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Noteworthy DVDs released 3/17/09
PICK OF THE WEEK
“Elegy” (Sony): Penélope Cruz won the Oscar this year for her movie with Woody Allen, but odds are good that voters were also thinking of her performance here, in a role (opposite the very fine Ben Kingsley) allowing her to draw herself in as much as she cut loose in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona.”
OTHER TOP PICKS
“Dodes’ka-Den” (Criterion): Akira Kurosawa’s first color film, from 1971, in an improved edition including documentary features on the director, cinematographer Takao Saito, and esteemed composer Toru Takemitsu.
“Murnau” (Box Set) (Kino): Though not nearly as showy as last fall’s huge set from Fox, this collection offers some of German auteur F.W. Murnau’s best known work (restored versions of “Faust” and “Nosferatu”) alongside material that hasn’t been available on disc before.
Eclipse Series 15: Travels with Hiroshi Shimizu (Criterion): The little-known Japanese filmmaker is represented by three films from the ’30s and one from 1941 in this no-frills box.
“The Cake Eaters” (Universal): In time for “Twilight“‘s DVD release and the upcoming “Adventureland,” this well reviewed but little seen Kristen Stewart film gets a video release.
NEW ON BLU-RAY
“The Princess Bride” (MGM); “Quo Vadis” (Warner Bros.); “The Robe” (Fox)
ARTHOUSE/FOREIGN
“Azur and Asmar” (Weinstein Co.); “Lost Souls” (1980) (Image); “Yella” (New Yorker)
FRESH FROM THE MULTIPLEX
“Punisher: War Zone” (Lions Gate)
BEST OF TV
“Barney Miller” Season 3, “Married…With Children” Season 10, “The Nanny” Season 3, “The Three Stooges” Collection #5 (1946-1948) (Sony); “Degrassi: The Next Generation” Season 7 (Echo Bridge); “J*A*G” Season 8 (Paramount)
KIDS’ STUFF
“Bob The Builder On Site: Skyscrapers” (Lions Gate); “The Velveteen Rabbit” (2007) (Anchor Bay)
DOCUMENTARIES
“The Beautiful Truth,” “Cafe Chavalos” (Cinema Libre); “Portrait of Petula Clark” (Infinity)
STRAIGHT(ISH) TO VIDEO
“My Zinc Bed” (HBO); “Walled In” (Anchor Bay)
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