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NEW ON 4K/BLU-RAY/DVD IN JUNE: THE WEDDING BANQUET, EEPHUS, MIDNIGHT, AND MORE!
NEW RELEASE WALL
The Wedding Banquet (Decal Bleecker): It’s no straightforward feat to remake an Ang Lee film, however writer-director Andrew Ahn, working with the unique’s screenwriter James Schamus, has introduced the fabric into the twenty first century, crafting a queer movie that’s formed like a farce however winds up being shifting and true (and sure, additionally humorous). Ahn (Driveways, Fire Island) is one the good cinematic humanists of this era, and offers his ensemble of characters (performed by the dynamite combo of Lily Gladstone, Bowen Yang, Kelly Marie Tran, Han Gi-Chan, Joan Chen, and Youn Yuh-jung) the room they should get messy, break hearts, and discover grace. This marital comedy of errors is one in every of 2025’s greatest up to now.
Also out there:
The Annihilation of Fish (Milestone Cinematheque): An all-but-lost Charles Burnett film, starring James Earl Jones and Lynn Redgrave, acquired a second likelihood at life this 12 months with a nationwide theatrical launch and, now, its home-video debut.
A Different Man (A24): Sebastian Stan’s Oscar-nominated flip as an actor who modifications his look however retains his internal weaknesses is simply a part of what makes this drama so compelling.
Drop (Universal): Meghann Fahy will get sinister messages dropped into her cellphone on an already-awkward first date on this goofy however suspenseful thriller.
The Friend (Decal Bleecker): An huge, scene-stealing canine acts as a metaphor for Manhattanite Naomi Watts’ grief on this charming comedy-drama.
Limbo (Brainstorm): Simon Baker arrives in a small Australian city to research a chilly case concerning the 20-year-old murder of an indigenous woman on this acclaimed neo-noir.
A Minecraft Movie (WBD): One of the large surprises of the 12 months to this point is how they managed to show what may have been a blatant IP cash-grab into an enthralling and offbeat comedy.
The Monkey (Decal Neon): Osgood Perkins mines the Stephen King quick story for outrageous kills and ugly laughs.
Novocaine (Paramount): Jack Quaid performs a nerd who’s unable to really feel ache however who tries to be the hero after his girlfriend is kidnapped on this action-comedy.
Snow White (Disney): Not that one; the brand new one. You know the one.
NEW INDIE
Eephus (Music Box Films): Two baseball groups comprised largely of middle-aged males meet up for one final sport at a neighborhood ballpark that’s about to be demolished to make method for a college. The sport takes up your entire film, however this indie gem – just like the current Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point, which was shot by Eephus director Carson Lund – is a kind of “nothing happens” motion pictures the place there’s rather a lot occurring when you’re prepared to concentrate. It’s a poignant end-of-an-era film the place futures will likely be contemplated and the place all of the characters know deep down that summers simply received’t be the identical once more; every second is full of element and wit and empathetic commentary. Whether or not you’re keen on baseball, this one’s should viewing.
Also out there:
Cash Cow (Cartuna): A struggling actor awaits the debut of his nationally-televised industrial.
Dandelion (IFC): A romance leads a singer-songwriter nearer to discovering her personal voice.
Sour Party (Anchor Bay): Two girls at free ends drive round L.A. within the hopes of scraping collectively sufficient cash for a baby-shower present on this new comedy.
Trail of Vengeance (Shout Studios): This Western stars Rumer Willis as a widow decided to resolve her husband’s homicide, with the assistance of her late partner’s pal, the primary Black Pinkerton agent.
NEW INTERNATIONAL
Men of Deeds (Dekanolog): When corrupt officers cowl up the homicide of a neighborhood, it units a complacent small-town sheriff (in a village close to the Moldovan and Bulgarian borders) towards corrupt forces in pursuit of justice.
The President’s Wife (Cohen): Catherine Deneuve makes essentially the most out of a uncommon likelihood to play comedy on this fanciful movie about France’s former First Lady Bernadette Chirac.
Holy Cow (Zeitgeist): A teenage farmer enters a cheese-making competitors to offer for his little sister on this acclaimed French import.
NEW DOCUMENTARY
Beware of Mr. Baker (Kino Lorber): Manager Ginger Baker appears to be like again (from his fortified South African compound) on a wild life working with the likes of Eric Clapton and Fela Kuti.
The Blues Under the Skin (Kino Classics): This hybrid narrative-documentary from 1973 examines the roots of blues music, with testimony from consultants like B.B. King, Mance Lipscomb, and Sinners co-star Buddy Guy.
Concert from My Place: Wynonna (Mercury): Ms. Judd invitations you to her house to listen to her (and particular visitor Brandi Carlisle) play some nation classics.
The Devil at Your Heels (Canadian International): This beloved 1981 documentary tracks Canadian stunt driver Ken Carter and his try to craft the automotive soar to beat all automotive jumps.
