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Richard Fleischer’s SOYLENT GREEN, available on July 28 on 4K UHD Blu-ray from Arrow Video, remains a cheesily effective snapshot of 1970s paranoia. tinyurl.com/5f88cfc8
Christopher Nolan's THE ODYSSEY is both faithful and deconstructive, embodying the fluidity of the oral tradition that spawned the poem and kept it alive for millennia through shifting tastes and values. tinyurl.com/yupw6zz5
David Lynch imbues Across THE ELEPHANT MAN, now available on Criterion 4K UHD Blu-ray, with a wrenching matter-of-factness that honors Joseph Merrick and his efforts to be an upper-crust English gentleman. tinyurl.com/33rk4x5m
Ben Wheatley’s NORMAL is available today on 4K UHD Blu-ray from Magnolia Entertainment. Enter our giveaway to win a copy, autographed by Bob Odenkirk! tinyurl.com/5bhzr8rm
John Flynn’s 1973 adaptation of Donald E. Westlake’s 1963 Parker novel THE OUTFIT, starring Robert Duvall, is brutal and ruthlessly efficient. It’s the epitome of hard-boiled. Available on Blu-ray from Arrow Video on July 28. tinyurl.com/ybv5y7m8
Deaf Crocodile’s DEFA FAIRY TALES collection provides fascinating insights into a film culture that remains frustratingly underrepresented on home video. tinyurl.com/rmbp9rnk
Tom Bell caused a tragic accident in his youth that ruined his closest friends’ lives. Now, years later, Tom is forced to return home and finally face the town that views him as a pariah. Westhampton premieres July 10 in NYC and LA. Get tickets: obscuredreleasing.com/films/westha...
Sébastien Vaniček’s relentlessly cruel EVIL DEAD BURN makes every Evil Dead film before seem like Sunday school. Read @roccotthompson.bsky.social's review. tinyurl.com/y7ysbasf
One of the best films of the year, Ross McElwee's REMAKE is many things, but at its heart, it’s a haunting reflection on the nature of memory. Read Zach Lewsis's review. tinyurl.com/yc8ftcnr
With the new STAR FOX, Velan Studios has turned Star Fox 64 into a graphical stunner, but we’ve seen this all before. Read @justinofclark.bsky.social's review. tinyurl.com/2vpuucah
Tsai Ming-liang’s THE HOLE is an illuminating, musical embrace for the ages. See the NY premiere of a new 35mm print of the 1998 film starting Friday at Film at Lincoln Center. tinyurl.com/yxyvbu53
We had the incredible honorable of speaking to Ross McElwee about his new film REMAKE, the re-release of SHERMAN'S MARCH, and dealing with death and then getting on with life. tinyurl.com/3mtk2jnp
With SHERMAN'S MARCH, Ross McElwee asks us to reconnect not only with each other but with our human spirit. See the new 4K restoration of the film starting this Friday @filmforumnyc.bsky.social. tinyurl.com/4z35aj34
DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST is as much a cinematic probe, and a challenge to mythologizing past eras, as it is an ancestral history lesson. See it as part of BAM's "Spectres, Devils and Bad Blood in the Old America" series. tinyurl.com/332b74vn
The three titles collected in SANGSTER DIRECTS HAMMER suggest that, far from being a studio in decline, Hammer was still capable of making thoroughly entertaining and even innovative films in the 1970s. Now available from @severinfilms.bsky.social. tinyurl.com/mr2rejrw
Halfway through the year, we picked the best films of 2026 so far, from Below the Clouds to Yes. What are your favorites? tinyurl.com/5faazxna
Despite being fairly light on its feet, Craig Gillespie’s bratty, high-flying SUPERGIRL is overfamiliar in a genre that can’t help but keep looking backward for inspiration as it clings to relevance. tinyurl.com/55c7had5
Criterion typically reserves Pride Month for new John Waters releases, and in 2026 it’s a relief that Waters’s angrily anti-fascist masterpiece DESPERATE LIVING has been brought back to the spotlight. tinyurl.com/55mz3njr
Jean-Pierre Mocky’s moody, melancholy SOLO, set in the aftermath of the May 1968 riots in France, gets a gorgeous new transfer courtesy of Radiance Films. tinyurl.com/ms5hn4hx
Collecting the last triumphs of Jackie Chan’s pre-Hollywood career, Arrow’s BREAKOUT HITS! set is yet another phenomenal, loving tribute to some of the best of Hong Kong genre cinema. tinyurl.com/aac5xhac
Poetic and primed to disturb, Georges Franju’s LA TETE CONTRE LES MURS (a.k.a. HEAD AGAINST THE WALL) gets a gorgeous new 4K restoration and a handful of satisfying supplements from Radiance Films. tinyurl.com/mw8mjk48
One of the sweatiest film ever committed to celluloid, Ted Kotcheff’s unsettling WAKE IN FRIGHT receives a stunning new 4K transfer courtesy of Arrow Video. tinyurl.com/2p76ku3u
Read our interview with Adrian Chiarella about LEVITICUS, why horror was the right vessel for his commentary, how his cast transformed their characters, and more. tinyurl.com/2s3p7s8w
TOY STORY 5 leans into the sentimental beats that are familiar to the series, except those moments too often give the film the feel of a PSA aimed at convincing parents to monitor their kids’ screen time. tinyurl.com/43276p8e
The Criterion Collection has outfitted Lisa Cholodenko’s breakthrough debut HIGH ART with a good-looking transfer and solid assortment of extras. Available tomorrow. tinyurl.com/3f6nccuf
HOUSE OF THE DRAGON is full of explosive energy, but it also feels frustratingly unrestrained across its third season. Read @illogicaljoker.bsky.social's review. tinyurl.com/3mjhbt68
Hugh Jackman’s take on a fabled friend of the poor in THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD may empty his veins, but the film might have meant more had he spilled his guts. tinyurl.com/44xrm62c
To celebrate DISCLOSURE DAY’s release, we ranked all of Steven Spielberg’s features to date. What's your top five? tinyurl.com/5fdwvy89
Med Hondo’s wildly ambitious musical WEST INDIES: THE FUGITIVE SLAVES OF LIBERTY gets a beautiful new transfer that should help secure his status as one of the more audacious and inventive filmmakers of his era. tinyurl.com/b9thkkks
Yellow Veil’s stellar new box set, available on June 30, gives the under-sung Lucile Hadžihalilović her due, with a strong A/V presentation of each of her features and a generous heaping of extras. tinyurl.com/n47pbw6v