November 18

	Reawakening: A couple faces old tensions when their daughter reappears 10 years after vanishing as a teenager. But is she really their daughter? (Digital sales, VOD only)
	Violent Ends: A Southern revenge thriller of star-crossed lovers set against the backdrop of the Ozark Mountains that chronicles the life of Lucas Frost, an honest man brought up in a crime family whose only legacy is violence. (Digital sales, VOD only)

November 19

Preparation for the Next Life: A Uyghur woman moves to New York City where she finds herself laboring in Chinatown’s underground kitchens. She fatefully encounters Skinner, a young American soldier who’s just returned from three tours in the Middle East. (Now on MGM+)

November 20

	After the Hunt: A college professor finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star pupil levels an accusation against one of her colleagues and a dark secret from her own past threatens to come to light. (Amazon Prime Video)
	The Roses: Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy and Theo: successful careers, great kids, an enviable sex life. But underneath the façade of the perfect family is a tinderbox of competition and resentments that’s ignited when Theo’s professional dreams come crashing down. (Now on Nulu)

November 21

	Anniversary: A provocative thriller about a very close-knit family that is torn apart as a new movement, “The Change,” envelops the country. (Digital sales, VOD only)
	The Conjuring: Last Rites: Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren take on one last terrifying case involving mysterious entities they must confront. (Now on HBO Max)
	Train Dreams: Robert Grainier is a day laborer employed as a logger helping to expand the railways across America. Forced to spend prolonged periods of time away from his wife, Gladys, and their young daughter, Grainier struggles to make sense of his place in a rapidly changing world. An adaptation of Denis Johnson’s novella. (Netflix)

November 22

Oh, Hi: Iris and Isaac’s first romantic weekend getaway as a couple goes awry. Convinced she’s met her perfect guy, Iris goes to increasingly ridiculous and irrational lengths to prove they’re meant to be together. (Now on Netflix)

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Abbas Kiarostami: Early Shorts and Features

(1970–1989) Long before he became one of the most renowned artists in world cinema, the great Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami began his cinematic career at Tehran’s Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (a.k.a. Kanoon), where he honed his distinctive style and themes. During his first decades as a filmmaker, Kiarostami moved freely among documentary, narrative, and even animation, and between joyous short films made for children and subtle works exploring the struggles of adolescents. Often using the classroom as a laboratory, he probed social and political tensions in Iranian society during the turbulent years before and after the 1979 revolution. Spanning his very first short, “Bread and Alley” (which the director called the “mother of all my films”); other underseen early revelations, like “Experience” and “The Traveler”; and nonfiction masterpieces such as “Homework,” the graceful, warm, and playful works collected here find moments of transcendent poetry within everyday life, and use deceptively simple premises to express universal truths about the human condition. Formats: Blu-ray. Extras: Read more here(The Criterion Collection).

A Better Tomorrow Trilogy

(1986, 1987, 1989) Seven-disc set, scanned in stunning 4K from the original camera negatives. A Better Tomorrow: A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break. Two friends, Ho (Ti Lung) and Mark (Chow Yun-Fat), are triads in a counterfeiting operation who end up doing ‘one more job’ and what do you know, this one more job gets messier than they had hoped. Directed by John Woo. A Better Tomorrow II: Restaurant owner Ken Gor, twin brother of Mark Gor, teams up with police detective Kit and his struggling ex-con brother Ho to avenge his old friend’s daughter’s death by a Triad gang. Directed by John Woo. Includes the workprint version of “A Better Tomorrow II,” recently unearthed during Shout’s restoration process. This rare cut features over 30 minutes of footage that has never been seen by the public, as it was removed prior to the film’s original release. A Better Tomorrow III: This prequel to the popular film franchise finds Chow Yun-Fat reprising his role as Mark Gor, who travels to war-torn Vietnam to get his uncle and just-out-of-jail cousin Cheung Chi-Mun to Hong Kong. Gor finds complications when he falls in love with a female gangster with a dangerous ex. Directed by Tsui Hark. Formats: 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo, VOD, Digital. (Shout Studios’ Hong Kong Cinema Classics). Extras: Read more here.