Marcella (Greenwich): The tasty life story of cookbook creator and Italian-cuisine advocate Marcella Hazan.
NEW GRINDHOUSE
The House of the Devil (Dark Sky Selects): Ti West’s breakthrough characteristic – that includes a short look from Greta Gerwig – put the auteur on the map as a horror filmmaker who wasn’t afraid of a gradual burn, of quiet pressure, and even of occasional bursts of humor. And now The House of the Devil is out there in a brand new steelcase Blu-ray version bursting with brand-new extras alongside classic ones, together with two commentary tracks.
Also out there:
11 Rebels (Well Go USA Entertainment): The titular squad of criminals and samurai discover themselves betrayed by their superiors and compelled to combat for their very own survival.
Alien Terror (Raro): A spaceship lands bearing aliens who could make folks’s our bodies explode on this 1980 cult fave.
Automatons (Glass Eye): The sole survivor of 1 facet of a future conflict fights on with a little bit assist from her robotic pals.
DeepStar Six (KL Studio Classics): New 4K of the undersea thriller that raced to beat The Abyss to the large display screen.
Destroy All Neighbors (Shudder): Jonah Ray Rodrigues leads an all-star comedy ensemble on this gory farce in regards to the pursuit of artwork and the annoying folks subsequent door who get in the way in which.
Exact Revenge (Eureka): Double-feature disc that includes The Eunuch and The Deadly Knives, two Shaw Brothers classics making their world Blu-ray debut.
Final Cut (Umbrella): A rich entrepreneur performs lethal video games of cat-and-mouse on this 1980 cult fave.
I, Madman (Kino Cult): Bookstore clerk Jenny Wright can’t persuade anybody that the disfigured serial killer from Fifties pulp novels is actual and wreaking havoc in Eighties Los Angeles.
The Invisible Swordsman (Arrow): A younger fencer will get an edge over his opponents when a capsule turns him invisible on this 1970 motion saga.
The Killing Tide (VHSHitfest): Home-video debut for this nearly-lost-to-obscurity 1997 thriller a few corrupt sheriff and his homicidal agenda on the Fourth of July.
Longlegs (Decal Neon): New 4K launch of Osgood Perkins’ horror hit, starring Nicolas Cage and Alicia Witt.
The Magnificent 7 Deadly Sins (Kino Cult): This British anthology comedy, directed by Blake Edwards common Graham Stark, gives a septet of tales primarily based on the titular trespasses.
Rad (Mill Creek): Cultists for Hal Needham’s BMX-bike saga will wish to scoop up this Amazon-exclusive collector’s version.
Rock, Pretty Baby! (KL Studio Classics): Sal Mineo and John Saxon are would-be rock-and-rollers on this classic exploitation title, with a supporting solid that features Fay Wray, Shelley Fabares, and Rod McKuen. Music by Henry Mancini!
Sugar Hill (Kino Cult): A girl whose boyfriend was murdered by mobsters turns to a voodoo priestess to hunt revenge.
The Way of the Gun (Lionsgate Limited): Now that Christopher McQuarrie has established himself because the Mission: Impossible director of alternative, it’s a good time to return to his directorial debut with this particular collector’s version.
NEW CLASSIC
Midnight (The Criterion Collection): Often referred to as “the greatest year in Hollywood history,” 1939 abounded with so many cinematic gems bursting forth from the studios that it was inevitable a few of them would get misplaced by the wayside. That’s usually been the destiny of this dazzling screwball comedy from director Mitchell Leisen (working from a screenplay by Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett), however after years of being out there intermittently at greatest by way of streaming or on bodily media, this Criterion launch offers this pleasant movie the pedestal it deserves. Claudette Colbert is a down-on-her-luck showgirl who’s given the Cinderella remedy by rich John Barrymore, in order that Colbert can seduce away the youthful man with whom Barrymore’s spouse Mary Astor has grow to be smitten. Throw in Don Ameche as a lovestruck cab driver and Rex O’Malley as a telephone-obsessed gossip queen (plus appearances by Hedda Hopper and Monty Woolley) and you’ve got a divine confection.
Also out there:
Audie Murphy Collection V (KL Studio Classics): Three extra beloved Westerns from the legendary main man: Walk the Proud Land, Seven Ways from Sundown, and Bullet for a Badman.
Brazil (The Criterion Collection): New 4K version of the up to date basic from Terry Gilliam; Criterion’s distinctive package deal contains the legendary TV edit, the one which Universal needed to launch theatrically, with a commentary monitor that catalogs the cuts and exhibits how they undo a lot of what Gilliam was making an attempt to say.
Dark City (Arrow): 4K launch of the sci-fi fave options new essays, commentaries, and art work.
Edward II (Film Movement Classics): Director Derek Jarman was a seasoned vet by the early Nineties, however this attractive, indignant, visionary tackle Christopher Marlowe nonetheless made him a necessary participant within the New Queer Cinema.
