008)Argentina-S. Korea-Brazil] - IMDb rating: 7.2


(Tribeca'08) Shane Meadows' "Somers Town" [(2008)UK/FM/71 min] - IMDb rating: 7.0


Esmé Lammers' "Tom & Thomas" [(2002)Netherlands-UK/Rated PG] - IMDb rating: 6.7

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(BOX SET) the Brigitte Bardot Classic Collection [3-discs/B&W and Color/280 min: "The Night Heaven Fell" [Les bijoutiers du clair de lune/(1958)France-Italy/IMDb:5.9]; "Plucking the Daisy" [aka "Mademoiselle Striptease"/En effeuillant la marguerite/(1956) France/IMDb:5.5]; "DON JUAN" [...ou Si Don Juan était une femme.../(1973)France- Italy/Rated R/IMDb:4.5.] Buddenbrooks [(2008)Germany/151 min] - IMDb rating: 5.9
(LesbianCinema) Monika Treut's "Ghosted" [(2009)Germany-Taiwan]
McLeod's Daughters [(1996)TV-movie/Australia] - IMDb rating: 5.9 (THE ORIGINAL MOVIE, later a TV-series)
Prima Ballerina [(2002)Video-Germany]
Mark Lebenon's "Slam-Bang" [Direct-to-DVD/ (2009)South Africa/81 min]
This Beautiful City [(2007)Canada/85 min]


Select DVD releases for December 1, 2009:


(Cannes) Arnaud Desplechin's "a Christmas Tale" [2 -discs/Criterion Coll./Un conte de Noël/(2008)France/IFC/150 min] - IMDb rating: 7.3


(USA-Co-prod/SEQUEL/BO) Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian [2- discs/NatM#2/(2009)US-Canada/FOX/Rated PG] - IMDb rating: 6.0


(USA-Co-prod/Franchise-SEQUEL/BO) McG's "Terminator Salvation" [T-4/(2009)US-Germany-UK/WB/130 min] - IMDb rating: 6.9

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(USA-Co-prod) Sean McConville's "Deadline" [(2009)US-Malaysia]
(USA-Co-prod) Bill Corcoran's "Death Warrior" [(2009)US-Canada/Rated R]
Muscha's "Decoder" [(1984)West Germany]


Select DVD releases for November 24, 2009:


(ItalianCine-2fer) Christmas Stories [2-discs/321 minutes/Italy: Ermanno Olmi's "Keep Walking" [aka 'Walking, Walking'/ Camminacammina/(1983)/171 min] AND Francesco Rosi's "Christ Stopped At Eboli" [Cristo si è fermato a Eboli/(1979)France/150 min/IMDb:7.6]


Matteo Garrone's "Gomorrah [(2008)Italy/137 min] - IMDb rating: 7.1


Green Fish [Chorok mulkogi/(1997)South Korea] - IMDb rating: 7.0


(CinemaLatino-2fer) Holiday in Buenos Aires [2-discs/189 minutes/Argentina: "Felicidades" [(2000)/Rated PG-13/IMDb:7.0] AND "Jews In Space" [...or Why Is this Night Different from All Other Nights?/Judíos en el espacio (o por que es diferente esta noche a las demás noches)/(2005)]


(AsianCine) Island Etude [Lian xi qu/(2006)Taiwan] - IMDb rating: 7.4


Masahiro Kobayashi's "the Rebirth" [Ai no yokan/(2007)Japan] - IMDb rating: 6.8


(Animated) Rock & Rule [(1983)Canada/Rated PG/77 min] - IMDb rating: 6.5


(Cannes'08) Nuri Bilge Ceylan's “Three Monkeys” [(2008)Turkey-France-Italy/Zg] - IMDb rating: 7.4

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(USA-Co-prod) an American in China [(2008)China -US]
(SHORTS) the ANIMATION of ALEXEIEFF [B&W-and-Color/Various titles, w/ docu's about the animators/SHORTS-Collection includes: "A Night on Bald Mountain" [Une nuit sur le mont chauve/(1933)"Pinscreen"-animation/France/8 min]
(AsianCine) Bootleg Film [aka 'Kaizokuban...'/(1999)Japan/74 min]
(HOLIDAY/USA-Co-prod) Four Christmases [(2008)US-Germany/NL-WB/Rated PG-13/82 min] - IMDb rating: 5.7
(FAMILY/USA-Co-prod/BO) Imagine That [(2009)US-Germany/Par/Rated PG] - IMDb rating: 5.1
Recon 2023: The Gauda Prime Conspiracy [(2009)Canada]
(FAMILY/USA-Co-prod/BO) Robert Rodriguez' "SHORTS" [(2009)USA-United Arab Emirates/WB/Rated PG] - IMDb rating: 4.7
Julie Lopes-Curval's "Toi et moi" [(2006)France] - IMDb rating: 5.2
(AsianCine/B-Action) [UNTITLED-Tony-Jaa-2fer/2-discs/Thailand] "Battle Warrior" [Nuk Soo Dane Song Kram/(1996)] AND "Hard Gun" (1996)


