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January 7:

Se7en

(1995) Director: David Fincher; Starring Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Kevin Spacey. Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives. Formats: 4K Ultra HD + Digital Code, 4K Ultra HD + Digital Code Steelbook. (New Line).

January 14:

Chinatown

(1974) Director: Roman Polanski. Starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston. A private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder. Formats: 4K Ultra HD + Digital Code. (Paramount).

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

(1986) One of the greatest comedians of all time, Richard Pryor gets raw and real in this brutally funny and lacerating self-portrait. Following the notorious incident in which he caught on fire while high on cocaine, nearly losing his life, Pryor exorcised his inner demons by writing, producing, directing, and starring in this dizzying hall-of-mirrors biopic and backstage drama, which traces a young comedian’s rise to fame, from his childhood growing up in a brothel to the colorful experiences that shaped his edgy comic voice to the addiction struggles that brought him to the brink of death. As he did in his legendary stand-up sets, here Pryor fearlessly turns his soul inside out, revealing the deep vulnerability that made his art so compelling. Formats: 4K UHD + Blu-ray, Blu-ray, with new 4K digital restoration, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack. In the 4K UHD edition: 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).

The Mother and the Whore

(1973) After the French New Wave, the sexual revolution, and the upheavals of May 1968 came the near religiously revered magnum opus by Jean Eustache. In his long-unavailable body of work, ranging from documentaries about his native village to closely autobiographical narrative films, Eustache pioneered a forthright and fearless brand of realism. The pinnacle of this innovative style, “The Mother and the Whore” follows Alexandre (Jean-Pierre Léaud), a Parisian pseudo-intellectual who lives with his tempestuous girlfriend, Marie (Bernadette Lafont), even as he begins a dalliance with the sexually liberated Veronika (Françoise Lebrun), leading the three into an emotionally turbulent love triangle. Through daringly sustained long takes and confessional dialogue, Eustache captures a generation navigating the disillusionment of the 1970s, and in the process achieves an intimacy so deep it cuts. Formats: 4K UHD + Blu-ray, Blu-ray, DVD with new 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack. In the 4K UHD edition: One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features. Extras: Read more here. (The Criterion Collection).

Once Upon a Time in the West

(1968) Director: Sergio Leone; Starring: Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards, Gabriele Ferzetti, Paolo Stoppa. A mysterious stranger with a harmonica joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad. The only time Henry Fonda played a villain. Formats: 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo + Digital Code. (Paramount).

January 21

The Cell

(2000) Sublime, grotesque and visually ravishing, Tarsem Singh’s debut feature delivers on the extraordinary artistry of his work in music video and commercials as it takes the audience on a journey through the bizarre worlds inside the mind of a killer. When serial murderer Carl Stargher (Vincent D’Onofrio) falls into a coma with his latest victim still trapped in an unknown location and waiting to die, the FBI turn to psychologist Catherine Deane (Jennifer Lopez) for help. Using an experimental technology she enters the dark dreamscape of Stargher’s mind, attempting to learn his secrets before it’s too late. But his unconscious is a twisted nightmare, a labyrinth that threatens to trap her inside his terrifying world forever. To save a life, she’ll have to risk her own. With a script by Mark Protosevich (“I Am Legend”), and a supporting cast that includes Vince Vaughn and Marianne Jean-Baptiste, “The Cell” is a gripping, edge-of-the-seat thriller, filled with jaw-dropping imagery that will entrance and unsettle in equal measure. Formats: Blu-ray, 4K UHD. Extras: (Arrow Video/MVD Entertainment). Read more here.

The Grifters

(1990) A dark-hearted neonoir comes to a boil under the bright Los Angeles sun, in British director Stephen Frears’s rousing adaptation of the novel by dime-store bard Jim Thompson, a film that raises pulp to the realm of existential tragedy. A possessive mother (Anjelica Huston), her cynical son (John Cusack), and his scheming, seductive girlfriend (Annette Bening) are career swindlers circling one another in an elaborate emotional confidence game that grows increasingly perverse as love and trust turn to betrayal and Oedipal undercurrents rise to the surface. In Frears’s first Hollywood film, the ever-assured director and his trifecta of magnetic actors conjure a moody, unstuck-in-time vision of toxic Americana.
Formats: 4K UHD + Blu-ray, Blu-ray, with new 4K digital restoration, approved by director of photography Oliver Stapleton, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack. In the 4K UHD edition: 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).

Kill Bill: Volume 1

(2003) Director: Quentin Tarantino; Starring: Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Daryl Hannah, David Carradine, Michael Madsen. After waking from a four-year coma, a former assassin wreaks vengeance on the team of assassins who betrayed her. Formats: 4K Ultra HD. (Lionsgate).

Kill Bill: Volume 2

(2004) Director: Quentin Tarantino; Starring: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, Chia-Hui Liu, Michael Parks. The Bride continues her quest of vengeance against her former boss and lover Bill, the reclusive bouncer Budd, and the treacherous, one-eyed Elle.
Formats: 4K Ultra HD. (Lionsgate).

January 28

Winchester ’73

(1950) Noirish shadows spread across the frontier in this landmark western, the first of the celebrated collaborations between director Anthony Mann and actor James Stewart that redefined the genre with their moral and psychological intensity. Beginning his midcareer transition into increasingly edgy roles, Stewart portrays an avenging sharpshooter whose stolen rifle becomes a harbinger of death as it is passed from one doomed hand to the next. Featuring a stellar cast that includes a touching Shelley Winters, a sensationally sleazy Dan Duryea, and a pre-stardom Rock Hudson, this elemental tale of violence begetting violence broke new ground with its evocation of the West as a no-man’s-land of antiheroes and villains. Formats: 4K UHD + Blu-ray, Blu-ray, with new 4K digital restoration, undertaken by Universal Pictures in collaboration with The Film Foundation, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack. In the 4K UHD edition: One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features. Extras: Read more here. (The Criterion Collection).

