(2024) Remake of F. W. Murnau's 1922 film "Nosferatu," in turn inspired by Bram Stoker's 1897 "Dracula." Vitals: Director: Robert Eggers. Stars: Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Willem Dafoe.
CC, MPAA rating: R, 132 min., Horror, Theatrical release date: December 25, 2024, North American box office gross: $91.741 million, worldwide $158.06 million, Universal.Formats: DVD, Blu-ray + Digital Code, 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo + Digital Code, VOD, Digital. Extras: Extended cut; six-part documentary "Nosferatu: A Modern Masterpiece"; deleted scenes; feature commentary with writer-director Robert Eggers.
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The Order
(2024) In 1983, a series of increasingly violent bank robberies, counterfeiting operations and armored car heists frightened communities throughout the Pacific Northwest. As baffled law enforcement agents scrambled for answers, a lone FBI agent (Jude Law), stationed in the sleepy, picturesque town of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, came to believe the crimes were not the work of traditional, financially motivated criminals but a group of dangerous domestic terrorists, inspired by a radical, charismatic leader (Nicholas Hoult), plotting a devastating war against the federal government of the United States.
Vitals: Director: Justin Kurzel. Stars: Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Jurnee Smollett, Alison Oliver.
CC, MPAA rating: R, 116 min., Crime Drama, Theatrical release date: December 8, 2024, North American box office gross: $1.953 million, worldwide $2.102 million, Vertical Entertainment.Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital.Read more here.
Top Disc Releases Next Week
• The Cat (1988 -- Germany) • Daddy • Dinner With Leatherface • Project Silence (2023 -- South Korea)
The Brutalist:When visionary architect László Toth and his wife Erzsébet flee Europe to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern America, their lives are changed forever by a mysterious and wealthy client. (Digital sales, VOD only)
Companion:A weekend getaway with friends at a remote cabin turns into chaos after it's revealed that one of the guests is a robot companion. (Digital sales, VOD only)
Dog Man:Dog Man, half dog and half man, he is sworn to protect and serve as he doggedly pursues the feline supervillain Petey the Cat. (Digital sales, VOD; DVD & Blu-ray release: April 1)
Double Exposure: The past and present mysteriously collide as a struggling artist grapples with guilt over what happened to his first love. (Digital sales, VOD only; DVD release: Day & date)
Jade: After her brother’s untimely and accidental death at her own hands, Jade swore she’d never pick up another gun. But then she unknowingly comes between powerful businessman “Tork” and her former gang leader in their urgent search for a valuable hard drive that could single-handedly take down Interpol. (Digital sales, VOD; DVD, Blu-ray release: April 8)
The Last Showgirl:A seasoned showgirl (Pamela Anderson) must plan for her future when her show abruptly closes after a 30-year run. (Digital sales; VOD March 4)
Love Me:A postapocalyptic romance in which a buoy and a satellite meet online and fall in love long after the end of human civilization. (Digital sales, VOD only)
Mufasa: The Lion King:Mufasa, a cub lost and alone, meets a sympathetic lion named Taka, the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion an expansive journey of a group of misfits searching for their destiny. (Digital sales, VOD; DVD, Blu-ray release: April 1)
Panda Plan: After Jackie Chan adopts a panda from the zoo, an international crime ring plots to kidnap his furry friend, leaving Chan to team up with his agent and the panda’s caretaker to outsmart—and outkick—the bad guys at every turn. (Digital sales, VOD; DVD, Blu-ray release: Day & date)
The Room Next Door:Ingrid (Julianne Moore) and Martha (Tilda Swinton) were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation. Pedro Almodóvar's English-language full-length debut. (Digital sales, VOD)
The Seed of the Sacred Fig:Investigating judge Iman grapples with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran. When his gun vanishes, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing draconian measures that strain family ties as societal rules crumble. (Digital sales, VOD only)
Trinity:Oppenheimer's Manhattan Project culminated in the Trinity test: the detonation of the first nuclear bomb. In an instant, shrouded in secrecy, the world forever changed. Trinity explores the silences surrounding what was unleashed - in New Mexico, Navajo Nation, and Japan - and the long-term effects of the radiation fallout. (Digital sales, VOD; DVD release: Day & date)
Valiant One:With tensions between North and South Korea, a US helicopter crashes on the North Korean side. Now the survivors must work together to protect a civilian tech specialist and find their way out without the help of US military support. (Digital sales, VOD only)
Without Arrows:Delwin Fiddler Jr., a champion grass dancer from the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, left his reservation as a young man and built a new life in Philadelphia. A decade later he abandons it all and returns home to fulfill his mother’s ambition and carry on the legacy of their thiyóšpaye (extended family). (Digital sales, VOD; DVD release: Day & date)
The World According to Allee Willis:Songwriter/artist Allee Willis began filming her life as a kid in 1950s Detroit and never stopped. She pursued creative expression at all costs while struggling to fit established gender and sexual norms - until she found a path to love.(Digital sales, VOD only)
February 21
Lifeline:A late-night suicide hotline operator receives a disturbing call from someone claiming to be him, knowing personal details only he would know. The caller threatens to end his life within the hour, forcing the operator into a tense, emotional race against time. (Digital sales, VOD only)
(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).