Select DVD releases for November 17, 2009:


(Animated) Egon & Dönci [(2007)Hungary/75 min] - IMDb rating: 7.8


(JapAnime) EVANGELION: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone [Evangerion shin gekijôban: Jo/(2007)Japan/EA/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 8.0


Oliver Irving's "How to Be" [(2008)UK] - IMDb rating: 6.8


(Toronto'08) Is Anybody There? [(2008)UK/2009 USA release/StoryIslandEnt./Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 7.5


(USA-Co-prod) Jim Jarmusch's "the Limits of Control" [(2009)Spain-US/Focus/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 6.6


(Cannes) Park Chan-wook's "THIRST" [Bakjwi/(2009)South Korea/Fo/Rated R/133 min] - IMDb rating: 7.5

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(USA-Co-prod) the Creeper [(1977)Canada-US/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 5.4
(AsianCine) Luxury Car [Jiang cheng xia ri/(2006)France-China]
(USA-Co-prod) Nick Moore's "Wild Child" [Direct-to-DVD/(2008)US-UK-France/Rated PG-13/124 min]


Select DVD releases for November 10, 2009:

(CinemaLatino) Bajo la sal [Under the Salt/(2008)Mexico] - IMDb rating: 6.9


(USA-Co-prod/CinemaLatino) Fernando Eimbcke's "Lake Tahoe" [(2008)Mexico-Japan-US] - IMDb rating: 7.1


a Woman in Berlin [Anonyma - Eine Frau in Berlin/(2008)Germany-Poland/2009 USA release/Strand] - IMDb rating: 7.0 Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(USA-Co-prod/Chickflick) Griffin Dunne's "the Accidental Husband" [(2008)UK- US/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 5.4
Sandrine Ray's "Alive" [Vivante/(2002)France]
(AsianCinema) Disciples of Shaolin [Shao Lin gu di zi/(1983)Hong Kong]
Zakia Bouchaala's "Made in France" [(2001)France]


Select DVD releases for November 3, 2009:


Pedro Almodóvar's "All About My Mother" [(1999)Spain-France/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 7.8


(USA-Co-prod) John Huston's "the Dead" [(1987)UK-Ireland-US/Rated PG/83 min] - IMDb rating: 7.1

Christian Petzold's "Ghosts" [Gespenster/(2005)Germany-France] - IMDb rating: 6.9


Eran Riklis' "Lemon Tree" [Etz Limon/(2008)Israel-Germany-France] - IMDb rating: 7.2


(ADULTS ONLY) Pedro Almodóvar's "Matador" [(1986)Spain/Rated NC-17] - IMDb rating: 7.1


(USA-Co-prod) Murder in the First ["Keepcase" Ed./(1995)France-US/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 7.0


(FAMILY/USA-Co-prod) the NeverEnding Story ["Keepcase" Ed./Die unendliche Geschichte/ (1984)West Germany-US/Rated PG] - IMDb rating: 7.4

(CinemaLatino/USA-Co-prod) Paraiso Travel [(2007)US-Colombia] - IMDb rating: 7.5


(USA-Co-prod) David O. Russell's "Three Kings" (1999)US-Australia/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 7.3


Wim Wenders' "Wings of Desire" [CriterionColl./Der Himmel über Berlin/(1987)West Germany-France/Rated PG-13/127 min] - IMDb rating: 8.0