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February 4

Punch-Drunk Love

(2002) Chaos lurks in every corner of this giddily off-kilter foray into romantic comedy by Paul Thomas Anderson. Struggling to cope with his erratic temper, novelty-toilet-plunger salesman Barry Egan (Adam Sandler, demonstrating remarkable versatility in his first dramatic role) spends his days collecting frequent-flier-mile coupons and dodging the insults of his seven sisters. The promise of a new life emerges when Barry inadvertently attracts the affection of a mysterious woman named Lena (Emily Watson), but their budding relationship is threatened when he falls prey to the swindling operator of a phone sex line and her deranged boss (played with maniacal brio by Philip Seymour Hoffman). Fueled by the careening momentum of a baroque-futurist score by Jon Brion, the Cannes-award-winning “Punch-Drunk Love” channels the spirit of classic Hollywood and the whimsy of Jacques Tati into an idiosyncratic ode to the delirium of new romance. Formats: 4K UHD + Blu-ray combo with 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Paul Thomas Anderson, with Dolby Atmos soundtrack. 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).

February 11

King Lear

(1987) Jean-Luc Godard’s first English-language narrative feature is a radical anti-adaptation of Shakespeare’s masterpiece that finds the visionary filmmaker continuing to reinvent the syntax of cinema. In a post-Chernobyl world where culture has been lost, William Shakespeare Jr. V (played by theater director Peter Sellars) attempts to reconstruct his ancestor’s play, abetted by a cast that includes Molly Ringwald, Burgess Meredith, and Godard himself as a crazed avant savant. Through a dense layering of sounds, images, and ideas about everything from language to the economics of filmmaking to the very meaning of art in a ruined world, Godard fashions a puckish and profound metacinematic riddle to be endlessly analyzed, argued over, and savored. Formats: Blu-ray with New 2K digital restoration, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack. Extras: Audio recording of the 1987 Cannes Film Festival press conference, featuring director Jean-Luc Godard; new interviews with Richard Brody, author of” Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard,” actor Molly Ringwald; and actor and co-screenwriter Peter Sellars; an essay by Brody. Read more here. (The Criterion Collection).

Pretty in Pink

(1986) Molly Ringwald, Harry Dean Stanton, Jon Cryer, Annie Potts, James Spader, Andrew McCarthy. Andie is an outcast at her Chicago high school, hanging out either with her older boss, who owns the record store where she works, or her quirky classmate Duckie, who has a crush on her. When one of the rich and popular kids at school, Blane, asks Andie out, it seems too good to be true. As Andie starts falling for Blane, she begins to realizes that dating someone from a different social sphere is not easy. Formats: 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Code. (Paramount).

February 18

Crossing Delancey

(1988) Joan Micklin Silver’s wonderfully affectionate spin on the romantic comedy infuses the genre with a fresh, personal perspective, following an unmarried Jewish woman’s search for fulfillment in New York City. Happily independent bookstore manager Izzy (a luminous Amy Irving) isn’t looking for love, but she’s forced to reevaluate her desires when she catches the eye of two very different men: a self-centered novelist (Jeroen Krabbé) and the mild-mannered Lower East Side pickle seller (Peter Riegert) with whom her old-fashioned bubbie (scene-stealing Yiddish-theater star Reizl Bozyk) sets her up. A love letter to 1980s Manhattan shot in beautifully burnished, autumnal tones, “Crossing Delancey” gracefully captures the magic of a city where disparate cultures, generations, and traditions both clash and connect. Formats: 4K UHD + Blu-ray Combo, Blu-ray, with new 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by cinematographer Theo van de Sande, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack. In the 4K UHD edition: One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features. Extras: New program on the making of the film featuring actors Amy Irving and Peter Riegert and screenwriter Susan Sandler; audio interview from 1988 with director Joan Micklin Silver; trailer; an essay by critic Rachel Syme. Read more here. (The Criterion Collection).

Drugstore Cowboy

(1989) Gus Van Sant’s dreamy, drifty, deadpan second feature—an addiction drama based on James Fogle’s autobiographical novel—captures the zonked-out textures and almost surreal absurdity of a life lived fix to fix. Swinging between dope-fueled disconnection and edgy paranoia, Matt Dillon plays the leader of a ragtag crew (also featuring Kelly Lynch, Heather Graham, and James Le Gros) that robs pharmacies for pills, coasting across the 1970s Pacific Northwest while trying to outrun sobriety and fate. With a brilliant supporting turn from counterculture high priest William S. Burroughs and a lyrical feeling for the streetscapes of Van Sant’s hometown of Portland, Oregon, “Drugstore Cowboy” cemented the director’s status as a preeminent poet of outsiderhood. Formats: 4K UHD + Blu-ray Combo, Blu-ray, with new 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Gus Van Sant and director of photography Robert Yeoman, with uncompressed stereo soundtrack. In the 4K UHD edition: One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features. Extras: Read more here. (The Criterion Collection).

February 25

Amadeus

(1984) Director: Milos Forman. Starring: Tom Hulce, F. Murray Abraham, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice, Simon Callow, Christine Ebersole. Portrays the rivalry between the genius Mozart and the jealous court composer Salieri who may have shortened Mozart’s life. Formats: 4K Ultra HD + Digital Code. (Warner).

The Cat

(1988 — Germany) Two robbers hold up a bank and its employees demanding 3 million marks for their ransom. The police plot to storm the bank but are unaware the robbers have an accomplice on the outside, anticipating their every move. Genre master Dominik Graf specialized in crime films and “The Cat” is one of his greatest. A heist film of the highest order, it grabs you from its opening scenes and doesn’t let go. Winner of Best Direction at the German Film Awards, “The Cat” is an undiscovered treasure and Radiance Films is proud to present it on Blu-ray for the first time outside Germany. Formats: Blu-ray. Extras: Interview with Dominik Graf; interview with screenwriter Christoph Fromm; interview with producer Georg Feil; select-scene commentary by Dominik Graf; trailer; reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow; limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings. (Radiance Films/MVD Entertainment).

