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Reviews of Videos and DVDs, feature films, documentaries, television shows & more from Library Journal.
Astral City: A Spiritual Journey. color. 102+ min. In Portuguese w/English subtitles. Wagner de Assis, dist. by Strand Releasing. Dec. 2011. DVD UPC 712267310623. $24.99. DRAMA/PARANORMAL A doctor reawakens?posthumously. Design for Living. 2 discs. b/w. More...
FICTION C.S. Forester?s Horatio Hornblower: The Further Adventures. 2 discs. color. 200+ min. Andrew Grieve, Meridian Broadcasting, dist. by A&E Television Networks c/o New Video, 800-314-8822; www.newvideo.com. 2011. DVD ISBN 9781422942352. $14.95. F This two-DVD set More...
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff. color & b/w. 90+ min. Strand Releasing. 2010. DVD UPC 71226730142-3. $24.99; Blu-ray UPC 712267301430. $34.99. Lauded British cinematographer Cardiff (1914?2009) built his reputation with an innovative More...
FICTION Agatha Christie?s Poirot: The Movie Collection; Set 6. 3 discs. color. 267 min. Ashley Pearce & Charles Palmer, ITV Studios & WGBH-Boston, dist. by Acorn Media, 888-870-8047; www.acornonline.com. 2011. DVD ISBN 9781598285789. $49.99; Blu-ray ISBN More...
Entertainment in November will release Farscape: The Complete Series Blu-ray. The 20-disc boxed set includes all four complete seasons (88 episodes), plus 15 hours of bonus programming, all of which has been optimized from the More...
FICTION Agatha Christie Marple: The Pale Horse. color. 89+ min Andy Hay, ITV Studios and WGBH-Boston, dist. by Acorn Media, 888-870-8047; www.acornmedia.com. 2011. DVD ISBN 9781598286663. $29.99. SDH subtitles. MYS This PBS Masterpiece Mystery version More...
The Family Tree. color. 90+ min. Vivi Friedman, dist. by Entertainment One. Nov. 2011. DVD ISBN 9781417235391. $24.98; Blu-ray ISBN 9781417236039. $29.98. COMEDY Amnesia frees an oddball clan. It?s a Wonderful Life: Gift Set. 2 More...
Black Moon. 100+ min. 1975. DVD ISBN 9781604654417. $29.95; Blu-ray ISBN 9781604654400. $39.95. [See Trailers, LJ 5/1/11] Zazie dans le métro. 93+ min. 1960. DVD ISBN 9781604654394. $29.95; Blu-ray ISBN 9781604654387. $39.95. ea. vol: More...
In this Article Gender Blenders FICTION Bordertown: The Complete Series. 3 discs. color. 9 hrs. Ken Cameron & Ian Gilmour, dist. by BFS Entertainment, www.bfsent.com. 2011. DVD UPC 066805309823. $34.98. F This Australian Broadcasting Corp. production More...
Lucky 13: Devotees of the bloody adventures of Jason Voorhees?the hockey mask?wearing, machete-wielding, indestructible psychopath who has been hacking up teenagers since 1980?will be ravenous for Friday the 13th: The Ultimate Collection, coming in October More...
In this Article Day of Remembrance FICTION The Agatha Christie Hour: Set 2. 2 discs. color. 260 min. John Frankau & others, Thames Television, dist. by Acorn Media, 888-870-8047; www.acornonline.com. 2011. DVD ISBN 9781598285246. $39.99. SDH More...
Middle-earth mania: Warner Home Video has released on Blu-ray The Lord of the Rings the Motion Picture Trilogy: Extended Edition, a 15-disc set. Along with longer versions of the individual films comprising the trilogy, the More...
The Arbor. color. 95 min. Clio Barnard, dist. by Strand Releasing. Sept. 2011. DVD UPC 712267301928. $24.99. BIOPIC The tragic life/death of UK playwright Andrea Dunbar. Cell 211. color. 113+ min. In Spanish w/English subtitles. More...
Reference publisher Facts On File has bolstered its Modern World History Online database, which covers world history from the mid-15th century to the present day, with a range of primary source video content, including a More...
Diabolique. b/w. 116+ min. In French w/English subtitles. Criterion Collection. 1954. DVD ISBN 9781604654158. $29.95; Blu-ray ISBN 9781604654141. $39.95. Cheated on by her abusive husband (Paul Meurisse), the frail-hearted owner of a French boarding school More...