Enter the Void (IFC): Gaspar Noé’s legendary 2009 freakout will get a Blu-ray launch that features a new audio commentary and video essay together with different illuminating extras.
Handsome Harry (Kino Lorber): Bette Gordon (Variety) directs this drama that includes an ensemble of indie-film who’s-
whos, together with Jamey Sheridan, Steve Buscemi, Karen Young, Titus Welliver, Campbell Scott, and Bill Sage.
Hong Kong 1941 (Eureka): Chow Yun-fat stars on this acclaimed drama about three Hong Kong residents dealing with life beneath the Japanese occupation; this Blu-ray debuts the brand new 4K restoration.
Jaws (Universal): If they shut the seashores, you may keep entertained this Fourth of July with a 50thanniversary 4K of the summer time film that invented summer time motion pictures, loaded with extras.
Kill the Moonlight (Factory 25): This ’90s comedy pays homage to ’70s drive-in motion pictures with its story of a would-be race-car driver whose life is undone by poisonous waste.
Kingdom of Heaven (twentieth Century): One of the prime examples of a “director’s cut” that far outshines the theatrical model is Ridley Scott’s Crusades saga, now out there in a steelbook 4K version.
Law and Order (KL Studio Classics): Not the gung-gung one; that is the 1932 Western starring Walter Huston as a lawman who units out to tame the imply streets of Tombstone, Arizona.
Lethal Weapon (WBD): The Rosetta Stone of buddy-cop motion pictures – and a Christmas film, in addition – will get a brand new 4K launch.
Made in New Jersey: Films from Fort Lee, America’s First Film Town (Milestone Cinematheque): Before the nascent film trade decamped to the hotter climes of Southern California, they began out on the east coast, and this new assortment captures a pre-turnpike Garden State.
Ma Mère (KimStim): Isabelle Huppert and Louis Garrel are far nearer than any mom and son must be in Christophe Honoré’s scandalous 2004 drama.
Mishima (The Criterion Collection): Paul Schrader’s appropriately lurid and luscious biopic of the Japanese creator makes its 4K debut.
MouseHunt (KL Studio Classics): 4K launch of the Nathan-Lane-and-Lee-Evans-versus-rodent comedy.
Murder by Decree (KL Studio Classics): Canadian auteur Bob Clark’s oeuvre ran the gamut from Black Christmas to She-Man: A Story of Fixation to A Christmas Story to Porky’s to this acclaimed Sherlock Holmes journey.
The Peacemaker (KL Studio Classics): Nicole Kidman and George Clooney tackle terrorists, now in 4K.
Promise Her Anything (KL Studio Classics): Warren Beatty woos Leslie Caron, and between him and a Burt Bacharach theme track, how can she resist?
Road Trip (KL Studio Classics): The Tom Green collegiate comedy makes it 4K debut.
Rustlers’ Rhapsody (KL Studio Classics): Tom Berenger dons the whitest cowboy hat ever on this Western spoof.
Sabrina (KL Studio Classics): The legendary love triangle of Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, and William Holden has three sides and, now, 4K.
Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers (AGFA): Holly Woodlawn stars on this outrageous 1972 musical, thought to have been misplaced however not too long ago restored and making its Blu-ray debut.
Sorcerer (The Criterion Collection): Initially a box-office disappointment, William Friedkin’s remake of The Wages of Fear has a rising cult of admirers, and their numbers will little question develop with the discharge of this Criterion version.
Swordfish (Arrow): The people at Mr. Skin are little question thrilled that this cyber-thriller (Hugh Jackman’s hacker sorts actual quick) is getting a 4K version.
The Tale of Oiwa’s Ghost (Radiance): Imagine A Place within the Sun as a samurai ghost story, and also you’ll get a really feel for this acclaimed supernatural thriller.
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (The Criterion Collection): Acclaimed doc in regards to the legendary jazz genius will get new life on Blu-ray.
Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (The Criterion Collection): One of the most effective movies ever made about one other artwork type – on this case, music and musicians and the way they understand the world and type their creations – will get a Criterion launch.
Two Political Thrillers from Henri Verneuil (KL Studio Classics): The French nail-biters I…for Icarusand Mille Milliards de Dollars share a Blu-ray.
The Wiz (The Criterion Collection): Sidney Lumet’s adaptation of the Broadway present that up to date The Wizard of Oz and set it in a New York City Black milieu has its champions and detractors, however this new Criterion launch confirms the film’s iconic standing.
NEW TV
Dan Da Dan: Season One (GKIDS): High schoolers discover the paranormal and the supernatural on this beloved anime sequence, and this Blu-ray launch comes loaded with extras.
Dexter: Original Sin – Season 1 (Paramount): This prequel sequence takes us contained in the making and molding of a serial killer.