Cronos

(1993) Guillermo del Toro made an auspicious and audacious feature debut with “Cronos,” a highly unorthodox tale about the seductiveness of the idea of immortality. Kindly antiques dealer Jesús Gris (Federico Luppi) happens upon an ancient golden device in the shape of a scarab, and soon finds himself the possessor and victim of its sinister, addictive powers, as well as the target of a mysterious American named Angel (a delightfully crude and deranged Ron Perlman). Featuring marvelous makeup effects and the haunting imagery for which del Toro has become world-renowned, Cronos is a dark, visually rich, and emotionally captivating fantasy. Formats: 4K UHD + Blu-ray Combo, with new 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Guillermo del Toro, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack. 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).

Cruising

(1980) Legendary director William Friedkin brings together Al Pacino, the 70s New York gay scene and a searing punk-rock soundtrack in this one-of-a-kind serial killer thriller, finally restored to its long-unavailable original theatrical version in 4K. New York is caught in the grip of a sadistic serial killer who is preying on the patrons of the city’s underground gay scene. Young rookie cop Steve Burns (Pacino) is tasked with infiltrating the S&M subculture to try and lure the killer out of the shadows … but as he immerses himself deeper and deeper into the underworld, Steve risks losing his own identity in the process. Taking the premise and title from reporter Gerald Walker’s novel, “Cruising” was the subject of great controversy at the time of its release and remains a challenging and remarkable movie to this day, with Pacino’s haunted lead performance as its magnetic centrepiece. With hours of brand-new bonus features, including never-before-seen material from the deepest recesses of the studio archives, you’ve never seen “Cruising” like this. Co-stars Paul Sorvino, Karen Allen and Don Scardino. Brand new 4K restoration from the original 35mm camera negative by Arrow Films. 120-page perfect-bound collector’s book featuring articles from The Village Voice and The New York Times, essays from the film’s extras cast, an introduction from William Friedkin, and an archive interview with Al Pacino. Formats: Two-disc 4K UHD. Extras: Read more here. (Arrow Video/MVD Entertainment).

My Girl

(1991) Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Macaulay Culkin, Anna Chlumsky, Richard Masur, Griffin Dunne. Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just to impress him. Formats: 4K Ultra HD + Digital Code. (Sony).

Performance

(1970) The grimy criminal underworld and hedonistic rock-and-roll counterculture of late-1960s London collide in this mind-scrambling, kaleidoscopic freak-out. On the run from his vengeful boss, a ruthless gangster (James Fox) hides out in the Notting Hill home of a reclusive rock star (Mick Jagger) and his companions (Anita Pallenberg and Michele Breton), who open the doors of his perception as the lines between reality and fantasy, male and female, persona and self, dissolve in a hallucinogenic haze. Built around Jagger’s most magnetic narrative-film performance, this visionary collaboration between enigmatic artist Donald Cammell and first-time director Nicolas Roeg is a daringly transgressive, endlessly influential journey to the dark side of bohemia. Formats: 4K UHD + Blu-ray Combo, Blu-ray, with new 4K digital restoration, approved by producer Sandy Lieberson, with uncompressed monaural original-UK-version soundtrack. In the 4K UHD edition: 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).

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March 4

The Wages of Fear

(1953– France) In a squalid South American oil town, four desperate men sign on for a suicide mission to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin over a treacherous mountain route. As they ferry their explosive cargo to a faraway oil fire, each bump and jolt tests their courage, their friendship, and their nerves. The result is one of the greatest thrillers ever committed to celluloid, a white-knuckle ride from France’s legendary master of suspense Henri-Georges Clouzot.
Formats: 4K UHD + Blu-ray, Blu-ray, with new 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack. In the 4K UHD edition: One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features. Extras: Read more here. (The Criterion Collection).

March 11

Thief

(1981) The contemporary American auteur Michael Mann’s bold artistic sensibility was already fully formed when he burst out of the gate with “Thief,” his debut feature. James Caan stars, in one of his most riveting performances, as a no-nonsense ex-con professional thief planning to leave the criminal world behind after one last score—but he discovers that escape is not as simple as he’d hoped. Finding hypnotic beauty in neon and rain-slick streets, sparks and steel, Thief effortlessly established the moody stylishness, tactile approach, and drama that would also define such later iconic Mann films as “Heat,” “The Insider,” “Ali,” and “The Last of the Mohicans.” Formats: 4K UHD + Blu-ray with new 4K digital restoration of the director’s cut, supervised and approved by director Michael Mann, with 5.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack. 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).

March 18

Deep Blue Sea

(1999) The ultimate predator just got smarter. From Renny Harlin, maximalist director of “Die Hard II”, “Cliffhanger” and “The Long Kiss Goodnight,” comes this shark-infested action-thriller where everyone is on the menu. At an isolated research facility in the middle of the ocean, a team of scientists, led by Susan McAlester (Saffron Burrows), are working on a cure for Alzheimer’s by genetically altering the brains of sharks. When a shark escapes and attacks a pleasure boat, the company sponsoring the research threatens to pull its funding and sends corporate executive Russell Franklin (Samuel L. Jackson) to investigate. McAlester has just 48 hours to prove the value of her work, but her experiments have made the sharks smarter. No longer happy to be injected, prodded, and caged, they begin to turn the tables. As a freak storm causes chaos on the surface, making it impossible to leave, the facility is flooded and the scientists must fight to survive against the rising water and the hungry sharks that now swim freely through the corridors. Embracing action, horror and suspense with a knowing sense of humor and pushing them all as far as they can go, “Deep Blue Sea” is an adrenaline rush of pure entertainment presented in a brand new 4K restoration approved by director Renny Harlin. Formats: Blu-ray, 4K UHD. Extras: Read more here. (Arrow Video/MVD Entertainment).