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(USA-Co-prod/FAMILY/CGI&LIVE-action/BO) Aliens in the Attic [(2009)US-Canada/FOX/Rated PG] - IMDb rating: 4.9
F. Javier Gutiérrez' "Before the Fall" [Tres días/(2008)Spain] - IMDb rating: 6.1
Juha Wuolijoki's "Christmas Story" [(2007)Finland/83 min] - IMDb rating: 6.7
Muscha's "Decoder" [(1984)West Germany]
(USA-Co-prod) Lawrence Kasdan's "Dreamcatcher" [(2003)US-Australia/Rated R/134 min] - IMDb rating: 5.3
(USA-Co-prod) Eight Legged Freaks [(2002)US-Australia/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 5.4
(USA-Co-prod/HASBRO-Toy/LIVE-Action//BO) G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra [(2009)USA/Par/Rated PG- 13] - IMDb rating: 5.9
(USA-Co-prod) Ernie Barbarash's "Hardwired" [Direct-to-DVD/(2009)US-Canada]
(USA-Co-prod) Griffin Dunne's "A href="http://practicalmagic.warnerbros.com/main.html">Practical Magic" [(1998)US- Australia/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 5.5
(USA-Co-prod/REmake/BO) Tony Scott's "the Taking of Pelham 1-2-3 [(2009)US-UK/SONY-Col/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 6.6
(USA-Co-prod) Two Weeks Notice [(2002)US-Australia/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 5.7
Who Is KK Downey? [(2008)Canada]


Select DVD releases for OCTOBER 27, 2009:


(2-pack) Dazzling Directors: (3-SHORTS/Omnibus:Loach-Olmi-Kiarostami) "Tickets" [(2005)Italy-UK/IMDb:6.9]; and Lars Von Trier's "Medea" [(1988)Denmark/76 min/IMDb:7.3]


Luis Buñuel's "Death in the Garden" [La mort en ce jardin/(1956)France- Mexico] - IMDb rating: 7.0


(SHORTS/Animated) Fear(s) of the Dark [Peur(s) du noir/(2007)France/2008 USA release/IFC Films/85 min] - IMDb rating: 6.8


Paolo Sorrentino's "Il divo" [(2008)Italy-France] - IMDb rating: 7.5


(USA-Co-prod/BO) Jaume Collet-Serra's "Orphan" [(2009)US-Canada/WB/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 7.2


(JewishCinema) Rashevski's Tango [(2003)Belgium-Luxembourg-France] - IMDb rating: 6.7


(Tribeca/USA-Co-prod) Woody Allen's "Whatever Works" [(2009)US-France/SPC/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 7.5


Kenta Fukasaku's "X-Cross" [XX (ekusu kurosu): makyô densetsu/(2007)Japan] - IMDb rating: 6.3


(REVIVAL) Costa Gavras' "Z" [(1969)Algeria -France/Rated PG/127 min] - IMDb rating: 8.1

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
Gilles Bourdos' "Afterwards" [(2008)Germany-France-Canada]
(Horror) Raphaël Delpard's "Night of Death!" [La nuit de la mort/(1980)France]
(SPOOF/Horror/USA-Co-prod) Stan Helsing [(2009)US-Canada/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 3.8


Select DVD releases for OCTOBER 20, 2009:


(AsianClassic) Shohei Imamura's "BLACK RAIN" [Kuroi ame/(1989)Japan/123 min] - IMDb rating: 8.1


Stephen Frears' "Chéri" [(2009)UK -France-Germany/Mx/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 6.4


Adrian Vitoria's "the Crew" [(2008)UK/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 6.3


(Tribeca '06/USA-Co-prod) the Elephant King [(2006)US-Thailand/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 7.2


(Toronto'01/USA-Co-prod) Mira Nair's "Monsoon Wedding" [CriterionColl./2-discs/ (2001)India-US-France-Italy-Germany/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 7.2


Scott Mann's "the Tournament" [(2009)UK] - IMDb rating: 6.8

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(AsianCinema/LIVE-action-REmake) Chris Nahon's "Blood: The Last Vampire" [(2009)Hong Kong-Japan-France-Argentina/IDP/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 5.4
(The Jean-Jacques Beineix Collection) the Moon in the Gutter [La lune dans le caniveau/(1983) France-Italy/Rated R/137 min] - IMDb rating: 5.6


Select DVD releases for OCTOBER 13, 2009:


(Cannes'08) Atom Egoyan's "Adoration" [(2008)Canada/SPC/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 6.7


(BOX SET) ECLIPSE SERIES 18: DUSAN MAKAVEJEV - FREE RADICAL [CriterionColl./3-discs/Yugoslavia: "Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator" [Ljubavni slucaj ili tragedija sluzbenice P.T.T./(1967)70 min/IMDb:7.1]; "Innocence Unprotected" [Nevinost bez zastite/(1968)docu/70 min/IMDb:7.5]; "Man Is Not A Bird" [Covek nije tica/(1965)/81 min/IMDb:7.1]


