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Noteworthy DVDs released 3/3/09
PICK OF THE WEEK
“I’ve Loved You So Long” (Sony): A deeply wounded, quietly stunning performance by Kristin Scott Thomas anchors this French film, which holds out secrets for the end but doesn’t do it just to tease.
OTHER TOP PICKS
“Ashes of Time Redux” (Sony): Wong Kar-Wai’s breakthrough film — early masterwork, or impenetrable tone poem in which mood trumps substance?
“Treasures From American Film Archive: Vol. 4 (Avant-Garde)” (Image): The series of box sets devoted to obscure short films turns to experiments in cinema by Joseph Cornell, Shirley Clarke, Jonas Mekas and many others. New music by John Zorn.
“The Hunchback of Notre Dame” (1982) (Sony): Who knew Anthony Hopkins once played everyone’s favorite spinally-challenged icon? Co-stars Derek Jacobi, John Gielgud and Lesley-Anne Down, that’s who.
FRESH FROM THE MULTIPLEX
“Australia” (Fox); “Beverly Hills Chihuahua” (Walt Disney); “Lake City” (Universal)
NEW ON BLU-RAY
“The Silence of the Lambs” (MGM); “Watchmen: The Complete Motion Comic” (Warner Bros.); “In the Electric Mist” (Image); “Brokeback Mountain” (Universal)
ARTHOUSE/FOREIGN
“Back To Normandy,” “Wonderful Town” (Kino); “Moses and Aaron” (New Yorker); “Weapons” (Lions Gate)
BEST OF TV
“7th Heaven” Season 8, “The Hills” Season 4, “Nash Bridges” Season 2, “The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.,” “Spongebob vs. The Big One” (Paramount); Six “Doctor Who” adventures, “Planet Earth” Vol. 3 & 4 (BBC); “East of Eden” (1981 Miniseries), “Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares” (Acorn Media); “ER” Season 10 (Warner Bros.); “My Two Dads” Season 1 (Shout! Factory); “The Tales of Beatrix Potter” (Lions Gate)
REISSUE/REPACKAGE
“Ace Ventura Jr.: Pet Detective” (Warner Bros.); “Air Bud” (Walt Disney); “The Scarlett Johansson Collection” (Lions Gate)
STRAIGHT(ISH) TO VIDEO
“Real Time” (Image); “Stiletto” (First Look); “The Village Barbershop” (Monterey)
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