Tommy 50th Anniversary Edition

(1975) Director: Ken Russell. Starring: Roger Daltrey, Ann-Margret, Oliver Reed, Jack Nicholson, Elton John, Tina Turner. This classic rock opera is brought energetically to life by an outstanding cast including many stars of the rock music industry. Told through the remarkable music of The Who, this is the story of Tommy, who, when just a boy of six, witnessed the murder of his father by his mother and her lover. They command him, “You didn’t hear it, you didn’t see it, and you won’t say anything to anyone…” As a result, the traumatized boy retreats into the shadows of his mind and becomes deaf, dumb and blind. Formats: 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray . (Shout! Factory).

March 25

Choose Me

(1984) An achingly romantic neon dream, Alan Rudolph’s comic and cutting exploration of the mysteries of human desire established him as one of the most boldly idiosyncratic independent auteurs of the 1980s. At the smoky dive Eve’s Lounge, a collection of strangers—including an insecure radio sexpert (Geneviève Bujold), a commitment-phobic former sex worker (Lesley Ann Warren), and a globe-trotting mystery man (Keith Carradine)—become entangled in a web of passion, jealousy, and self-discovery. Grooving to the rhythms of Teddy Pendergrass’s sexy slow jams, “Choose Me” exists on its own offbeat wavelength—knotty, surprising, and deeply tender in its vision of lost souls wounded by love yet still reaching out for human connection. Formats: 4K UHD + Blu-ray, Blu-ray, with new 4K digital restoration, supervised by director Alan Rudolph and producer David Blocker, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack. In the 4K UHD edition: 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).

Delicatessen

(1991 — France) Directors: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro. Starring: Dominique Pinon, Marie-Laure Dougnac, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Karin Viard, Ticky Holgado, Anne-Marie Pisani. In a burnt-out city on the verge of collapse, a canny butcher employs various young handymen, kills them, and then sells them as meat. When ex-circus performer Louison arrives looking for work, it seems that his head will be the next on the block. But Louison falls in love with Julie, the butcher’s daughter, and together they join forces with an underground vegetarian group who plan to bring an end to the butcher’s cruel regime. Formats: 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray. (Severin Films).

Night Moves

(1975) Arthur Penn’s haunting neonoir reimagines the hard-boiled detective film for the disillusioned, paranoid 1970s. In one of his greatest performances, Gene Hackman oozes world-weary cynicism as a private investigator whose search for an actress’s missing daughter (Melanie Griffith) leads him from the Hollywood Hills to the Florida Keys, where he is pulled into a sordid family drama and a sinister conspiracy he can hardly grasp. Bolstered by Alan Sharp’s genre-scrambling script and Dede Allen’s elliptical editing, the daringly labyrinthine “Night Moves” is a defining work of post-Watergate cinema—a silent scream of existential dread and moral decay whose legend has only grown with time. Formats: 4K UHD + Blu-ray, Blu-ray, with new 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack. In the 4K UHD edition: 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).

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April 8

The Long Kiss Goodnight

(1996) From screenwriter Shane Black (“Kiss Kiss Bang Bang,” “The Nice Guys”) and director Renny Harlin (D”ie Hard 2,” “Cliffhanger”) comes this ass-kicking action thriller. Eight years ago, Samantha Caine (Geena Davis) washed up on a beach, pregnant, with no memory. Now she’s a school teacher living an idyllic small town life with a daughter and boyfriend who love her. She’s almost given up on ever finding out about the life she used to lead, until an accident awakens hidden memories and her past comes back with all guns blazing. With the help of low rent private eye Mitch Henessey (Samuel L. Jackson) Samantha must uncover who she was and why so many people want her dead before it kills them both. With unforgettable action sequences and dialogue to die for, “The Long Kiss Goodnight” ranks among the very best of 90s action thrillers. Geena Davis is a revelation as the wholesome school teacher struggling to reconcile with her deadly alter ego Charly, while Samuel L. Jackson brings his quintessential charm to a role that so enamored test audiences they refused to let him die. Formats: Two-disc 4K UHD with limited edition packaging with reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sam Hadley. Includes an illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Clem Bastow, Richard Kadrey, Maura McHugh, and Priscilla Page; a seasonal postcard and a thin ice sticker. (Arrow Video/MVD Entertainment). Extras: Read more here.

April 22

Tombstone

(1993) Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton, Powers Boothe, Michael Biehn. Former U.S. Marshal Wyatt Earp’s plan for peace, quiet, and prosperity misfires when he, his brothers, and the outrageous rogue Doc Holliday encounter that ruthless band of outlaws, the Cowboys. Formats: 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Code Steelbook. (Disney).

April 29

Dirty Harry

(1971) Director: Don Siegel. Starring: Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino, Reni Santoni, John Vernon, Andrew Robinson, John Larch. The City by the Bay faces the terror of a serial killer known as Scorpio, tough as nails Inspector Harry Callahan is assigned to track him down. Formats: 4K Ultra HD + Digital Code. (Warner).

The Outlaw Josey Wales

(1976) Director: Clint Eastwood. Starring: Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke, Bill McKinney, John Vernon, Paula Trueman. Josey Wales is a peaceful farmer and devoted family man, until renegade soldiers murder his family and destroy his farm. Fueled by hatred and branded an outlaw, he becomes dedicated to seeking vengeance on the people who took everything he had. Formats: 4K Ultra HD + Digital Code. (Warner).