Double Exposure
(2024) Alexander Calvert, Caylee Cowan, Kahyun Kim. Supernatural thriller about a bride competing with a beautiful influencer who comes back from the dead to steal her husband. Formats: DVD, VOD, Digital. (Freestyle Digital Media). Read more here
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, withnew 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).
Last Summer
(2023 -- France) After a decade-long absence, Catherine Breillat triumphantly returns with an exploration of the themes that have made her one of cinema’s most rousing and controversial directors: the ecstasies and wounds of sexuality, and its power to unsettle. A remarkably inscrutable Léa Drucker plays Anne -- an attorney advocating for abused minors -- who enjoys an enviable lifestyle with her husband, Pierre (Olivier Rabourdin), a milquetoast businessman and ineffectual father to Théo (newcomer Samuel Kircher), his troubled teenage son from a previous marriage. Compelled by her stepson’s Apollonian beauty, Anne embarks on an affair that threatens the stability of her household, along with her professional integrity, as she faces a choice between accountability and deception. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray. Extras: "Meet the Filmmakers" a new interview with director Catherine Breillat; trailer. (Janus Contemporaries).
Legend of the Eight Samurai
(1983 -- Japan) Japanese boxoffice sensation directed by the revered Kinji Fukasaku ("Battle Royale"), "Legend of the Eight Samurai" brings together an impressive ensemble cast, including Hiroko Yakushimaru, Hiroyuki Sanada, Sonny Chiba and Etsuko Shihomi in a sweeping epic that blends fantasy with historical drama. The Satomi Clan have been all-but wiped out by their mortal enemies, the ghoulish members of the undead Hikita Clan. The last Satomi survivor is Princess Shizu (Yakushimaru), who goes into hiding to avoid meeting the same fate as her family. Left to wander on her own, she eventually becomes entangled with farmer-turned-soldier Shinbei (Sanada) and then a pair of warrior monks who reveal themselves to be two of eight fabled Hakkenden - or "Dog Warriors" - who can lift the curse that has been placed upon her family. Together, they must find the rest of the Hakkenden and take on the leader of the Hikita Clan: the evil Tamazusa (Mari Natsuki). Following "Message from Space," which transported the story to a science fiction setting, "Legend of the Eight Samurai" is Fukasaku's second loose adaptation of Toshio Kamata's Shin Satomi Hakkenden, itself an adaptation of Kyokutei Bakin's earlier epic novel "Nanso Satomi Hakkenden." The Masters of Cinema series is proud to present the film on Blu-ray for the first time in North America from a new 4K restoration. Formats: Blu-ray. Extras: New audio commentary by Japanese cinema expert Joe Hickinbotto; new interview with Kinji Fukasaku's son, filmmaker Kenta Fukasaku; new video essay by film historian and critic Stuart Galbraith IV; theatrical trailer; collector’s booklet featuring a new essay by Tom Mes, co-founder of Midnight Eye. (Eureka Entertainment/MVD Entertainment).