FICTION Fly Away: When Love Means Letting Go. color. 80+ min. Janet Grillo, Cricket Films, dist. by Flatiron Films c/o New Video, 800-314-8822; www.newvideo.com. 2011. DVD ISBN 9781422921173. $24.95. F The life of single mother More...
The Battle of Algiers. b/w. 121+ min. In French & Arabic w/English subtitles. Gillo Pontecorvo, dist. by Criterion Collection. Aug. 2011. Blu-ray ISBN 9781604654608. $49.95. HIST Independence on the line. Bittersweet. color. 97+ min. In More...
Carancho. color. 107 min. In Spanish w/English subtitles. Strand Releasing. 2010. UPC 712267301225. $27.99. An ambulance-chasing personal-injury lawyer (Ricardo Darin, The Secret in Their Eyes), who is in over his head scamming victims out of More...
FICTION Lorna Doone. color. 87+ min. Andrew Grieve, Thames Television, dist. by Acorn Media, 888-870-8047; acornonline.com. 2011. DVD ISBN 9781598285314. $29.99. SDH subtitles. F R.D. Blackmore?s (1825?1900) lengthy 1869 novel of 17th-century England has inspired many More...
Army of Crime. color. 138+ min. In French & German w/English subtitles. Lorber Films, dist. by Kino Intl. 2009. DVD UPC 738329072025. $29.95; Blu-ray UPC 738329073121. $34.95. A splinter group of the French Resistance comprising More...
Beauty and the Beast. b/w. 93+ min. In French w/English subtitles. Jean Cocteau, dist. by Criterion Collection. Jul. 2011. Blu-ray ISBN 9781604654295. $39.95. CLASSIC The fairy tale that began it all, with Jean Marais and More...
FICTION How I Married My High School Crush. David Winkler, Blueprint Entertainment/Stephen Onda Prod. DVD ISBN 9781422986240. I Do (but I Don?t). Kelly Makin, Frank & Bob Films and Hallmark Entertainment. DVD ISBN 9781422986219. ea. More...
ARTS & HUMANITIES Good Cat in Screenland. color & b/w. 75+ min. Richard Cohen, Richard Cohen Films, www.richardcohenfilms.com. 2010. DVD $49; acad. libs. $119. Public performance. FILM HIST The takeover of Los Angeles?s historic Culver Hotel More...
Columbia University?s C.V. Starr East Asia Library recently received from Beauty Media Inc. a donation of over 6000 Chinese DVD titles, making it among the world?s largest East Asian film collections. The contribution?which spans feature More...
Letters to Father Jacob. color. 75 min. In Finnish w/English subtitles. Olive Films. 2010. DVD UPC 887090027106. $29.95. Released from prison after serving 12 years of a life sentence for murder, stern Leila (Kaarina Hazard) More...
FICTION Blue Murder: Complete Collection. 9 discs in 4-vol. boxed set. color. 19½+ hrs. ITV Global, dist. by Acorn Media, 888-870-8047; www.acornonline.com. 2011. DVD ISBN 9781598285307. $99.99. Closed-captioned. F In this atmospheric cop show from More...
Anton Chekhov?s The Duel. color. 95+ min. Dover Kosashvili, dist. by Music Box Films. Jun. 2011. DVD UPC 736211211859. $29.95; Blu-ray UPC 736211212054. $38.94. DRAMA Two men, one woman, 20 paces. Black Moon. color. 100+ More...
video FICTION Fresh Fields. Set 1. 2 discs., 294 min. Peter Frazer-Jones, Thames Television, dist. by Acorn Media, 888-870-8047; www.acornonline.com. 2011. DVD ISBN 9781598285253. $49.99. SDH subtitles. F This sweet British comedy series follows the More...
The Basil Dearden Collection. (Eclipse Series). 4 discs. b/w. 399+ min. Criterion Collection, dist. by Image Entertainment. 1959?62. DVD ISBN 9781604653762. $59.95. British director Basil Dearden (1911?71) tackled meaty social issues in several early 1960s More...
FICTION The Guilty. 2 discs. color. 201 min. Colin Gregg, ITV Studios, by Acorn Media, 888-870-8047; www.acornmedia.com. 2011. DVD ISBN 9781598285260. $39.99. F/MYSTERY An attractive young woman goes to work for a prominent barrister. After More...