Pale Rider

(1985) Director: Clint Eastwood. Starring: Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress, Chris Penn, Richard Dysart, Sydney Penny. The peace of a small mining community is shattered when Coy LaHood, the ruthless proprietor of a powerful strip-mining company, arrives to take control of the territory. Soon, a mysterious drifter called “Preacher” rides into town on a pale horse and allies himself with the struggling denizens in their fight against the invaders. Formats: 4K Ultra HD + Digital Code. (Warner).

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May 6

Lilo & Stitch

(2002) Voices of Daveigh Chase, Chris Sanders, Tia Carrere, David Ogden Stiers, Kevin McDonald, Ving Rhames. Lilo is a lonely young Hawaiian girl who adopts a small ugly ‘dog’, whom she names Stitch. He would be the perfect pet if he wasn’t a genetic experiment that escaped from an alien planet and crash-landed on earth. Through her faith and unwavering belief in “ohana”, the Hawaiian concept of family, Lilo helps Stitch to unlock his heart. This gives him the one thing he wasn’t designed for – the ability to love! Formats: 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Code. (Disney).

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

(1964 — France) The angelically beautiful Catherine Deneuve was launched to stardom by this dazzling musical heart-tugger from Jacques Demy. She plays an umbrella-shop owner’s delicate daughter, glowing with first love for a handsome garage mechanic, played by Nino Castelnuovo. When the boy is shipped off to fight in Algeria, the two lovers must grow up quickly. Exquisitely designed in a kaleidoscope of colors, and told entirely through lilting songs by the great composer Michel Legrand, “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg” is one of the most revered and unorthodox movie musicals of all time. Formats: 4K UHD + Blu-ray, with new 4K digital restoration, undertaken by Ciné-Tamaris and approved by Mathieu Demy, director Jacques Demy’s son, with 5.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack. One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features. Extras: Read more here. (The Criterion Collection).

May 13

The Andromeda Strain

(1971) Before he created “Westworld” and “Jurassic Park,” Michael Crichton first blurred the line between science fiction and science fact with his breakout success “The Andromeda Strain.” Two years after the novel’s publication, Robert Wise (“The Haunting”) directed the film adaptation, a nail-biting blend of clinically-realized docudrama and astonishing sci-fi visuals that ushered in a new subgenre: the “killer virus” biological thriller. A government satellite crashes outside a small town in New Mexico – and within minutes, every inhabitant of the town is dead, except for a crying baby and an elderly derelict. The satellite and the two survivors are sent to Wildfire, a top-secret underground laboratory equipped with a nuclear self-destruct mechanism to prevent the spread of infection in case of an outbreak. Realizing that the satellite brought back a lethal organism from another world, a team of government scientists race against the clock to understand the extraterrestrial virus – codenamed “Andromeda” – before it can wipe out all life on the planet. Aided by innovative visual effects by Douglas Trumbull (“2001: A Space Odyssey,” “Silent Running”) and an unforgettable avant-garde electronic music score by Gil Melle (“The Sentinel”), Wise’s suspense classic still haunts to this day, and is presented here in a stunning, exclusive new restoration from the original negative. Formats: 4K UHD. Extras: Read more here. (Arrow Video/MVD Entertainment).

May 20

How to Get Ahead in Advertising

(1989) Writer-director Bruce Robinson and star Richard E. Grant, the cracked comic geniuses behind the cult favorite “Withnail and I,” reteamed for this diabolically dark satire of runaway capitalism in Margaret Thatcher–era England. Grant gives a virtuosically crazed performance as an ambitious advertising exec whose latest assignment -— devising a campaign for a pimple cream —- has him on the edge of a nervous breakdown. When he sprouts an enormous boil on his shoulder -— one that not only talks but has evil ambitions of its own — a twisted battle of wills ensues. With fantastically fleshy body-horror effects and flourishes of gonzo surrealism, this tour de force of verbal jousting and physical comedy is a caustic Jekyll-and-Hyde tale for the greed-is-good 1980s. Formats: Blu-ray with 2K digital restoration, supervised by director of photography Peter Hannan, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack. Extras: Read more here. (The Criterion Collection).

Jason Goes to Hell

(1993) After dying, coming back, taking Manhattan and dying again, Jason Voorhees is now back as a body snatcher in “Jason Goes to Hell,” an impossibly fun slice of campy supernatural slasher action. Jason Voorhees is finally dead! Or is he? After being blown to smithereens in a sting operation, the infamous killer’s body is taken to the morgue in Youngstown, Ohio. But Jason can’t be killed so easily, and his still-beating heart possesses the body of the coroner performing his autopsy. The now body-hopping Jason begins hacking and slashing his way back to his stomping ground of Crystal Lake, where his last living relatives, Diana, her daughter Jessica and her newborn baby Stephanie still reside. Only by them can he be truly killed, and only through them can he be reborn, and Jason is determined to return to full power. Can the last remaining Voorheeses survive long enough to finally send Jason to hell for good? Featuring fan favorite Kane Hodder as Jason and spectacular special effects by industry legends Howard Berger, Robert Kurtzman and Greg Nicotero of KNB EFX Group, “Jason Goes to Hell” is a madcap entry in one of the most lasting and entertaining franchises of all time, Formats: 4K UHD. Extras: Read more here. (Arrow Video/MVD Entertainment).

Jason X

(2001) It is now time for Jason Voorhees to boldly go where no serial killer has gone before in “Jason X,” a spectacular sci-fi twist on the “Friday the 13th” franchise brought to life by legendary special effects supervisor Jim Isaac (“Gremlins,” “eXistenZ”). The year is 2455, humanity has left an overly polluted Earth for a new planet they’ve christened Earth II. A crew of scientists on an expedition to Earth I discover a research facility near Camp Crystal Lake where Jason Voorhees’ body has been cryogenically frozen. They decide to bring him back on their spaceship, but in so doing seal their doom. As they depart once again for the furthest stars, the masked maniac awakens, ready to kill again. With fan favorite Kane Hodder returning as Jason this time sporting a new space age look, and some of the most creative kills in all of slasherdom, “Jason X” is a rollicking blast from take-off to landing. Formats: 4K UHD. Extras: Read more here. (Arrow Video/MVD Entertainment).

