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OnVideo's Guide to DVDs DVD Resources Links to DVD news, information and sales sites. Catalogs of DVDs released 1999 -- 2006 DVD Releases July 2024 July 2 July 9 July 16 July 23 July 30 February 2024 March 2024 April 2024 May 2024 June 2024 July 22 Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973) Sam Peckinpah’s cycle of genre-redefining westerns came to a close with this blood- and dust-caked elegy for the American West, which marries his renegade style with a fatalistic sense of finality. As newly minted lawman Pat Garrett (James Coburn) stalks the outlaw Billy the Kid (Kris Kristofferson) across the plains, their old friendship is twisted into rivalry, and mythic ideals of freedom come up against an emerging ruling-class order -- all to the strains of a haunting soundtrack by Bob Dylan (who also appears as the mercurial Alias). "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid" -- presented here for the first time in three separate versions -- stands as perhaps the maverick auteur’s richest, most mature work, a world-weary ballad that bears the solemn weight of history passing into legend. New 4K digital restoration of the 50th Anniversary Release, supervised by editors Paul Seydor and Roger Spottiswoode, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack. New 4K digital restoration of the Original Theatrical Release, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack. Two 4K UHD discs of the films presented in Dolby Vision HDR and two Blu-rays with the films and special features; new 2K digital master of director Sam Peckinpah's Final Preview Cut, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack. Formats: 4K + Blu-ray, Blu-ray. Extras: Read more here. (The Criterion Collection). Advertisement Back to top July 9 The Boy and the Heron (2023 -- Japan) Studio Ghibli animated feature from the legendary Hayao Miyazaki follows young Mahito, who, after losing his mother during the war in a hospital fire, moves to his family’s estate in the countryside. There, a series of mysterious events lead him to a secluded and ancient tower, home to a mischievous gray heron. When Mahito’s new stepmother disappears, he follows the gray heron into the tower, and enters a fantastical world shared by the living and the dead. As he embarks on an epic journey with the heron as his guide, Mahito must uncover the secrets of this world and the truth about himself. Academy Award-winner for Best Animated Feature at 2024 Oscars. The hand-drawn, animated feature – director Miyazaki’s first feature film in 10 years – is an original story written and directed by Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki, produced by co-founder Toshio Suzuki, and featuring a musical score from Miyazaki’s long-time collaborator Joe Hisaishi. Its theme song, “Spinning Globe,” was written and performed by global J-pop superstar Kenshi Yonezu. All versions will contain the film in its original Japanese language with English subtitles, as well as in the new English-language version. Vitals: Director: Hayao Miyazaki. Stars: Voices of Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Kô Shibasaki, Aimyon, Yoshino Kimura, Takuya Kimura.. English-language voices: Christian Bale, Dave Bautista, Gemma Chan, Willem Dafoe, Karen Fukuhara, Mark Hamill, Robert Pattinson and Florence Pugh. CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 124 min., Animated Adventure, North American box office gross: $46.798 million, worldwide $173.294 million, GKIDS/Shout! Studios. Formats: Blu-ray/DVD Combo, 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo, 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Steelbook, VOD, Digital. Extras: Feature-length storyboards; interview with composer Joe Hisaishi; interview with producer Toshio Suzuki; interview with supervising animator Takeshi Honda; drawing with Takeshi Honda; “spinning Globe” music video; teasers & trailers. Read more here. Le samouraï (1967 -- France) In a career-defining performance, Alain Delon plays Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts. After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even his armor of fedora and trench coat can protect him. An elegantly stylized masterpiece of cool by maverick director Jean-Pierre Melville, "Le samouraï" is a razor-sharp cocktail of 1940s American gangster cinema and 1960s French pop culture -- with a liberal dose of Japanese lone-warrior mythology. Formats: 4K UHD + Blu-ray, Blu-ray, with New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack, One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features. Extras: Read more here. (The Criterion Collection). True Detective (2022) Two-disc set with all six episodes of the HBO Max series. When the long winter night falls in Ennis, Alaska, the eight men who operate the Tsalal Arctic Research Station vanish without a trace. To solve the case, detectives Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis) will have to confront the darkness they carry in themselves, and dig into the haunted truths that lie buried under the eternal ice. