Welcome! As you probably already know, DVD release dates change frequently, so keep in mind these dates may change. With everything that comes out each week, we thought it would be more helpful to narrow down the list to the more significant releases (and the releases we think are worth drawing attention to) rather than try to list everything (no kidding, another 20 Tae Bo exercise DVDs this week, eh?), but certainly if you know of any DVD releases on the horizon that you think should be on the list, drop us an e-mail. I have broken up release dates by Region. Many of the titles below are outside of Region 1. In many instances, you will need an all region DVD player (that also supports PAL) in order to properly view titles. (DVD Date’s/Region Coding Subject to Change)
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April 15 - Region 1
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (Image Entertainment/Think Film)
2007, USA, Director: Sidney Lumet
FYI, This will be released on Blu-ray on May 6th
The Backwoods (Lionsgate)
2006, Spain, Director: Koldo Serra
Blast of Silence (Criterion Collection)
1961, USA, Director: Allen Baron
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With (Genius Products)
2006, USA, Director: Jeff Garlin
In the Name of the King: a Dungeon Siege Tale (20th Century Fox)
2007, Germany/Canada/USA, Director: Uwe Boll, Starring: Jason Statham
Juno (20th Century Fox) (Also available on Blu-ray)
2007, USA, Director: Jason Reitman
Lars and the Real Girl (MGM)
2007, USA, Director: Craig Gillespie
The Last Hour (Code Black Ent.)
2006, Director: Kobe Pascal Caubet, Starring: Michael Madsen, William Baldwin
Also available on Blu-ray: Commando, Predator, Alien vs. Predator, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, A Passage to India
April 22 - Region 1
Charlie Wilson’s War (Universal)
2007, USA, Director: Mike Nichols
Death of a Cyclist (Criterion Collection)
1955, Spain, Director: Juan Antonio Bardem
Eclipse Series 10 - Silent Ozu-Three Family Comedies (Tokyo Chorus, I Was Born But…, Passing Fancy) (Criterion Collection)
Flash Point (Dragon Dynasty/Genius Products)
2007, Hong Kong, Director: Wilson Yip, the follow-up to Donnie Yen’s Sha Po Lang (Kill Zone for those who bought the Dragon Dynasty DVD)
The Orphanage (New Line)
2007, Spain, Director: Juan Antonio Bayona
The Savages (20th Century Fox)
2007, USA, Director: Tamara Jenkins, Starring: Phillip Seymour Hoffman
April 29 - Region 1
Delirium(Blue Underground)
1972, Italy, Director: Renato Polselli, sex maniacs!
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Miramax)
2007, France, Director: Julian Schnabel
Fall of the Roman Empire (Genius Products)
1964, USA, Director: Anthony Mann
Forgotten Noir Collector’s Set 3 (David Harding, Counterspy/Danger Zone/The Big Chase/Mr. District Attorney/Ringside/Hi-Jacked/Scotland Yard Inspector/Pier 23/The Case of the Babysitter)
Godzilla’s Revenge aka All Monsters Attack (Classic Media/Genius)
1971, Japan, Director: Ishiro Honda, Godzilla and Minilla fight bullies in a smorgasbord of stock footage
The Golden Compass (New Line)
2007, USA, Director: Chris Weitz
Hitch-Hike(Blue Underground)
1978, Italy, Director: Pasquale Festa Campanile, throws Last House on the Left, the original Hitchhiker, and Rabid Dogs in a blender
Karaoke Terror (Synapse)
2004, Japan, Director: Kazuo Komizu, (see David’s capsule review)
New York Ripper(Blue Underground)
1982, Italy, Director: Lucio Fulci, the duck-voiced killer, very unpleasant
Nightmare City(Blue Underground)
1980, Italy, Director: Umberto Lenzi, zombies!
Paddle to the Sea (Janus/Criterion)
1966, Director: Bill Mason, 30 min.
Party 7 (Synapse)
2000, Japan, Director: Katsuhito Ishii
The Red Balloon (Janus)
1956, France, Director: Albert Lamorisse
Terror of Mecha-Godzilla (Classic Media/Genius)
1975, Japan, Director: Ishiro Honda, the last of the original series
White Mane (Janus/Criterion)
1952, France, Director: Albert Lamorisse
May 5 - Region 1
I’m Not There (Weinstein/Genius)
2007, USA, Director: Todd Haynes
May 13 - Region 1
The Fire Within (Criterion)
1963, France, Director: Louis Malle
The Lovers (Criterion)
1958, France, Director: Louis Malle
May 20 - Region 1
Anguish (Blue Underground)
1987, Spain, Director: Bigas Luna, the film within a film freakout
Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight (Discotek)
1973, Japan, Director: Teruo Ishii, warped but gorgeous and theatrical
The Killing Hour (Blue Underground)
1982, Italy, Director: Armand Mastroianni, the film within a film freakout
Stone (Severin)
1974, Australia, Director: Sandy Harbutt, the Italian Dirty Dozen, supposedly to be remade by Tarantino. Also in a 3-disc edition.
