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Tampopo

Studio: Criterion

May 17, 2017 DVDs Web Exclusive

Tampopo is a movie with little to no cultural barrier.

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May 15, 2017 DVDs Web Exclusive

Jeanne Dielman is not the prototypical French art film lampooned so often in Western pop culture. It’s simple while exploring deep, complicated feelings far beneath the surface.

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I Am Not Your Negro

Studio: Magnolia Home Entertainment

May 12, 2017 DVDs Web Exclusive

I Am Not Your Negro manages to be as intellectually stimulating as it is emotionally impactful, which is a remarkable feat.

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Heat: Director’s Definitive Edition

Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

May 10, 2017 DVDs Web Exclusive

Heat is one of those movies about which one could accurately say, “The don’t make them like this anymore.”

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Things To Come

Studio: IFC Films

May 09, 2017 DVDs Web Exclusive

Mia Hansen-Løve’s fifth film shows one supposedly set person coming to terms with a series of unexpected changes.

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Broken Arrow

Studio: Kino Lorber Studio Classics

May 04, 2017 DVDs Web Exclusive

Broken Arrow was notable in its day for containing the most sympathetic and balanced depiction of Native Americans in a Hollywood film up to that point, standing in stark contrast to previous Westerns that portrayed them as savage barbarians or drunken comic relief.

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The Founder

Studio: Lionsgate

Apr 26, 2017 DVDs Web Exclusive

The Founder may be an unflattering portrait about the rise of a fast food mogul, but the film itself is a surprisingly well-made film that brilliantly tells what is in essence a rather dull story of entrepreneurial success.

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Woman of the Year

Studio: The Criterion Collection

Apr 24, 2017 DVDs Web Exclusive

Capitalizing on the success of her 1940 comeback The Philadelphia Story, Katharine Hepburn stars as another high-minded independent woman who is cut down to size by the love of a more traditionally-minded man.

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Dead or Alive Trilogy

Studio: Arrow Video

Apr 19, 2017 DVDs Web Exclusive

For the uninitiated, Takashi Miike is the king of bizarre curveballs when it comes to his brand of extreme cinema.

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