Él

(1953) Spanish surrealist master Luis Buñuel’s fiendish tale of love gone wrong is among the most perverse and unsettling films he made during his two decades of exile in Mexico. Folding his own neuroses into an adaptation of Mercedes Pinto’s autobiographical novel, Buñuel crafts an expressionistically stylized nightmare in which a young woman (Delia Garcés) discovers that the outward sophistication of her new husband (Arturo de Córdova) masks disturbing depths of jealousy and paranoia. A characteristically raw indictment of religious and social hypocrisy, Élstands as the director’s greatest excursion into melodrama, a vivid portrayal of society’s inability to restrain the irrational urges of the human id. Formats: 4K UHD + Blu-ray, Blu-ray, DVD. Extras: Read more here(The Criterion Collection).

Hell’s Angels

(1930) A high-flying feat of adventure filmmaking and a testament to the audacious, spare-no-expense vision of Howard Hughes, this landmark aviation epic remains exhilarating both for its daredevil aerial sequences and its nervy pre-Code punch. With the onset of World War I, two British brothers recruited into the Royal Flying Corps (Ben Lyon and James Hall) find their bond tested by their differing attitudes toward the war and their love for the same woman (Jean Harlow in her bombshell breakthrough). The product of a notoriously long and dangerous production that resulted in the deaths of multiple crew members, “Hell’s Angels” broke new technical ground, making use of early sound and color technologies, and capturing some of the most thrilling dogfight scenes ever filmed. Formats: 4K UHD + Blu-ray, Blu-ray. Extras: Read more here(The Criterion Collection).

House on Eden

(2025) Kris Collins, Celina Myers, Jason-Christopher Mayer. Paranormal investigators Kris, Celina, and their videographer Jay expect the usual scares when they set out on their latest case. But after being mysteriously rerouted to an abandoned house deep in the woods, they find themselves facing a force unlike anything they’ve encountered before. As the night spirals into chaos, missing crew members and eerie phenomena hint at an ancient, malevolent presence watching their every move. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. Extras: Commentary with Kris Collins, Celina Myers, and Jason-Christopher Mayer; bloopers; “The Making of House on Eden.” (RLJE Films).

Howards End

(1992) Director: James Ivory. Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter, James Wilby, Samuel West, Nicola Duffett. Rating: PG. Running time: 142inutes. One of Merchant Ivory’s undisputed masterpieces, this adaptation of E.M. Forster’s classic novel won three Academy Awards, including Emma Thompson for Best Actress. A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the film centers on liberal Margaret Schlegel (Emma Thompson), who along with her sister Helen (Helena Bonham Carter), becomes involved with two couples: wealthy, conservative industrialist Henry Wilcox (Anthony Hopkins) and his wife Ruth (Vanessa Redgrave), and the downwardly mobile working-class Leonard Bast (Samuel West) and his mistress Jackie (Nicola Duffett). The interwoven fates and misfortunes of these three families and the diverging trajectories of the two sisters’ lives are connected to the ownership of Howards End, the dying Ruth’s beloved country home. “Howards End” is a compelling, brilliantly acted study of one woman’s struggle to maintain her ideals and integrity in the face of Edwardian society’s conformist values. A gorgeous 4K restoration from the original negative, overseen and approved by director James Ivory and cinematographer Tony Pierce-Roberts. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, 4K UHD. (Cohen Film Collection).

The Ogre of Athens

(1956 — Greece) Despite his best efforts, shy and modest bank clerk Thomas (Dinos Iliopoulos) struggles to fit in with the pace of modern life. On New Year’s Eve, a comedy of errors ensues and Thomas is mistaken for “The Ogre,” a notorious criminal mastermind who rules the streets of Athens. Suddenly, men respect him and a woman is interested in him – it’s all he’s ever wanted. However, everything comes with a price and Thomas is soon out of his depth when his unwitting white lie unravels. Rich with physical comedy and sharp social commentary, this satirical crime drama from director Nikos Koundouros (“Young Aphrodites”) was a commercial disaster on release and is now considered to be a true classic of modern Greek cinema. Formats: Blu-ray. Extras: Interviews, limited edition booklet. (Radiance Films/MVD Entertainment).