(AsianCine) the Love of Siam [Rak haeng Siam/ (2007)Thailand/154 min] - IMDb rating: 8.1


Sex and Zen [Yu pu tuan zhi: Tou qing bao jian/(1991)Hong Kong/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 6.0


Joseph Ruben's "the Stepfather" [(1987)UK-US/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 6.6

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
Happy Birthday to Me [(1981)Canada/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 5.3
Richard Stanley's "Hardware" [(1990)UK] - IMDb rating: 5.4
(Midnight) the OBJECTIVE [(2008)US-Morocco/Web] - IMDb rating: 5.6


Select DVD releases for OCTOBER 6, 2009:


(AsianHORROR) Takashi Miike's "Audition: Collector's Edition" [Blu- ray/Ôdishon/(1999)South Korea-Japan] - IMDb rating: 7.4


(AsianCine) Jeffrey Lau's "Chinese Odyssey 2002" [Tian xia wu shuang/(2002)Hong Kong] - IMDb rating: 7.1


Ernesto Díaz Espinoza's "Mirageman" [(2007)Chile-US] - IMDb rating: 7.1


(Cannes&Toronto'07/USA-Co-prod) Lee Isaac Chung's "Munyurangabo" [(2007)Rwanda-US] - IMDb rating: 7.2


New York Ripper [Lo squartatore di New York/(1982)Italy] - IMDb rating: 6.1

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
(HORROR) Bleed with Me [Unrated-Dir's-Cut/Rovdrift/(2009)Denmark/80 min]
(Tribeca/USA-Co-prod) My Life in Ruins [(2009)US-Spain/FS/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 5.7
(HORROR/USA-Co-prod) Trick 'r Treat [Direct-to-DVD/(2008)Canada-US/Rated R]


Select DVD releases for September 29, 2009:

(USA-Co-prod/BO) Sam Mendes'
"Away We Go" [(2009)US-UK/FF/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 7.7

(USA-Co-prod) Michael Apted's
"Enigma" [(2001)UK-US-Germany-Netherlands] - IMDb rating: 6.4


Fermat's Room [(2007)Spain] - IMDb rating: 6.7


(USA-Co-prod) Love Liza [(2002) France-Germany-US/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 6.9

(Animated) Anders Morgenthaler's "Princess" [(2006)Denmark-Germany] - IMDb rating: 6.7

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
Tinto Brass' "Attraction" [Nerosubianco/(1969)Italy/Rated X?]
Muscha's "Decoder" [(1984)West Germany]
Madonna's "Filth and Wisdom" [(2008)UK] - IMDb rating: 5.1
(SHORTS/Omnibus/USA-Co-prod) the Horror Vault Vol.1 & 2 [(2008)Denmark-US-Australia-UK]
(HORROR/Sequel/USA-Co-prod) Stepfather II [(1989)UK-US/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 5.0


Select DVD releases for September 22, 2009:


(Toronto'08) Paul Schrader's "Adam Resurrected" [(2008)Germany-US-Israel/BE/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 6.5


(FrenchCine) Jean-Jacques Beineix "Mortal Transfer" [(2001)France-Germany] - IMDb rating:6.2


(Cannes'08) Bent Hamer's "O'HORTEN" [(2007)Norway -Germany-France/SPC/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 7.0


Sügisball [Autumn Ball/(2007)Estonia/123 min] - IMDb rating: 7.6


Pavel Chukhraj's "the Thief" [Vor/(1997)Russia-France/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 7.6


(Cannes&Toronto'08) Sergei Dvortsevoy's "TULPAN" [(2008)Germany-Kazakhstan-Poland- Russia-Switzerland] - IMDb rating: 7.1

Other releases this week (your mileage may vary)
Giovanni Soldati's "Attention" [L'attenzione/(1984)Italy]
(CinemaLatino/2fer) Mexican Melodrama [2-discs/B&W/Mexico: Alberto Gout's "Aventurera" (1950); and "Woman Of The Port" [La mujer del puerto/(1991)Mexico]
(FrenchCine) Silence, ça tue! [(2008)Belgium]


Select DVD releases for September 15, 2009:


Adventures of Werner Holt [Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt/(1965)East Germany/158 min] - IMDb rating: 7.9


(USA-Co-prod)