Nosferatu
(2024) Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Willem Dafoe. A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray + Digital Code,4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo + Digital Code, VOD, Digital. Extras: Extended cut; six-part documentary "Nosferatu: A Modern Masterpiece"; deleted scenes; feature commentary with writer-director Robert Eggers. (Universal). Read more here.
100 Yards
(2024 -- China) Jacky Heung, Andy On, Bea Hayden Kuo, Tang Shiyi, Li Yuan. In volatile 1920s Tianjin, a mere decade after China’s last imperial dynasty was overthrown, a clandestine martial arts circle arose to deter crime and maintain peace between rival martial arts schools. But after a renowned master dies and names his apprentice -- rather than his son -- as his successor, he unwittingly kicks off a fierce power struggle that will bring the entire city to the brink of chaos. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. (Well Go USA).
The Order
(2024) Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Jurnee Smollett, Alison Oliver. A series of bank robberies and car heists frightened communities in the Pacific Northwest. A lone FBI agent believes that the crimes were not the work of financially motivated criminals, but rather a group of dangerous domestic terrorists.
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. (Vertical Entertainment). Read more here.
Panda Plan
(2024 -- China) Jackie Chan, Wei Xiang, Shi Ce, Han Yambo. Soon after legendary kung fu star Jackie Chan is invited to adopt a beloved zoo panda named Hu Hu, a notorious international crime syndicate sets its sights on the bear and offers a massive bounty for his capture. Faced with this sudden crisis, Jackie enlists the help of his agent and Hu Hu’s fiercely dedicated caretaker, leading the trio on an outrageous and unforgettable adventure as they seek to outsmart -- and outkick -- the bad guys at every turn. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. (Well Go USA). Read more here
Trinity
(2024) On the morning of July 16, 1945, in the desert of New Mexico, the Manhattan Project culminated in the Trinity test, the detonation of the first nuclear bomb. In an instant shrouded in secrecy, the world was forever changed. What followed – the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, thousands of nuclear tests, and a Cold War arms race – further clarified the new danger. Mankind now had the power to destroy all life on Earth. "Trinity" is a philosophical movie about the birth of the nuclear age and the silences that surround it. Filmed over six days, it captures mysterious sights from the atomic Southwest: a dark obelisk marking ground zero; an owl-themed bar haunted by ghosts of nuclear scientists; Trinitite for sale at a local rock shop. Through first-person accounts from downwinders, uranium miners, and witnesses to the Trinity blast, it highlights what has been left out by official histories – about New Mexico, Navajo Nation, and Japan. Weaving together interviews with archival footage, camcorder recordings, and haunting music, the film juxtaposes government narratives about the nuclear age with the lived reality of citizens, leaving viewers to meditate on the ironies that emerge. Formats: DVD, VOD, Digital. (First Run Features). Read more here
A Weekend in Taipei
(2024) Luke Evans, Sung Kang, Gwei Lun-mei, Wyatt Yang. Years ago, committed DEA agent John Lawlor fell in love with Joey Kwang, a Taipei-based transport driver working in the criminal underworld, but was forced to flee due to tragic circumstances. Now, the duo reunites when Lawlor blows his cover as a chef and takes an off-the-books weekend mission to Taipei to bring down a billionaire drug kingpin… who just so happens to be Joey’s new husband. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. (Ketchup Entertainment). Read more here
Without Arrows
(2025) The poignant feature documentary chronicles three generations of a Lakota family as Delwin Fiddler Jr., an acclaimed grass dancer, returns to his ancestral home on the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Reservation in South Dakota. After 11 years of living in Philadelphia, he leaves his big city life behind, aiming to reconnect with his mother and father and learn more about their family history. A portrait of the Fiddlers, "Without Arrows" begins as Delwin works to rebuild his life and sense of identity while navigating within his family and within the larger culture of the reservation. Delwin experiences struggles and frustrations as he attempts to rekindle an interest in traditional Lakota lifeways while healing from the trauma that caused him to leave home in the first place. Through tenderness and tragedy Without Arrows celebrates the emotional arcs and hidden longings of the Fiddler family as they strive to carry on the legacy of their ancestors to the next generation. Formats: DVD, VOD, Digital. (First Run Features). Read more here
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