Fat Girl. color. 86+ min. In French w/English subtitles. Catherine Breillat, dist. by Criterion Collection. May 2011. Blu-ray ISBN 9781604654189. $39.95. DRAMA Adolescent sisters find secrets and sexual awakening in this festival winner. Forget Me More...
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet?s Nest. color. 148+ min. In Swedish w/English subtitles. Music Box Films. 2009. DVD UPC 705105743653. $29.95; Blu-ray UPC 705105743554. $34.95. Rated: R. Having improbably survived her grievous wounds in More...
Coming to DVD on March 29 from Acorn Media Group: a 40th-anniversary edition of Upstairs, Downstairs, the most popular and successful British drama series in television history. The 21-disc set will collect all 68 episodes More...
FICTION Dirty Tricks. color. 146+ min. Paul Seed, Little Bird Prod., dist. by Acorn Media, www.acornonline.com. 2010. DVD ISBN 9781598285215. $29.99. SDH subtitles. F This two-part miniseries based on the late Michael Dibdin?s 1991 novel More...
video FICTION Alex Cox?s Straight to Hell Returns. color. 91+ min. Alex Cox, Initial Pictures & Helltown Film, dist. by Microcinema, 415-447-9750; www.microcinema.com. 2010. DVD UPC 880198117694. $24.95. Rated: R. F/MUSIC Famed British filmmaker Cox?s More...
Ayn Rand: In Her Own Words; The Definitive Story of the World-Renowned Author. color & b/w. 72+ min. John Little & Robert Anderson, dist. by Eone Entertainment. Apr. 2011. DVD ISBN 9781417234493. $29.98. LIT Bound More...
FICTION Lytton?s Diary: Complete Collection. 4 discs. color. 597 min. Herbert Wise & others, Thames Television, dist. by Acorn Media, 888-870-8047; www.acornonline.com. 2010. DVD ISBN 9781598284256. $59.99. F Neville Lytton (Peter Bowles) leads a team More...
Top Foreign & Indie Picks
In late 2010, Walt Disney Studios released Tim Burton?s Alice in Wonderland on the new Blu-ray 3-D platform as part of a $49.99 multiformat combo pack (Blu-ray 3-D + Blu-ray + DVD + digital copy). More...
video Fiction Nativity! color. 105 min. Debbie Isitt, Limelight & Mirrorball Films, c/o Freestyle Digital Media, dist. by Amazon.com. 2010. DVD UPC 850153003003. $14.98. Rated: PG. F Elementary-school teacher Paul Maddens (Martin Freeman) reluctantly accepts More...
Anything Goes. b/w. 60+ min. Archive of American Television, dist. by Eone Entertainment. Apr. 2011. DVD ISBN 9781417233090. $28.98. SDH subtitles. MUSIC/TV The Colgate Comedy Hour?s 1954 production of the Cole Porter gem, with Frank More...
FICTION Criminal Justice 2. 2 discs. color. 5 hrs. Yann Demange & Marc Jobst, Portman Film & Television, BBC Prods., dist. by BFS Entertainment, www.bfsent.com. 2010. DVD UPC 066805310188. $39.98. F/TV Spousal abuse comes in More...
Feed the Fish. color. 92+ min. Michael Matzdorff, dist. by Strand Releasing. Feb. 2011. DVD UPC 712267302024. $24.99. COMEDY Tony Shaloub as a children?s author in search of inspiration. Fish Tank. color. 122+ min. Andrea More...
Antichrist. 2 discs. color & b/w. 108+ min. Criterion Collection, dist. by Image Entertainment. 2009. DVD ISBN 9781604653366. $29.95; 1-disc Blu-ray ISBN 9781604653359. $39.95. While a blissful couple (Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg) make love, their More...
LJ?s film reviewer/Fast Scans columnist, Jeff T. Dick, picks his top ten from among the past year?s most critically heralded home-video releases of documentaries and foreign, indie, and classic films. For the list, with trailers, More...
FICTION American Streetballers. color. 118+ min. Matthew Scott Krentz, MSK Prods. & Counterbound Prods., dist. by Monarch Home Video, 615-287-4632; www.monarchvideo.com; www.streetballersthemovie.com. 2010. DVD UPC 723952078445. $24.95. Rated: R. F John, a white point guard, More...
The winner of the Association of Moving Image Archivists? (AMIA) first short film competition, commemorating AMIA?s 20th anniversary and launched concurrent to World Day for Audio Visual Heritage (Oct. 27), is Brian Rose?s His First More...
