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. Check out our rundown below and return every Tuesday for the best (or most interesting) 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.
Bone Tomahawk (S. Craig Zahler)
Of all the cinematic genres, it is the western that has the most malleability and is somehow paradoxically seen as the most staid. When a person thinks of a western they think of men in hats riding horses in the sunlight and handling six-shooters, all things which seem, at their core, to make a story old-fashioned. But we’ve had period westerns, modern westerns, space westerns, and everything in-between, so it should be clear by now that the genre can be whatever you want it to be – even a horror film. Director S. Craig Zahler locates that truth and creates a stunning new experience with Bone Tomahawk. Perfectly paced, beautifully shot, and with an even tonal hand that gives dialogue and action scenes a sense of narrative consistency, Zahler explodes onto the scene with such assuredness that it is a surprise to find this is his first film. With so much certainty behind the camera on the first outing, where can the man go from here? Hopefully, wherever he wants. – Brian R.
Recommended Deals of the Week
Top Deal: A selection of Blu-rays on The Criterion Collection are under $20, including Rififi, Frances Ha, Dont Look Back, and many more.
Adaptation (Blu-ray) – $7.89
A Clockwork Orange (Blu-ray) – $9.65
A Most Violent Year (Blu-ray) – $10.00
A Separation (Blu-ray) – $8.05
A Serious Man (Blu-ray) – $7.59
The American (Blu-ray) – $8.47
Amelie (Blu-ray) – $8.99
Beginners (Blu-ray) – $7.00
Black Swan (Blu-ray) – $7.50
Breaking Bad: The Complete Series (Blu-ray) – $67.69
The Brothers Bloom (Blu-ray) – $8.21
The Cabin in the Woods (Blu-ray) – $7.88
Captain Phillips (Blu-ray) – $8.99
Casino (Blu-ray) – $9.49
Children of Men (Blu-ray) – $9.49
Dear White People (Blu-ray) – $9.99
Eastern Promises (Blu-ray) – $9.58
Enemy (Blu-ray) – $9.92
Ex Machina (Blu-ray) – $9.96
Gangs of New York (Blu-ray) – $7.50
Godzilla (Blu-ray) – $7.00
Gone Girl (Blu-ray) – $9.99
Goodfellas (Blu-ray) – $7.00
Goodnight Mommy (Blu-ray) – $12.99
Good Will Hunting (Blu-ray) – $7.50
Heat (Blu-ray) – $8.99
A History of Violence (Blu-ray) – $9.69
Inglorious Basterds (Blu-ray) – $9.42
Interstellar (Blu-ray) – $9.99
It Follows (Blu-ray) – $9.99
Jodorowsky’s Dune (Blu-ray) – $9.99
John Wick (Blu-ray) – $9.99
Kingdom of Heaven 10th Anniversary (Blu-ray) – $9.00
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Blu-ray) – $9.69
Kubrick: The Masterpiece Collection (Blu-ray) – $86.49
The Lady From Shanghai (Blu-ray) – $8.49
Laura (Blu-ray) – $9.72
Leviathan (Blu-ray) – $11.99
Looper (Blu-ray) – $9.93
Lost In Translation (Blu-ray) – $9.49
Magic Mike (Blu-ray) – $8.20
Magnolia (Blu-ray) – $9.69
Margaret (Blu-ray) – $9.49
Martha Marcy May Marlene (Blu-ray) – $5.99
Michael Clayton (Blu-ray) – $9.65
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Blu-ray) – $6.99
Mr. Turner (Blu-ray) – $11.99
Never Let Me Go (Blu-ray) – $8.68
No Country For Old Men (Blu-ray) – $4.96
Observe & Report (Blu-ray) – $7.49
Only Lovers Left Alive (Blu-ray) – $9.99
ParaNorman (Blu-ray) – $5.38
Pariah (Blu-ray) – $6.48
Persepolis (Blu-ray) – $6.49
Pulp Fiction (Blu-ray) – $5.00
Reality Bites (Blu-ray) – $9.63
Re-Animator (Blu-ray) – $8.23
Rio Bravo (Blu-ray) – $9.69
Road to Perdition (Blu-ray) – $8.99
Seven (Blu-ray) – $7.50
Seven Psychopaths (Blu-ray) – $8.62
Shaun the Sheep Movie (Blu-ray) – $14.99
Short Term 12 (Blu-ray) – $9.99
A Single Man (Blu-ray) – $6.14
Steven Spielberg Director’s Collection (Blu-ray) – $68.99
Synecdoche, NY (Blu-ray) – $6.25
There Will Be Blood (Blu-ray) – $9.04
The Tree of Life (Blu-ray) – $6.89
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Blu-ray) – $6.89
Trick ‘r Treat (Blu-ray) – $9.69
True Grit (Blu-ray) – $9.99
This is the End (Blu-ray) – $8.49
Volver (Blu-ray) – $5.98
We Own the Night (Blu-ray) – $6.89
Where the Wild Things Are (Blu-ray) – $7.99
Whiplash (Blu-ray) – $9.99
Wild Tales (Blu-ray) – $11.99
The Wire: The Complete Series (Blu-ray) – $79.99
The Wolf of Wall Street (Blu-ray) – $9.99
The Wrestler (Blu-ray) – $7.36
What are you picking up this week?