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. Extras: "Meet the True Detectives – Cast Q&A"; "New Chapter": Issa López (showrunner/writer/director) and cast discuss "Night Country’s" unique role in the series; "Exploring Indigenous Themes"; "Max Inkblots" cast show-themed inkblot interpretations; "Setting Featurette: Alaska"; "Atmospheric Teases." (HBO). Read more here Back to top July 16 Black God, White Devil (1964 -- Brazil) Myth, mysticism, and revolution collide in a blistering existential western from Glauber Rocha, a pioneer of Brazil’s socially committed Cinema Novo movement. After killing his swindling boss, ranch hand Manoel (Geraldo Del Rey) goes on the run with his wife, Rosa (Yona´ Magalha~es). In the stark hinterlands, they join forces with armed bandits and pledge allegiance to a self-styled holy man who preaches revolt against rich landowners while perpetrating unspeakable acts of violence against the innocent. Suffused with antiauthoritarian fervor and the intensity of life in the desert, this landmark work of radical cinema is a scorched-earth allegory about mindless fanaticism and the allure of dead-end ideologies. Formats: Blu-ray, DVD with New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack. Extras: Read more here. (The Criterion Collection). Perfect Days (2023 -- Germany) A perfect song that hits at just the right moment, the play of sunlight through leaves, a fleeting moment of human connection in a vast metropolis: the wonders of everyday life come into breathtaking focus in this profoundly moving film by Wim Wenders. In a radiant, Cannes-award-winning performance of few words but extraordinary expressiveness, Koji Yakusho plays a public-toilet cleaner in Tokyo whose rich inner world is gradually revealed through his small exchanges with those around him and with the city itself. Channeling his idol Yasujiro Ozu, Wenders crafts a serenely minimalist ode to the miracle that is the here and now. Formats: 4K UHD + Blu-ray, Blu-ray, DVD with 4K digital master, approved by director Wim Wenders, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack. Extras: Read more here. (The Criterion Collection). Back to top T-Shirts for Adults and Kids (Totes, Cups Too) July 23 Anselm (2023 -- Germany) Director Wim Wenders has created a hypnotic portrait of Anselm Kiefer, one of the most innovative and important painters and sculptors of our time. Shot in 6K resolution, and presented theatrically and on Blu-ray in 3D, the film presents an immersive cinematic experience of the German artist’s work, which explores the overawing beauty of human existence, landscape, and myth while confronting the horrors of his country’s history and seeking to undo the postwar silence in which both artist and director came of age. Through archival footage, biographical scenes, and direct access to his subject at work, Wenders traces the arc of Kiefer’s career, provoking an engagement with creativity through the senses, the intellect, and the spirit. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray. (Janus Contemporaries). /b> Farewell My Concubine (1993 -- China) A breathtakingly intimate romance unfolds against a sweeping backdrop of social upheaval in renowned director Chen Kaige’s sumptuous saga of passion, fate, and the transcendent possibilities of art. Spanning 50 years of 20-century Chinese history, "Farewell My Concubine" follows aspiring actors Dieyi (a heartbreaking Leslie Cheung) and Xiaolou (Zhang Fengyi) as they emerge from a childhood of brutal training to become Beijing-opera stars, with life mirroring art as Dieyi’s unrequited love for Xiaolou and the country’s changing political tides engulf them in their own personal tragedies of jealousy and betrayal. The first Chinese film to win the Palme d’Or is epic filmmaking of the highest order -- visually and emotionally ravishing from frame to exquisite frame. Formats: 4K UHD + Blu-ray, Blu-ray, with New 4K digital restoration of the original director’s cut, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack. Extras: Read more here. (The Criterion Collection). The Double Crossers (1976 -- Hong Kong) Following his late father’s murder, police officer Detective Lung (Shin Il-ryong) discovers that both of his parents were involved in a smuggling ring – and that his father was killed by its leader, a violent criminal now living in Hong Kong under the name Wang (Chao Hsiung). Determined to avenge his father’s death, Lung resigns from the police force to take matters into his own hands. Teaming up with a smuggler who was once a close friend and partner-in-crime to his parents, Chang (Chen Sing), Lung heads for Hong Kong and sets about drawing Wang into a trap. Also features the legendary Sammo Hung. On Blu-ray in its worldwide debut from a brand new 2K restoration, with an initial print run of 2000 copies. Includes the original Hong Kong theatrical cut and the international export cut. Formats: Blu-ray. Extras: Brand new audio commentary on the Hong Kong theatrical version by East Asian film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival); brand new audio commentary on the export version by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema; reversible sleeve featuring original poster artwork; trailer; limited edition collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by James Oliver. (Eureka Entertainment/MVD Entertainment). Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Three (2024) Based on DC’s iconic comic book limited series "Crisis on Infinite Earths" by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez, the DC Super Heroes from across the multiverse join in the action-packed conclusion of the three-part DC animated film "Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths." The film brings to a close the thrilling trilogy that marks the end to the Tomorrowverse story arc. Now fully revealed as the ultimate threat to existence, the ANTI-MONITOR wages an unrelenting attack on the surviving Earths that struggle for survival in a pocket universe. One-by-one, these worlds and all their inhabitants are vaporized. On the planets that remain, even time itself is shattered and heroes from the past join the Justice League and their rag-tag allies against the epitome of evil. But as they make their last stand, will the sacrifice of the superheroes be enough to save us all? Formats: Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD Steelbook, VOD, Digital. Extras: "A Multiverse of Inspiration"; "Jon and John: Stewart and Constantine." (Warner). Risky Business (1983) A sly piece of pop subversion, this irresistible satire of Reagan-era materialism features Tom Cruise in his star-is-born breakthrough as a Chicago suburban prepster whose college-bound life spirals out of control when his parents go out of town for the week and an enterprising call girl (Rebecca De Mornay) invites him to walk on the wild side. While Cruise boogying in his briefs yielded one of the most iconic pop-cultural moments of the 1980s, it is the film’s unexpected mix of tender romance (enhanced by a moody synth score by Tangerine Dream) and sharp-witted capitalist critique that remains fresh and daring. Formats: 4K UHD + Blu-ray, Blu-ray, with new 4K digital restorations of the director’s cut and the original theatrical release, supervised and approved by director Paul Brickman and producer Jon Avnet, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtracks. One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features. Extras: Read more here. (The Criterion Collection). Back to top July 30 The First Omen (2024) In this psychological horror prequel to the classic Omen films, a young American woman in 1971 is sent to Rome to begin a life of service to the church. Soon, she encounters a darkness that causes her to question her faith, and that reveals a terrifying conspiracy to bring about the birth of evil incarnate and the horrific events leading up to Damien’s inception. Vitals: Director: Arkasha Stevenson. Stars: Nell Tiger Free, Ralph Ineson, Sonia Braga, Tawfeek Barhom, Maria Caballero, Charles Dance, Bill Nighy. CC, MPAA rating: R, 119 min., Horror, North American box office gross: $19.905 million, worldwide $52.656 million, Disney/Fox. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray + Digital Code, VOD, Digital. Extras: "The Mystery of Margaret" featurette; "The Director’s Vision"; "Signs of The First Omen." Read more here. Sting (2024 -- Australia) A mysterious object crashes into a rundown apartment building, and a little spider emerges from within. When young Charlotte finds the strange creature, she names her new friend STING. After raising the unnervingly talented spider in secret, 12-year-old Charlotte must face the facts about her pet -- and fight for her family's survival -- when the once-charming creature rapidly transforms into a giant, flesh-eating monster. Vitals: Director: Kiah Roache-Turner. Stars: Alyla Browne, Penelope Mitchell, Ryan Corr,Jermaine Fowler. CC, MPAA rating: R, 91 min., Horror SciFi Thriller, North American box office gross: $1.124 million, worldwide $1.311 million, Well GO USA. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. Extras: Three behind-the-scenes featurettes: “Creating the Monster,” “The Director” and “The Cast.” Read more here. Back to top All listings are based on information from the home video studios. Some release dates may change and titles may come out after a specified date (with no announcement from the studio). Additionally, some titles may be released with little or no advance announcement. And since all DVDs are priced at sell-through and are available for substantial discounts at both online and brick-and-mortar stores, we only list suggested retail prices for some special editions, box sets and collections. All DVDs are screened on a reference system consisting of a Oppo BDP-83 Blu-ray Disc Player w/SACD & DVD-Audio, a Rotel RSX-972 Surround Sound Receiver, and Phase Technology 1.1 (front), 33.1 (center), and 50 (rear) speakers and Power 10 subwoofer. E-mail OnVideo | Home | Resources | DVD Releases | Calendar | | Reviews | Links | E-mail: onvideo@earthlink.net © 1996 -- 2024 OnVideo. All rights reserved April 16, 2024 (ISSN 1094-3676).

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