Top-ten favorites from the most critically heralded home-video releases of documentaries and foreign, indie, and classic films on DVD and Blu-ray disc.
The current landscape of film formats and delivery suggests that libraries lending DVDs are in a very good place?for now, at least.
Arn: The Knight Templar. color. 133+ min. In English, Swedish, Arabic, & French w/English subtitles. Entertainment One. 2007. DVD ISBN 9781417233366; Blu-ray ISBN 9781417234233. $24.98. Rated: R. Based on a trilogy by popular Swedish author More...
video FICTION Rich Man, Poor Man: The Complete Collection. 9 discs. color. 27+ hrs. Boris Sagal & others in assoc. with Harve Bennett Prods., dist. by A&E Home Entertainment c/o New Video, 800-314-8822; www.newvideo.com. 2010. More...
video FICTION My Necklace, Myself. color. 41+ min. Bryan Caron, Fallbrook Film Factory in assoc. with Divine Trinity Films, dist. by FilmWorks Entertainment, 800-399-9251; www.filmworksent.com. 2010. DVD UPC 897067000124. $14.98. F This short family-friendly drama More...
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story. 9 discs. color. dist. by Criterion Collection. Dec. 2010. DVD ISBN 9781604653618. $99.95; 6-disc Blu-ray ISBN 9781604653489. $124.95. COMEDY/DRAMA This mix from producers Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider More...
Fantômas. 3 discs. b/w & color tinted. 311+ min. Kino Intl. 1913?14. DVD UPC 738329069728. $34.95. A decade after the birth of moving pictures, and following comparatively primitive silent works by fellow French filmmakers Louis More...
FICTION Hope Springs. 3 discs. color. 451+ min. Sheree Folkston & others, dist. by Acorn Media, 888-870-8047; www.acornonline.com. 2010. DVD ISBN 9781598284096. $49.99. F Actress Alex Kingston leads an accomplished cast in this fast-paced crime More...
FICTION Agatha Christie's Poirot 5: The Movie Collection. 3 vols. color. 275+ min. Philip Martin & others, ITV Studios Ltd. & WGBH Boston, dist. by Acorn Media, 888-870-8047; www.acornmedia.com. 2010. DVD ISBN 9781598284171. $49.99. SDH More...
Antichrist. 2 discs. color & b/w. 108+ min. Lars von Trier, dist. by Criterion Collection. Nov. 2010. DVD ISBN 9781604653366. $29.95; 1-disc Blu-ray ISBN 9781604653359. $39.95. HORROR Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg in the More...
On October 26, Acorn Media will release its first British TV Blu-ray with the new adaptation of Agatha Christie's iconic 1934 Poirot mystery, Murder on the Orient Express, which debuted on PBS in July. Among More...
Prime Suspect, the iconic TV police drama created by Lynda La Plante and starring Helen Mirren as DCI Jane Tennison, won seven Emmys, eight BAFTAs, and a Peabody during its 15-year run on networks including More...
fiction Raffles: The Complete Collection. 4 discs. color. 726+ min. Christopher Hodson & Others, ITV Studios, dist. by Acorn Media, 888-870-8047; www.acornonline.com. 2010. DVD ISBN 9781598233891. $59.99. SDH subtitles. F This 14-part series, originally broadcast More...
Ajami. color. 2+ hrs. In Arabic & Hebrew w/English subtitles. Kino Intl. 2010. DVD UPC 738329067229. $29.95; Blu-ray UPC 738329070427. $34.95. Four men living in an ethically divisive Israeli neighborhood find their fates intertwined after the More...
Alexander Street Press, whose publishing partners include PBS, the BBC, and the History Channel, will launch three new annotated streaming video collections for the library and education markets this year: World History in Video: English-Language More...
FICTION A Bit of a Do. 4 discs. color. 658+ min. David Reynolds & others, ITV Studios, dist. by Acorn Media, 888-870-8047; www.acornonline.com. 2010. DVD ISBN 9781598283921. $59.99. F This award-winning British comedy series, More...
The Darjeeling Limited. 2 discs. color. 91+ min. Wes Anderson, dist. by Criterion Collection c/o Image Entertainment. Oct. 2010. DVD ISBN 9781604653342. $29.95; 1-disc Blu-ray ISBN 9781604653335. $39.95. COMEDY A trio of American siblings More...