May 23

Law Abiding Citizen

(2009) Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) is an upstanding family man whose wife and daughter are brutally murdered during a home invasion. When the killers are caught, Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx), a hotshot young Philadelphia prosecutor, is assigned to the case. Over his objections, Nick is forced by his boss to offer one of the suspects a light sentence in exchange for testifying against his accomplice. Fast forward ten years. The man who got away with murder is found dead and Shelton coolly admits his guilt. Then he issues a warning to Rice: Either fix the flawed justice system that failed his family, or key players in the trial will die. The hook: the murders are orchestrated by Shelton from behind bars. Vitals: Director: F. Gary Gray. Stars: Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx, Viola Davis, Bruce McGill, Leslie Bibb, Colm Meaney, Regina Hall, Michael Irby. CC, MPAA rating: R, 108 min., Thriller, Box office gross: $73.106 million, Lionsgate. Formats: 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Steelbook.

May 27

Killer of Sheep

(1977) A quiet revelation of American independent filmmaking, Charles Burnett’s lyrical debut feature unfolds as a mosaic of Black life in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, where Stan (Henry Gayle Sanders), a father worn down by his job in a slaughterhouse, and his wife (Kaycee Moore) seek moments of tenderness in the face of myriad disappointments. Equally attuned to the world of children and that of adults, Burnett —- acting as director, writer, producer, cinematographer, and editor —- finds poetry amid everyday struggles in indelible images that glow with compassionate beauty. Largely unseen for decades following its completion in 1977, “Killer of Sheep” is now recognized as a touchstone of the groundbreaking LA Rebellion movement, and a masterpiece that brought Black American lives to the screen with an aching intimacy like no film before. Formats: 4K UHD + Blu-ray, Blu-ray, with new 4K digital restoration, approved by director Charles Burnett, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack. In the 4K UHD edition: One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features. Extras: Read more here. (The Criterion Collection).

Scent of a Woman

(1992) Al Pacino, Chris O’Donnell, James Rebhorn, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Gabrielle Anwar, Bradley Whitford. Retired Army Lt. Col. Frank Slade is blind, cantankerous, and impossible to get along with. Charlie, a poor prep-school student hoping to earn some extra cash agrees to look after Frank over the Thanksgiving holiday. Though the two are mismatched, their relationship grows into a close friendship during a string of wild escapades on an unforgettable trip to the Big Apple … Hoo-ah! Formats: 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray. (Shout! Factory).

Starman

(1984) Director: John Carpenter. Starring: Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith, Richard Jaeckel, Robert Phalen, Tony Edwards. An alien’s ship crashes on Earth, and, to avoid detection, he transforms himself into a physical replica of the deceased husband of a young woman, whose house is the first he comes upon in the woods. He then must assuage her fears, learn how to adjust to his human form, and use her help to get to the Arizona crater where the mother ship awaits him. Things get complicated when the two fall in love and the alien is pursued by U.S. government agents attempting to capture him. Formats: 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Code. (Sony).

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June 3

Brazil

(1985) In the dystopian masterpiece “Brazil,” Jonathan Pryce plays a daydreaming everyman who finds himself caught in the soul-crushing gears of a nightmarish bureaucracy. This cautionary tale by Terry Gilliam, one of the great films of the 1980s, has come to be esteemed alongside antitotalitarian works by the likes of George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, and Kurt Vonnegut. And in terms of set design, cinematography, music, and effects, “Brazil” is a nonstop dazzler. Formats: 4K UHD + Blu-ray, with new 4K digital restoration of Terry Gilliam’s director’s cut, supervised and approved by Gilliam, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack. One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and two Blu-rays with the film and special features. Extras: Read more here. (The Criterion Collection).

June 10

Swordfish

(2001) The 90s saw an ever-growing number of action-thrillers based around computers and the Internet as more and more people connected to the information superhighway. Fresh from the success of “The Matrix,” legendary producer Joel Silver would ride the wave of this global phenomenon into the next millennium with this high concept hit. Former master hacker Stanley Jobson (Hugh Jackman) is on parole after getting caught infiltrating an FBI program. Even so much as glancing at a computer could send him straight back to prison, but Stanley’s new offline life is interrupted when he’s approached by the mysterious Gabriel Shear (John Travolta), who offers him $10 million for one last hacking job. Unable to resist the lure of the computer screen, Stanley accepts and finds himself caught in the middle of a complex web of intrigue involving several covert agencies and a nine billion-dollar government slush fund. Slick, stylish and action-packed, Swordfish is a nail-biting high-tech thriller from its explosive opening to its thrilling climax, with a great supporting cast including Halle Berry, Don Cheadle and Vinnie Jones. Formats: 4K UHD Extras: Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tommy Pocket; double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tommy Pocket; illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Priscilla Page and an article from American Cinematographer about the film’s opening sequence. Read more here. (Arrow Video/MVD Entertainment).

June 17

Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser

(1988) The closest a film camera ever got to enigmatic jazz visionary Thelonious Monk, this intimate portrait sheds light on the corners of a brilliant and complex life. Superbly crafted by Direct Cinema pioneer Charlotte Zwerin from a trove of precious 1960s archival footage, “Thelonious Monk Straight, No Chaser” captures the pianist and bebop innovator in rare, unguarded moments on- and offstage, revealing an eccentric and complicated personality. Made with the same freedom of spirit that defines Monk’s artistry, this essential slice of jazz history is a unique glimpse into the quixotic world of one of the twentieth century’s most revolutionary artists. Formats: Blu-ray with new 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack. Extras: Read more here. (The Criterion Collection).

