Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story (Screen Classics), the women who’ve taken bruises for stars. Hostiles: Blu-ray/4K UHD, a rugged return home for legendary Cheyenne war chief.ĭamsel, Mia Wasikowska may be a damsel, but she’s hardly in distress.ĭances With Wolves, Steelbook Edition: Blu-ray, Costner’s extended epic looks gorgeous in Blu-ray. The Ballad of Lefty Brown, a traditional Western for revisionist times. Mohawk: Blu-ray, revenge never goes out of fashion in Old West. The Hired Hand: Blu-ray, Peter Fonda and Warren Oates’ great Western bromance. Lean on Pete: Blu-ray, boy rescues horse, horse rescues boy. The Rider: Blu-ray, injured rodeo star faces life-or-death dilemma.
Woman Walks Ahead: Blu-ray, finally a feminist, revisionist Western. Paramount: Yellowstone: Blu-ray, taking ‘Dallas’ to Big Sky country. The Wild Boys: Blu-ray, ‘Lord of the Flies’ reinvented for a different generation of kids.Īcorn: Picnic at Hanging Rock: Blu-ray, Aussie mini-series adds intrigue to mystery.Īcorn: Detectorists: Complete Collection: Box Set, off-beat British comedy finds motherlode.Įrnie Kovacs: The Centennial Edition, more from the man who shaped comedy on TV. Skate Kitchen: Blu-ray, coming of age on a skateboard built for one.īlindspotting: Blu-ray, Oakland gangstas confront gentrification.Įighth Grade: Blu-ray, 13-year-old finds solution to growing up on social media.Ģ001: A Space Odyssey: 4K UHD, Kubrick’s visionary film looks better than ever on UHD. Hereditary: Blu-ray/4K UHD, can Toni spring an Oscar surprise?Īnnihilation: Blu-ray/4K UHD, horror meets sci-fi in dystopian future. The ToyBox: Blu-ray, haunted RV turns on its new owners.Ī Quiet Place: Blu-ray/4K UHD, Krasinski and Blunt find a quiet place to die. The Cat O’ Nine Tails: Special Edition: Blu-ray, Malden and James Franciscus, Italian Style. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage: Special Edition: Blu-ray, Dario’s directorial debut. Suspiria: Special Edition: Blu-ray, the original, less-messy version of Argento’s masterpiece.ĭario Argento’s Opera: Blu-ray, never trust a psycho-fan.
The Suffering of Ninko: Blu-ray, a monk confronts his irresistible sexual appeal. In the Fade: Blu-ray, in wake of tragedy, a German woman seeks revenge.įirst Reformed: Blu-ray, Ethan Hawke’s performance makes him awards front-runner.Ī Prayer Before Dawn: Blu-ray, fighter faces heavy odds in Thai prison. Loveless: Blu-ray, feuding parents lose track of their son in Moscow.
Novitiate: Blu-ray, a girl struggles with issues of faith, the changing church and sexuality. The Insult: Blu-ray, an escalation of words into violence in Beirut. Whitney: Blu-ray, the only documentary on the singer’s life that matters. Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song: Blu-ray, the first blaxploitation gem.Ĭhavela, a great Mexican artist recalled in words and song. In Her Name, in France, justice delayed is (almost) justice denied. The Third Murder: Blu-ray, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s legal prelude to Shoplifters. You Were Never Really Here: Blu-ray, Lynne Ramsey’s assassin with a heart. Small Town Crime: Blu-ray, the smaller the town, the bigger the crime. Robin Williams: Comic Genius, 100-plus performances on 22 DVDs.Īmerican Animals: Blu-ray, a hare-brained scheme to steal Audubon’s “Birds of America.”Ħ8 Kill: Blu-ray, how many ways can a perfect plan go haywire?īad Day for the Cut: Blu-ray, a profoundly Irish tale of revenge. Sorry to Bother You: Blu-ray, telemarketers from hell and back.
The Big Lebowski: 20th Anniversary Limited Edition: 4K UHD, the Dude bowls us over, again. Once Upon a Time: Blu-ray Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings: Blu-ray and Along With the Gods: The Last 49 Days: Blu-ray, exotic blends of Chinese history, mythology and martial arts. The Monkey King 3: Blu-ray, the final installment in an ancient trilogy. The Incredibles 2: Blu-ray/4K UHD, a worthy sequel that only gets better in ultra-high definition.Ĭoco: Blu-ray/4K, the dancing dead look and sound great in any format. Mission:Impossible: Fallout: Blu-ray/4K UHD, Tom Cruise goes to extremes, again. I’ve tried to group the other top titles by genre.īlack Panther: Blu-ray/4K UHD, will Wakanda be represented at Oscars? Criterion’s other must-own collection is “ Dietrich & Von Sternberg in Hollywood, 1930-1935,” which focuses on Morocco, Dishonored, Shanghai Express, Blonde Venus, The Scarlet Empress, The Devil Is a Woman and other related topics. Last year’s list of best DVD/Blu-rays was headed by Criterion Collection’s “ 100 Years of Olympic Films.” The company topped itself in 2018 with the cineaste’s dream compilation “ Ingmar Bergman’s Cinema,” which spans six decades of the maestro’s work – 39 films – and includes 11 introductions, 6 commentaries, a pair of rarely seen documentary shorts, more than 5 hours of interviews with Bergman and many of his key collaborators, several featurettes and a lavishly illustrated 248-page retrospective book.