Everlasting Moments. 2 discs. color. 131 min. In Swedish w/English subtitles. Criterion Collection, dist. by Image Entertainment. 2008. DVD ISBN 978-1-60465-284-0; Blu-ray ISBN 978-1-60465-303-8. $39.95. Abused by her loutish if occasionally charming husband, a spirited More...
According to a survey of 753 Internet-using adults conducted by the Pew Internet Project during a three-day period in June 2009, 69 percent of adult Internet users watch streaming or downloaded videos online. Since More...
3 vols. b/w. 32+ hrs. Regents of University of California, dist. by Shout Factory, www.shoutfactorystore.com. 2010. DVD ISBN 978-1-60399-405-7. $59.95. F/TVGertrude Berg used to start every episode of The Goldbergs (1949–56) with a friendly greeting More...
FictionThe Diary of a Nobody. color. 116 min. Susanna White, Clerkenwell Films, dist. by Acorn Media, 888-870-8047; www.acornonline.com. 2009. DVD UPC 0-54961-82519-6. $29.99. FCharles Pooter is a middle-aged, middle-class, midlevel clerk in a London firm. More...
The Lovely Bones. color. 130+ min. Peter Jackson, dist. by Paramount Home Entertainment. May 2010. DVD UPC 0-97363-52424-3. $19.99; 2-disc Blu-ray UPC 0-97360-73924-4. $29.99. Rated: PG-13. DRAMAAlice Sebold's New York Times best seller about a More...
Library Ideas cofounder Brian Downing has spearheaded a pilot program bringing Redbox DVD-rental kiosks to library locations around the country. Participants include the Princeton Public Library, NJ; Henderson Libraries, NV; Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, NC; Orange More...
FictionArmchair Thriller. Set 1. 4 vols. color. 487+ min. Robert Tronson & others, Thames Television Prod., dist. by Acorn Media, 888-870-8047; www.acornonline.com. 2009. DVD UPC 0-54961-82789-3. $59.99. FThis four-volume set of psychological thrillers involving ordinary More...
Afghan Star. color. 88+ min. In English, Dari, & Pashto w/English subtitles. Havana Marking, dist. by Zeitgeist Video. Apr. 2010. DVD UPC 7-95975-11243-7. $29.99. INT AFFAIRSContestants vie for more than a record deal in this More...
The Burning Plain. color. 107 min. Magnolia Pictures. 2009. DVD UPC 8-76964-00194-6. $26.98; Blu-ray UPC 8-76964-00195-3. $29.98. Rated: R.While not quite in a league with his scripts for 21 Grams and Babel, this, screenwriter Guillermo More...
FictionHeartland. Season 1, Pt. 2. 2 discs. 270+ min. Dean Bennett & others, Dynamo Films & SEVEN24 Films, www.iloveheartland.com. DVD ISBN 978-1-4172-3260-4. $24.98.McLeod's Daughters: The Original Movie. color. 94+ min. Michael Offer, Australian Film Finance More...
The Abbott and Costello Show: The Complete Series. 9 discs. b/w. 28+ hrs. E1 Entertainment. Mar. 2010. DVD ISBN 978-1-4172-3263-5. $59.98. COMEDY/TVThe comedy duo supreme. Who's on first?Bigger Than Life. color. 95+ min. Nicholas Ray, More...
In December 2009, the critically acclaimed Arthouse Films documentary Herb & Dorothy (LJ 1/10), which tells of how postal clerk Herb Vogel and his librarian wife, Dorothy, built one of the world's most important contemporary More...
FictionLocal Color. color. 107 min. George Gallo, Alla Prima Prods., dist. by Monterey Media, 805-494-7199; www.montereymedia.com. 2009. DVD ISBN 978-1-56994-346-5. $26.95. Closed-captioned. Rated: R. FBased on the life of writer/director Gallo, Local Color takes place More...
color. 84 min. Nancy Porter, Nancy Porter Prods. & Thirteen/WNET, dist. by Nancy Porter Prods., 781-652-8755; www.louisamayalcott.net. 2010. DVD home video $29.95; public libraries $69.95; acad. libs. $225. litObie winner Elizabeth Marvel takes the role More...
Earth. color. 96 min. Disney. 2009.Blu-ray UPC 7-94051-40012-3.$39.99.Migrating polar bear, elephant, and hunchback whale families are magnificently captured in their disparate habitats in this stunning nature documentary, adapted from the BBC/Discovery series Planet Earth. For More...