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Red Planet

(2000) Val Kilmer and Carrie-Anne Moss headline this sci-fi adventure, an exciting glimpse into a future where humankind’s last hope for survival rests on escaping the bounds of Earth and colonizing the cosmos. In the not-so-distant future, the ecological crisis on Earth has taken a turn for the worse, and humanity’s only hope may lie in seeking refuge on neighbouring Mars. After years of unmanned missions to terraform the planet, a crew of astronauts aboard Mars-1 are finally sent to establish Earth’s first Martian colony. But a giant solar flare sends their landing module crash-landing on the planet, leaving the pioneers stranded in a harsh crimson wasteland. As the crew battle the elements and rising inner tensions, they soon discover that Mars’ newly formed atmosphere has had unexpected and terrifying consequences. With a stellar supporting cast including Tom Sizemore and Terence Stamp and cinematography by Peter Suschitzky (“The Empire Strikes Back”), “Red Planet” is an out-of-this-world spectacle presented here in stunning 4K Ultra HD. Formats: Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD. Extras: Read more here. (Arrow Video/MVD Entertainment).

Riefenstahl

(2025 — Germany) Director: Andres Veiel. Rating: NR. Running time: 115 minutes. Filmmaker and Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl is considered one of the most controversial women of the 20th century. Her films “Triumph of the Will” and “Olympia” are defined by their fascist aesthetics, perfectly-staged body worship, and the celebration of all that is “superior” and victorious, simultaneously projecting contempt for the imperfect and weak. But Riefenstahl – who first broke into the German film industry as an actress – spent decades after the war denying her association with Nazi ideology, and claiming ignorance of the Holocaust. How did she become the Reich’s preeminent filmmaker if she was just a hired hand? “Riefenstahl” examines this question using never-before-seen documents from Leni Riefenstahl’s estate, including private films, photos, recordings and letters, uncovering fragments of her biography and placing them in an extended historical context. During her long life after the fall of Nazism, she remained unapologetic, managing to control and shape her legacy; in personal documents, she mourns her “murdered ideals.” Meanwhile, her work would experience a renaissance, gaining esteem for its masterful technical skill. Today, Riefenstahl’s aesthetics are more present than ever. Is that also true for their message? In an era where fascism is on the rise again, fake news is prevalent, and the meaning of political imagery is constantly dissected and debated, Andres Veiel’s mesmerizing new film shows that Leni Riefenstahl is more relevant than ever. Formats: DVD, VOD, Digital. (Kino Lorber). Read more here

Secret Mall Apartment

(2025) Director: Jeremy Workman. Rating: NR. Running time: 91 minutes. In 2003, eight young Rhode Islanders created a secret apartment in a hidden space inside the Providence Place Mall and lived in it for four years, filming everything along the way. They snuck in furniture, tapped into the mall’s electricity, and even secretly constructed a brick wall with a locking door, smuggling in over 2 tons of cinderblock. Far more than just a wild prank, the secret apartment became a deeply meaningful place for all its inhabitants – a personal expression of defiance against local gentrification, a boundary-pushing work of public/private art, a clubhouse to coordinate their artistic charity, and finally, a 750 square foot space that sticks it to the man. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. (Music Box Films). Read more here

Wicked Games: Three Films By Robert Hossein

A prison break, femme fatales and a genre-defining western: Robert Hossein (“Rififi”) was, both behind and in front of the camera, one of French cinema’s great unsung stylists. Three of his finest genre exploits are collected here: In “The Wicked Go to Hell” (1955), two inmates (Henri Vidal and Serge Reggiani) join forces to stage a daring escape. In “Nude in a White Car” (Toi… le venin) (1958), a drifter (Robert Hossein, also director) is tempted into a night of passion by a pair of mystery blondes (Marina Vlady and Odile Versois). In “The Taste of Violence” (1961) a revolutionary kidnaps the daughter (Giovanna Ralli) of a dictator to negotiate a prisoner swap with his two lieutenants Chamaco (Mario Adorf) and Chico (Hans H. Neubert). This limited edition box set features 2K restorations by Gaumont for each film, presented on three discs. Formats: Blu-ray. Extras: Audio commentaries on each film; interviews; featurettes; limited edition booklet. (Radiance Films/MVD Entertainment).