Every week we dive into the cream of the crop when it comes to home releases, including Blu-ray and DVDs, as well as recommended deals of the week. If we were provided screener copies, we’ll have our own write-up, but if that’s not the case, one can find official descriptions from the distributors. Check out our rundown below and return every Tuesday for the best films one can take home. Note that if you’re looking to support the site, every purchase you make through the links below helps us and is greatly appreciated.
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
The most intimate film from Rainer Werner Fassbinder‘s massive catalog arrives in its greatest home-video presentation yet. What’s not to like? Although its preaching the virtue of acceptance and patience will resonate for as long as there are moving pictures, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul goes deeper than just about anything else you could call a “message movie,” its compassion only empowered by exacting formalism that milks as much as possible from every cut and frame. If now’s your first time experiencing it, be prepared — some 40 years later, this film still has the ability to shock. – Nick N.
Once Upon a Time in America (Sergio Leone)
The New York-set Sergio Leone classic is not only celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, but, fittingly, it’s now in its finest form yet: fully restored, with the help of Martin Scorsese no less, and featuring 22 minutes of additional footage never before seen in the United States. After stopping by New York Film Festival last weekend, it has now arriving on a must-own Blu-ray, also including commentary by Richard Schickel and a making-of documentary on the epic production. – Jordan R.
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Recommended Deals of the Week
(Note: new additions are in red)
The American (Blu-ray) – $6.00
Amelie (Blu-ray) – $6.94
Animal Kingdom (Blu-ray) – $7.08
The Big Lebowski (Blu-ray) – $8.99
The Cabin in the Woods (Blu-ray) – $7.88
Casino (Blu-ray) – $9.68
Drag Me To Hell (Blu-ray) – $8.49
Gangs of New York (Blu-ray) – $7.88
Goodfellas (Blu-ray) – $7.99
Gone Baby Gone (Blu-ray) – $6.00
Greenberg (Blu-ray) – $5.42
The Grey (Blu-ray) – $9.49
Hanna (Blu-ray) – $7.88
Heat (Blu-ray) – $8.48
High Plains Drifter (Blu-ray) – $9.96
Hot Fuzz (Blu-ray) – $7.50
Hugo (Blu-ray) – $9.16
Inglorious Basterds (Blu-ray) – $7.99
Jackie Brown (Blu-ray) – $5.00
Killing Them Softly (Blu-ray) – $9.91
Knocked Up (Blu-ray) – $8.83
Looper (Blu-ray) – $9.99
Lost In Translation (Blu-ray) – $9.63
MacGruber (Blu-ray) – $7.69
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (Blu-ray) – $8.43
No Country For Old Men (Blu-ray) – $4.50
Observe & Report (Blu-ray) – $6.74
Office Space (Blu-ray) – $9.99
One Hour Photo (Blu-ray) – $6.99
Pain & Gain (Blu-ray) – $9.00
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Blu-ray) – $7.99
Persepolis (Blu-ray) – $7.93
The Place Beyond the Pines (Blu-ray) – $7.99
Pineapple Express (Blu-ray) – $7.99
The Proposition (Blu-ray) – $9.60
Public Enemies (Blu-ray) – $9.49
Prisoners (Blu-ray) – $9.99
Reality Bites (Blu-ray) – $9.96
The Secret In Their Eyes (Blu-ray) – $7.99
Seven (Blu-ray) – $7.25
Shame (Blu-ray) – $7.99
Shutter Island (Blu-ray) – $7.99
A Single Man (Blu-ray) – $7.49
Snowpiercer (Blu-ray pre-order) – $14.96
The Spectacular Now (Blu-ray) – $12.74
Spring Breakers (Blu-ray) – $9.96
Source Code (Blu-ray) – $5.00
Take This Waltz (Blu-ray) – $9.99
There Will Be Blood (Blu-ray) – $8.98
Vanilla Sky (Blu-ray pre-order) – $8.64
Waltz With Bashir (Blu-ray) – $6.15
The Wolf of Wall Street (Blu-ray) – $13.23
The Wrestler (Blu-ray) – $7.86
Zero Dark Thirty (Blu-ray) – $11.49
What are you picking up this week?