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DVD: “Cabaret,” “Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel”

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Queer icons lead the charge in this week’s home-entertainment releases, as Liza Minnelli stars in the souped-up 40th anniversary Blu-ray of Cabaret, and legendary Vogue editor Diana Vreeland is profiled in Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel.

In the realm of features, a mom tries to get at the heart of her 16-year-old son’s gay-porn stash in Dirty Magazines, while a middle-aged gay bachelor falls for a much younger fellow in the rom-com, What Happens Next. And lesbians find love in both  A Perfect Ending and the animated sci-fi rock opera Strange Frame.

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Cabaret: 40th Anniversary Edition
($27.98 Blu-ray, $14.99 DVD; Warner Brothers)

Warner Brothers offers a warm Blu-ray wilkommen to director Bob Fosse’s film adaptation of the Kander and Ebb musical about Berlin nightclub denizens during the rise of the Nazi regime. Liza Minelli rightfully won an Oscar as singer Sally Bowles, Joel Grey as the leering, very queer Kit Kat Klub emcee, and Michael York as author Christopher Isherwood’s alter-ego. Still gleefully subversive and poignant four decades later, the gloriously remastered Blu-ray comes packaged with a 40-page photo book, a new “Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals” featurette, cast reminiscences, commentary by film historian Stephen Tropiano, and more.

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Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel

($24.98 DVD; Entertainment One)

Before Anna Wintour there was Diana Vreeland, the eminently quotable Vogue editor who championed much of what we believe about fashion today. This breezy documentary, by granddaughter-in-law Lisa Immordino Vreeland, charts her life from her early years in Paris  to 1980s New York, with oodles of interviews and quotes from contemporaries, celebrities, friends and relatives.

 

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A Perfect Ending
($24.95 DVD; Wolfe)

Lesbian filmmaker Nicole Conn (Claire of the Moon) presents us with straight mom, Rebecca, who finds unexpected pleasure—and her first orgasm—with a high-class call girl. Can they escape from their respective  realities and enjoy something long-lasting and off the clock? If the plot doesn’t interest you, perhaps Morgan Fairchild, co-starring as a madame, will. Extras include behind-the-scenes featurettes and deleted/alternate scenes.

http://youtu.be/CW-tfaT8rVk

Strange Frame
(VOD; Wolfe)

In this futuristic sci-fi flick set on one of Jupiter’s moons, singer-songwriter Naia falls for saxophone player Parker. The ladies start a relationship, but even in the 28th century the course of true love doesn’t run smoothly. Director/co-writer GB Hajim delivers sweeping futuristic cityscapes to rival Blade Runner and voice work from George Takei, Michael Dorn and Tim Curry. This VOD release precedes the DVD street date of March 19.

 

http://youtu.be/p6eITtjPZsg

What Happens Next
($19.99 DVD; Wolfe)

Everyone wants to set up well-to-do bachelor Paul (soap veteran Jon Lindstrom) with a nice woman. But its young, gay Andy (Chris Murrah), who catches Paul’s eye in the dog park. Initially released in 2012, this  re-release hypes co-star Megan Hilty (Smash) and includes extended and bonus scenes.

 

http://youtu.be/slKcul_JbMM

Dirty Magazines
($19.99 DVD; Wit’s End Entertainment)

It’s the mid 1980s and frisky teenager Marc keeps a stash of gay-porn mags under his bed. On his 16th birthday, his mom discovers the stash—launching a wacky series of misadventures that made Dirty Magazines a hit on the LGBT film-festival circuit.  The 40-minute feature comes with 20 minutes of bonus material, including a behind-the-scenes featurette and cast interviews.

 

ALSO OUT ON DVD:


Little White Lies

Flight

A Late Quartet

Celeste And Jesse Forever

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