Midnight

(1939) Screwball comedy doesn’t get any more effortlessly elegant and gleefully irreverent than this roulette wheel of romantic deception, gleaming with cunning wit and Continental élan. A couture-clad Claudette Colbert is divine as a penniless American showgirl who crashes Parisian high society by posing as a wealthy Hungarian baroness—but both a scheming nobleman (John Barrymore) and a smitten taxi driver (Don Ameche) are soon on to her game. Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett’s sophisticated script—a typically subversive blend of fairy-tale escapism and caustic social observation—and the pitch-perfect direction of master craftsman Mitchell Leisen yield a topsy-turvy Cinderella story with a cynical bite. Formats: Blu-ray with new 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack. Extras: Read more here. (The Criterion Collection).

June 24

Dark City

(1998) From Alex Proyas, visionary director of “The Crow,” comes this mind-bending science fiction thriller set in a shadowy world where the sun never rises and nothing is quite what it seems. John Murdoch (Rufus Sewell) wakes in a hotel bathtub with no memory of who he is or how he got there, but there’s a body on the floor with bloody spirals carved into the flesh and a voice on the phone that tells him to flee. Soon Murdoch is on the run, wanted by the police, a woman who claims to be his wife and a group of mysterious pale men who seem to control everyone and everything in the city… except him. With a cast that includes Kiefer Sutherland, William Hurt, Jennifer Connelly and Richard O’Brien, and a script by Proyas, Lem Dobbs (“Kafka”) and David S. Goyer (“Batman Begins”), “Dark City” is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma, filmed through a lens of film noir and German expressionism… an extraordinary feast for the cinematic senses. Brand new 4K restoration from the original 35mm camera negatives approved by director of photography Dariusz Wolski. Two-disc set with director’s cut and theatrical cut.Formats: 4K UHD, Blu-ray. Extras: (Arrow Video/MVD Entertainment). Read more here.

The Invisible Swordsman

(1970 — Japan) Mysterious sprites, eerie supernatural goings on and heroic sword-fighting action abound in this mystical tale of vengeance and adventure from the makers of the “Zatoichi”, “Daimajin” and “Yokai Monsters” films. In Edo-era Japan, Sanshiro diligently hones his sword-fighting technique at the kendo dojo, but no amount of practice can hide the fact that he is both clumsy and cowardly. When his samurai father falls prey to a gang of murderous phantom thieves while on night watch duties, Sanshiro is drawn to the banks of the Sanzu River that separates the worlds of the living and the dead. Here he encounters a strange being that introduces itself as a Shokera. The otherworldly apparition offers advice on how Sanshiro can avenge his father with the aid of a mysterious potion with the power to turn him invisible. But first Sanshiro must gather the ingredients, and his father’s killers might be closer to home than he thinks. Directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda and beautifully shot by Hiroshi Imai , “The Invisible Swordsman” boasts the sumptuous attention to its historical setting, costume design, fight choreography and period details that Daiei Kyoto were renowned for, all with an added dose of rip-roaring fantasy and adventure. Arrow Films is proud to release this unseen gem in a brand new high-definition transfer for the very first time for the home video market outside of Japan. Formats: Blu-ray. Extras: Brand new audio commentary from author and Asian culture expert Jonathan Clements; “The Invisible People,” a brand new interview with film critic Kim Newman on the history of invisibility in cinema; “Phantom Fighter,” a brand new interview with film critic and Japanese cinema expert Jasper Sharp; image gallery; reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Jolyon Yates; illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Zack Davisson. (Arrow Video/MVD Entertainment). Read more here.

Sorcerer

(1977) A hallucinatory journey into the heart of darkness, William Friedkin’s pulse-pounding reimagining of the suspense classic “The Wages of Fear” was dismissed upon its release, only to be recognized decades later as one of the boldest auteur statements of the New Hollywood. In a remote Latin American village, four desperate fugitives—a New Jersey gangster (Roy Scheider), a Mexican assassin (Francisco Rabal), an unscrupulous Parisian businessman (Bruno Cremer), and an Arab terrorist (Amidou)—take on a seemingly doomed mission: transporting two trucks full of highly explosive nitroglycerin through the treacherous jungle. Aided by Tangerine Dream’s otherworldly synth score, Friedkin turns each bump in the road into a tour de force of cold-sweat tension—conjuring a hauntingly nihilistic vision of a world ruled by chance and fate. Formats: 4K UHD + Blu-ray combo, Blu-ray, with new 4K digital restoration, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack approved by director William Friedkin. Alternate 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack. In the 4K UHD edition: One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and two Blu-rays with the film and special features. Extras: Read more here. (The Criterion Collection).

Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould

(1993) A rare film biography as boldly unconventional as its subject, writer-director François Girard’s visionary portrait of iconoclastic, world-renowned pianist Glenn Gould explodes the conventions of the form to illuminate the brilliant mind and innermost obsessions of a singular artist. Across thirty-two vignettes encompassing everything from dramatic sketches to documentary interviews to avant-garde animation, “Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould” pieces together the story of Gould’s trajectory from child prodigy to celebrated concert pianist who turned his back on public performance to pursue his all-consuming fascination with recording technology. Led by a tour-de-force performance by Colm Feore and underscored by Gould’s landmark recordings of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Girard’s film daringly deconstructs the enigma of genius. Formats: 4K UHD + Blu-ray combo, Blu-ray, with new 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director François Girard, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack. In the 4K UHD edition: One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features. Extras: Read more here. (The Criterion Collection).

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July 1

The Big Heat

(1953) Noir doesn’t get any more hard-boiled than this scorching tale of vice and retribution, a film that finds director Fritz Lang working at the peak of his Hollywood style — stripped to the bone, simmering with outrage, and fatalistic to the core. A tightly wound Glenn Ford stars as a homicide detective whose investigation into a sprawling crime syndicate becomes a shockingly personal, hate-fueled quest for revenge. Co-starring an iconic Gloria Grahame as the mink-coated gangster’s moll with her own axe to grind, and featuring a supporting cast led by a sensationally sleazy Lee Marvin, “The Big Heat” hits with raw, unstoppable force. Formats: 4K UHD + Blu-ray, Blu-ray, with new 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack. In the 4K UHD edition: 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).

