New Releases for July 9 2024

THE BOY AND THE HERON (2023) 

From the legendary Studio Ghibli and director Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away) comes an Academy Award-winning new fantasy adventure. After losing his mother during the war, young Mahito moves to his family's estate in the countryside. There, a series of mysterious events lead him to a secluded and ancient tower, home to a mischievous gray heron. When Mahito's new stepmother disappears, he follows the gray heron into a fantastic world shared by the living and the dead. As he embarks on an epic journey, Mahito must uncover the secrets of this world and the truth about himself. (BLU-RAY and DVD)

SAMOURAI, LE (1967) (CRITERION)

In a career-defining performance, Alain Delon plays Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts. After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even his armor of fedora and trench coat can protect him. An elegantly stylized masterpiece of cool by maverick director Jean‑Pierre Melville, Le samouraï is a razor-sharp cocktail of 1940s American gangster cinema and 1960s French pop culture —with a liberal dose of Japanese lone-warrior mythology. (BLU-RAY + 4KULTRAHD)

CIVIL WAR (2024)

A journey across a dystopian future America, following a team of military-embedded journalists as they race against time to reach DC before rebel factions descend upon the White House. (BLU-RAY and DVD)

STORYTELLING (2001)

Following two separate, unrelated stories of the angst, frustration, depression of the youth of today against two backdrops. In `Fiction', Vi is a hip college teenager who allows herself to be exploited and abused by any guy, including her writing professor, in order to get inspiration for her creative writing class. In `Non-fiction', Toby Oxman is a hapless loser who wants to be a famous documentary filmmaker. (BLU-RAY)

CHALLENGERS (2023) 

From visionary filmmaker Luca Guadagnino, Challengers stars Zendaya as Tashi Duncan, a former tennis prodigy turned coach and a force of nature who makes no apologies for her game on and off the court. Married to a champion on a losing streak (Mike Faist – West Side Story), Tashi's strategy for her husband's redemption takes a surprising turn when he must face off against the washed-up Patrick (Josh O'Connor – The Crown) – his former best friend and Tashi's former boyfriend. As their pasts and presents collide, and tensions run high, Tashi must ask herself, what will it cost to win. (DVD and BLU-RAY)