It’s a week of international picks in home entertainment – the acclaimed, the obscure, and the queer.
Kicking things off is Michael Haneke’s Oscar and Cannes Film Festival prize-winning love story for the (old) ages, Amour, followed up by a fellow Cannes Film Festival winner from Mexico, Post Tenebras Lux. And UK queer indie Bashment is set in London’s urban music scene. Oi! You think you’re hard?
($24.99 DVD; Ariztical)
JJ wants to be a star MC in London’s urban hip-hop and ragga music scene. Three things stand in the way, though: he’s gay, white, and hails from a small town. JJ and his boyfriend Orlando are in for difficult times when a homophobic ghetto-rap gang decides to take matters into their own hands… and bloody fists. From prolific queer UK writer/director, Rikki Beadle Blair (Metrosexuality, KickOff).
($35.99 Blu-ray, $30.99 DVD; Sony)
A heartbreaking, beautiful film about a pair of octogenarians who, when one begins to suffer profound health complications, are forced to confront the final stretch of their relationship — and lives. Winner of last year’s Best Foreign Language Film Oscar and the Cannes Film Festival Palm D’or, this is director Michael Haneke — best known for being a sick perverted fuck, with films like Funny Games and Benny’s Video — most humane, critically acclaimed work for sure. Extras include a making-of featurette and interview with Haneke.
($27.95 DVD; Strand Releasing)
Mexican director Carlos Reygadas gives Terrence Mallick a run for his poetic cinema money with this tale of a well-off Mexican family struggling with demons — and a literal, glowing red devil — as they settle into a new, countryside setting. Winner of Best Director honors at Cannes.
ALSO OUT:
Boardwalk Empire: The Complete Third Season
Epic
Killing Season
No One Lives
Scary Movie V
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Amour is a brilliant film, but extremely grim.
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