July 8

Barry Lyndon

(1975) Stanley Kubrick bent the conventions of the historical drama to his own will in this dazzling vision of a pitiless aristocracy, adapted from a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray. In picaresque detail, “Barry Lyndon” chronicles the adventures of an incorrigible trickster (Ryan O’Neal) whose opportunism takes him from an Irish farm to the battlefields of the Seven Years’ War and the parlors of high society. For the most sumptuously crafted film of his career, Kubrick recreated the decadent surfaces and intricate social codes of the period, evoking the light and texture of eighteenth-century painting with the help of pioneering cinematographic techniques and lavish costume and production design, all of which earned Academy Awards. The result is a masterpiece — a sardonic, devastating portrait of a vanishing world whose opulence conceals the moral vacancy at its heart. Formats: 4K UHD + Blu-ray, with new 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; alternate 5.1 surround soundtrack, presented in DTS-HD Master Audio. One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and two Blu-rays with the film and special features. Extras: Read more here. (The Criterion Collection).

Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight

(1972 — Japan) Tetsuro Tamba, Goro Ibuki, Yuriko Hishimi, Tatsuo Endo. In this classic of 1970s Japanese cinema, the legendary actor Tetsuro Tanba stars as Shiro, a master swordsman known as “The Assassin”. Weary of the world of samurai honor and samurai killing, he attempts suicide in the middle of a huge swordfight by leaping into a fast flowing river. He is saved by the Bohachi clan, a gang of vicious pimps who have forsaken all honor and whose cynicism outruns even his own. But ultimately, he tires even of their nihilistic worldview, leading to a final showdown in the snow where he takes on a small army of brutal killers. Full of flying limbs, naked lady ninjas, drug-induced hallucinations, cackling villains and wild action set-pieces, “Bohachi Bushido” is one of director Teruo Ishii’s most deranged and impressive spectacles. The world HD disc debut of this incredible cult film in a brand new exclusive 4K restoration. Formats: Blu-ray. Extras: Interview with director Shinya Tsukamoto about working with “Bohachi Bushido” director Teruo Ishii; archive interview with actress Yuriko Hishimi; archive interview “What is Pinky Violence?”; audio commentary with Japanese film expert Tom Mes; archive audio commentary with Japanese film makers; theatrical trailer. (Mondo Macabro).

Clueless 30th Anniversary Edition

(1995) Director: Amy Heckerling. Starring: Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy, Paul Rudd, Donald Faison, Elisa Donovan. A US West Coast teen lifestyle parody centered around Cher, a popular high school girl who spends her days playing match-maker, helping her friends with fashion choices, and looking for a boyfriend. Formats: 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Code. (Paramount).

July 22

Carnal Knowledge

(1971) Amid the sexual revolution and social upheaval of the early 1970s, acclaimed director Mike Nichols delivered a zeitgeist-defining examination of American mores. Sharply written by Jules Feiffer, this acerbic drama flashes through more than 20 years in the lives of two college buddies (Jack Nicholson and Art Garfunkel) whose casual chauvinism is all fun and games — until it’s not. As the women who suffer and see through the friends’ insecure posturing, Candice Bergen, Ann-Margret, Rita Moreno, Carol Kane, and Cynthia O’Neal form an extraordinary ensemble that gives the film its soul. So controversial it became embroiled in an obscenity case that went all the way to the Supreme Court, “Carnal Knowledge” remains startling for its unnervingly frank look at postwar masculinity. Formats: 4K UHD + Blu-ray, Blu-ray, with new 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack. In the 4K UHD edition: 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).

The Tattooed Dragon

(1973 — Hong Kong) Written and directed by Lo Wei, the man behind the Bruce Lee’s international hits “The Big Boss” and “Fist of Fury,” “The Tattooed Dragon” was designed to bring martial arts superstar Jimmy Wang Yu (“The One-Armed Swordsman”) to a global audience still hungry for kung fu cinema in the aftermath of Lee’s death. Featuring Sylvia Chang (“Slaughter in San Francisco”) and James Tien (“Shaolin Boxer”) in a villainous role, it follows “The Big Boss” in pitting a legendary fighter against organized crime. Wang Yu stars as the eponymous Tattooed Dragon, a virtuous martial artist who makes a habit of defending the defenseless. After he is injured in a fight, he is taken in by a farmer and his sweetheart (Chang), and soon finds himself having to defend their local village when it becomes the target of a gangster (Tien) and his crew. Determined to lay their hands on the village’s rich resources, the gangsters install a casino and encourage the locals to gamble away everything they have. But the Tattooed Dragon has other ideas. Available for the first time on Blu-ray anywhere in the world from a new 2K restoration. Limited to 2000 copies. Extras: Read more here. (Eureka Classics).

You Can Count on Me

(2000) Celebrated playwright Kenneth Lonergan first brought his rich, humanist vision to the screen with this soulful look at the complexities of a sibling relationship whose roots are as knotted as they are deep. Years after Sammy (Laura Linney) and her younger brother, Terry (Mark Ruffalo), lost their parents in a car crash, small-town single mother Sammy is plunged into another crisis when the troubled, adrift Terry comes home for what turns out to be an extended stay—one that could either bring them closer together or tear them apart. With infinite grace and his peerless ear for dialogue, Lonergan offers something all too rare on-screen: beautifully flawed human beings whose journeys offer achingly relatable insight into what changes when you grow up—and what doesn’t. Formats: 4K UHD + Blu-ray, Blu-ray, with new 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Kenneth Lonergan, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack. In the 4K UHD edition: 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).

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