New Releases for May 5 2026

WUTHERING HEIGHTS (2026)

A bold and original interpretation of one of the greatest love stories of all time, Emerald Fennell's "Wuthering Heights"stars Margot Robbie as Cathy and Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff, whose forbidden passion for one another turns from romantic to intoxicating in an epic tale of lust, love and madness. (BLU-RAY, DVD and 4K ULTRA HD)

STRAY DOG (1949) (Criterion Collection)

A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led him to a life of crime. With each step, cop’s and criminal’s lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami’s own dark side. Starring Toshiro Mifune as the rookie cop and Takashi Shimura as the seasoned detective who keeps him on the right side of the law, Stray Dog goes beyond crime thriller, probing the squalid world of postwar Japan and the nature of the criminal mind. (BLU-RAY + 4K)

BLUE THUNDER (1983)

In 1983, director John Badham (WarGames) followed his smash hit Saturday Night Fever with Blue Thunder, an adrenaline-packed fusion of techno-thriller grit and blockbuster spectacle. This tale of airborne surveillance and institutional overreach became a defining genre snapshot of Reagan-era anxiety, shot through with Hollywood muscle and a prescient distrust of unchecked technology.

Roy Scheider (Jaws) stars as Frank Murphy, a veteran LAPD helicopter pilot picked to test-fly Blue Thunder, an experimental attack chopper bristling with unprecedented surveillance capabilities. When Murphy uncovers a covert plot to weaponize the aircraft for domestic policing, he takes to the skies in open rebellion. Hunted through the city by his own unit and shadowy government architects, Murphy's final patrol becomes a white-knuckle fight for justice – and survival. (4K ULTRA HD)

NOUVELLE VAGUE (2025)

After writing for Cahiers du cinéma, a young Jean-Luc Godard (Guillaume Marbeck) decides making films is the best film criticism. He convinces producer Georges de Beauregard (Bruno Dreyfürst) to fund a low budget feature, and creates a treatment with fellow New Wave filmmaker François Truffaut (Adrien Rouyard) about a gangster couple. The result? Breathless, one of the first features of the Nouvelle Vague era of French cinema. (DVD and BLU-RAY)

DRACULA (Radu Jude) (2025)

A frustrated filmmaker turns to an A.I. chatbot to help make his latest movie a hit. The result is a series of hilarious vignettes exploring the past, present, and future of the Dracula legend. Cinematic provocateur Radu Jude returns with another boundary-pushing epic featuring wild chases, thwarted romances, spooky creatures, lots of blood, and much more. (BLU-RAY)