FictionAgatha Christie's Marple. Series 4. 4 vols. color. 372 min. ITV Studios & WGBH-Boston, dist. by Acorn Media, 888-870-8047; www.acornonline.com. 2009. DVD UPC 0-54961-82139-6. $59.99. SDH subtitles. FJane Marple would make a good librarian. Not More...
Blind Date. color. 80+ min. Stanley Tucci, dist. by E1 Entertainment. Dec. 2009. DVD ISBN 978-1-4172-3282-6. $26.98. ROMANCE Trying to reconnect, a husband and wife (Tucci and Patricia Clarkson) start dating.A Christmas Tale. 2 discs. More...
Newly available from Vook and Atria: Simon & Schuster, Narine Kikogosian's Return to Beauty, a multiformat skincare guide combining text with video content accessible online or as stand-alone iPhone and iPod Touch apps. (More info More...
This year marks the 30th anniversary of First Run Features. Browse the independent film distributor's catalog of over 400 films, by directors Spike Lee, Barbara Kopple, Claude Chabrol, Jan Svankmajer, and others, at www.firstrunfeatures.com.Vivendi Entertainment More...
Last Year at Marienbad. b/w. 94 min. In French w/English subtitles. Criterion Collection, dist. by Image Entertainment. 1961. 2-disc DVD ISBN 978-1-60465-157-7; 1-disc Blu-ray ISBN 978-1-60465-158-4. $39.95.Narrative films don't get more enigmatic than this love-it-or-hate-it More...
FictionDoc Martin. Series 2. 3 discs. color. 464 min. Ben Bolt & Minkie Spiro, Buffalo Pictures in assoc. with Homerun Film Prods., dist. by Acorn Media, 888-870-8047; www.acornonline.com. 2009. DVD UPC 0-54961-83019-0. $49.99. SDH subtitles. More...
FictionAgatha Christie's Poirot: The Movie Collection. Set 4. 3 vols. color. 186+ min. ITV Global, dist. by Acorn Media; 888-870-8047; www.acornonline.com. 2009. DVD UPC 0-54961-81209-7. $49.99. SDH subtitles. FThe long history of successful Agatha Christie More...
Betty Blue: Director's cut. color. 185 min. Jean-Jacques Beineix, dist. by Cinema Libre. Nov. 2009. DVD ISBN 978-1-59587-115-2. $24.95. DRAMAEroticism and obsession follow our eponymous heroine; based on the novel by Philippe Djian.Irving Berlin's White More...
Dakota Skye. color. 89 min. E1 Entertainment, www.kochvison.com. 2008. DVD ISBN 978-1-4172-3209-3. $24.98. SDH subtitles. Rated: R.A 17-year-old girl with the uncanny ability to hear the truth behind every lie has some serious trust issues More...
FictionHome. color. 84 min. Mary Haverstick, The Home Project, dist. by Monterey Media, 800-424-2593; www.montereymedia.com. 2009. DVD ISBN 978-1-56994-663-3. $26.95. Rated: PG-13. FBeautiful, touching, yet sometimes harsh, this multilayered drama centers on poet Inga (Tony More...
Fiction Save Me. color. 96 min. Robert Cary, Garbus Kroupa Entertainment, dist. by First Run Features, 800-229-8575; www.firstrunfeatures.com. 2009. DVD UPC 7-20229-91359-1 or 7-20229-91362-1. $24.95. Closed-captioned. F/GENDER STUDIESChad Allen is eerily authentic as Mark, a More...
The winner of the Gale 2009 Librareo "Power to the User" Ad Madness Video Contest, launched in April during National Library Week, is Jason McCullough of Millington, MI, whose $5000 prize will be equally split More...
1Planet Earth: The Complete BBC Series. Warner Bros. 2007. ISBN 978-1-4198-4936-7. $79.98.2Man on Wire. Magnolia Home Entertainment. 2008. UPC 8-76964-00156-4. $26.98.3Young @ Heart. 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. 2008. UPC 0-24543-52702-2. $19.98.4Religulous. Lionsgate Home Entertainment. More...
FictionThe Hunger: The Complete First Season. 4 discs. color. 616 min. Ridley & Tony Scott, Park Entertainment for Showtime, dist. by E1 Entertainment, www.kochvision.com. 2009. DVD ISBN 978-1-4172-3207-9. $39.98. HORRORThis lackluster horror anthology series comes More...