May 27 - Region 1
Come Drink With Me (Dragon Dynasty)
1966, Hong Kong, Director: King Hu, if King Hu never did anything else, he’d be considered a master for this film. Absolutely amazing stuff.
Heroes of the East (Dragon Dynasty)
1979, Hong Kong, Director: Liu Chia-liang, a real martial arts showpiece, with Gordon Liu’s Japanese wife provoking a showdown between China and Japan
Queen of Black Magic aka Black Magic III (Mondo Macabro)
1979, Indonesia, Director: Liliek Sudjio, gory knock-off of Shaw Bros horror series with Suzzanna
The Thief of Baghdad (Criterion)
1940, UK, Director: Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, and Tim Whelan, still fun after all these years
Visions of Hell: The Films of Jim VanBebber (Dark Sky)
1986 and 2003, USA, Director: Jim VanBebber, featuring The Manson Family and Deadbeat at Dawn, as well as numerous short films
June 10 - Region 1
Invisible Target (Dragon Dynasty)
2007, Hong Kong, Director: Benny Chan.
June 17 - Region 1
Classe Tous Risques (Criterion Collection)
1960, France, Director: Claude Sautet, French noir
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (Criterion Collection)
1985, Japan, Director: Paul Schrader, Schrader’s portrait of the famously talented and patriotic nutbag
Patriotism (Criterion Collection)
1966, Japan, Director: Yukio Mishima, an interesting flashforward to Mishima’s death at his own hands
June 24 - Region 1
Before the Rain (Criterion Collection)
1994, Macedonia, Director: Milcho Manchevski, Balkanization in motion
The Furies (Criterion Collection)
1950, USA, Director: Anthony Mann, a Mann western with Barbara Stanwyck, who could ask for more
Korkusuz Kaptan Swing (Captain Swing the Fearless) (Onar Films)
1971, Turkey, Director: Tunc Basarn, wacky Italian comics-based adventure
July 8 - Region 1
Mon Oncle Antoine (Criterion Collection)
1971, Canada, Director: Claude Jutra, coming of age tale
July 15 - Region 1
Trafic (Criterion Collection)
1971, France, Director: Jacques Tati, more Hulot wackiness
July 22 - Region 1
High and Low (Criterion Collection)
1963, Japan, Director: Akira Kurosawa, re-release of quasi-noir kidnapping classic
Vampyr (Criterion Collection)
1932, Denmark, Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer, undeniably gorgeous but I must confess it mputs me to sleep
July 22 - Region 1
Brand Upon the Brain (Criterion Collection)
2006, Canada, Director: Guy Maddin, we love Maddin here, and that’s that
July 29 - Region 1
The Inglorious Bastards (Severin)
1978, Italy, Director: Enzo G. Castellari, the Italian Dirty Dozen, supposedly to be remade by Tarantino. Also in a 3-disc edition.
Madame O (Synapse)
1967, Japan, Director: Seiichi Fukuda
Dates to be announced:
Aurat Raj aka Woman’s Rule (Mondo Macabro)
1979, Pakistan, Director: Rangila, satire
Battle Girl: The Living Dead in Tokyo Bay (Synapse)
1992, Japan, Director: Kazuo Komizu, zombies
Bollywood Horror Collection 2(Mondo Macabro)
India
Faceless (Media Blasters/Shriek Show)
1989, Spain/France, Director: Jess Franco, imagine a world … where Caroline Munro could be Telly Savalas’s daughter
Gincho Wanderer (Panik House)
Japan, two lady yakuza films with Meiko Kaji
I’m A Cyborg, ButThat’s Okay (Currently available on Region 3 DVD)
2006, South Korea, Director: Park Chan-wook
Jungle Warriors (Panik House)
1984, Germany/Mexico, Director: Ernst von Theumer, Sybil Danning, the always strange Marjoe Gortner, Woody Strode and a bunch of models running around in the jungle.
The Kindred (Synapse)
1987, USA, Director: Steven Carpenter and Jeffrey Obrow, silly monster action from the ’80s
Pieces (Grindhouse)
1982, Spain, Director: Juan Piquer Simon, my love for this movie is inexplicable. Maybe it’s the tagline “You Don’t Have To Go To Texas For A Chainsaw Massacre!” Apparently you have to go to Spain.
Red Heat (Panik House)
1985, Germany/USA, Director: Robert Collector, classic WIP with Linda Blair and Sylvia Kristel
The She-Beast (Dark Sky)
1966, UK/Italy, Director: Michael Reeves, with Barbara Steele
Snake Sisters (Mondo Macabro)
1984, Philippines, Director: Celso Ad Castillo
The Warrior aka Jaka Sembung (Mondo Macabro)
1981, Indonesia, Director: Sisworo Gautama Putra, the role that catapulted Barry Prima to stardom
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