Almost Heaven. color. 102 min. Shel Piercy, dist. by E1 Entertainment (formerly KOCH Entertainment). Aug. 2009. DVD ISBN 978-1-4172-3236-9. $24.98. SDH subtitles. ROMANTIC COMEDY A has-been TV director gets a second chance…in Scotland. Go to More...
Alain Resnais: A Decade in Film. 4 discs. color. 414 min. In French w/English subtitles. KimStim Collection, dist. by Kino Intl. 1983–89. DVD UPC 6-98452-20713-1. $49.95.Repackaged as a four-disc, single-case set selling for less than More...
FictionThe Ruth Rendell Mysteries. Set 3. 3 discs. color. 460 min. Granada, dist. by Acorn Media, 888-870-8047; www.acornonline.com. 2008. DVD UPC 0-54961-80659-1. $49.99. FThis edition of The Ruth Rendell Mysteries features five explorations of obsession More...
Fiction Rain Shadow. Series 1. 2 discs. color. 324 min. Australian Broadcasting Corp., dist. by Acorn Media, 888-870-8047; www.acornonline.com. 2008. DVD UPC 0-54961-81309-4. $39.99. FThis 2007 Australian miniseries stars Rachel Ward as a veterinarian in More...
Last Stop for Paul (LJ 5/1/09) is now available exclusively from the producer, Neil Mandt, Mandt Bros. Productions, LLC, 6910 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90038; 323-466-6600; neil@mandtbros.com.The review of Jamesie, King of Scratch More...
FictionThe Adventure Collection. 14 discs. 29+ hrs. A&E Television Networks, dist. by New Video, 800-314-8822; www.newvideo.com. 2008. DVD ISBN 978-1-4229-2840-3. $99.95. FThis massive collection (over 20 hours of feature content) includes some of the finest More...
Danton. 2 discs. color. 136 min. In French w/English subtitles. Criterion Collection, dist. by Image Entertainment. 1983. DVD ISBN 978-1-60465-126-3. $39.95.An indomitable Gérard Depardieu tears into the title role of celebrated hero of the French More...
FictionThe Beiderbecke Affair. 2 vols. color. 300 min. David Reynolds & Frank W. Smith, Yorkshire Prod., dist. by Acorn Media, 888-870-8047; www.acornonline.com. 2009. DVD UPC 0-54961-81619-4. $39.99. FThis "delightfully quirky" British mystery series was originally More...
On view through May 9 at The New York Public Library: "Dance Theatre of Harlem: 40 Years of Firsts," a multimedia exhibition tracing the theater's history, community outreach, and productions through costumes, stage props, posters, More...
FictionShe Stoops To Conquer. 2 vols. color. 245 min. Tony Britten, Capriol Films, dist. by Acorn Media, 888-870-8047; www.acornonline.com. 2009. DVD UPC 0-54961-81669-9. $39.99. SDH subtitles. FShe Stoops To Conquer, playwright Oliver Goldsmith's 18th-century classic More...
The Edge of Heaven. color. 116 min. In English, Turkish, & German w/English subtitles. Strand Releasing. 2007. DVD UPC 7-12267-28012-4. $27.99.The accidental death of a prostitute impacts the lives of a handful of people whose More...
Beginning with Ken Burns's 1990 public television series The Civil War, General Motors (GM) has been a major sponsor of the famed documentary filmmaker's work. That relationship is about to end: Burns's 12-hour The National More...
Chekhov & Maria. color. 86 min. Eric Till, dist. by Cinema Epoch c/o KOCH Entertainment. May 2009. DVD UPC 8-91514-00190-0. $24.98. DRAMA How the Russian playwright, with the aid of his sister, wrote The Cherry More...
Visit www.libraryjournal.com for LJ's 2009 collection development calendar, which links to video, audio, print, gaming, and music resources useful to collection development and readers' advisory librarians.At the Jefferies fifth annual Internet and Media conference in More...
Ahlaam (Utopia). color. 110 min. In Arabic w/English subtitles. Mohamed al-Daraji, Human Film, dist. by Pathfinder Home Entertainment, pathfinderpictures.com. 2008. DVD UPC 8-25307-91759-8. $24.98. F This Iraqi-made feature portrays life under Saddam Hussein. Through flashbacks, More...
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