It's New Release Tuesday! Tons of vintage Martial Arts, a huge Frank Capra box set, new Criterions, and more!
SCARFACE (1932) (Criterion Collection)
Blazing across the screen in a spray of bullets, the gangster-film sensation Scarface helped set the standard for the genre for decades to come. Swaggering, scary, and unexpectedly charming, Paul Muni gives an iconic portrayal of criminal sociopathy as Tony Camonte, the ruthless, machine-gun-toting mobster who rises through the ranks of a bootlegging empire atop an ever-increasing body count, but whose possessive relationship with his wild-child sister (Ann Dvorak) threatens to be his undoing. With rat-a-tat command of editing and dialogue, and his trademark panache, director Howard Hawks creates an unstoppable sense of dynamism while pushing on-screen violence to new heights of brutality. (BLU-RAY + 4KULTRAHD)
HOLLYWOOD 90028 (1973)
HOLLYWOOD 90028 shows the dark side of the L.A. dream in the bleak and downbeat story of an aspiring movie cameraman turned serial murderer. Mark (Christopher Augustine) is a disturbed loner who toils in the sub-basement of the movie business as a cameraman shooting porno films for swinish boss Jobal (Dick Glass). In his off hours, Mark prowls the peep shows and strip clubs of Los Angeles to prey on random young women who he picks up and strangles to death. When Mark pursues a romantic interest in Michelle (Jeannette Dilger), a model who he films in one of Jobal's sleazy movies, the grim reality behind the fantasy leads the frustrated cinematographer to shoot a different kind of Hollywood ending.(BLU-RAY)
PAPER MOON (1973) (Criterion Collection)
Maverick director Peter Bogdanovich affectionately recreates the world of the 1930s Dust Bowl in this beloved, briskly entertaining chronicle of one of cinema’s unlikeliest crime sprees. Real-life father and daughter Ryan and Tatum O’Neal (who became the youngest-ever Oscar winner for her spark-plug performance) play off each other with almost musical agility as a Bible-hawking con man and the precocious, recently orphaned tomboy who falls into his care—and soon rivals her newfound father figure’s skill as a swindler. With period-perfect detail, glowing monochrome imagery by cinematographer László Kovács, and a memorable supporting cast (including the inimitable Madeline Kahn), Paper Moon is a witty, loving portrait of two natural-born hustlers on a road trip through Depression-era America. (BLU-RAY + 4KULTRAHD)
BUG (2006)
At a rundown desert motel, Agnes (Ashley Judd) begins a tentative relationship with a newcomer named Peter (Michael Shannon). He has a strange charisma, one that offers fearful and unstable Agnes a flicker of hope. When Peter reveals that the military deliberately infected him with a bug and that he has tiny insects crawling under his skin, paranoia begins to envelop the desperate pair. (BLU-RAY + 4KULTRAHD)
FUDOH: THE NEW GENERATION (1996)
Riki Fudoh is a young man whose appearance is darkly deceptive... On the surface, he's a model high school student, but beneath that exterior, he's seething with homicidal hatred and a ruthless thirst for revenge! As a child, Riki witnessed the murder of his brother at the hands of his sadistic Yakuza crime boss father. Ever since then, Riki has been patiently biding his time for the opportunity to avenge his brother's death. Now, Riki devises a clever plan to recruit his fellow classmates and assemble his own highly trained criminal youth assassin squad! Their single goal is to brutally eradicate the old regime of Yakuza bosses and seize underworld control for the New Generation! (BLU-RAY)
You can also see the full list on Letterboxd.
14 AMAZONS (1972) (BLU-RAY)
1982: GREATEST GEEK YEAR EVER! (2022) (BLU-RAY)
2/DUO (1997) (BLU-RAY)
20,000 SPECIES OF BEES (2023) (DVD)
2020 TEXAS GLADIATORS (1984) (2 DISKS) (BLU-RAY + 4KULTRAHD)
AIRPLANE! (1980) (2 DISKS) (BLU-RAY + 4KULTRAHD)
ALL LADIES DO IT (1992) (2 DISKS) (BLU-RAY + 4KULTRAHD)
AMERICAN MADNESS / BITTER TEA OF GENERAL YEN (1932/1933) (BLU-RAY)
AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT (2024) (AMERICAN EXPERIENCE) (DVD)
ANATOMIA EXTINCTION (1995) (BLU-RAY)
ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES (1959) (SPECIAL EDITION) (DVD)
AVENGING EAGLE/KILLER CONSTABLE (1978/1980) (2 DISKS) (BLU-RAY)
BATTLE OF THE COMMANDOS (1969) (BLU-RAY)
BEATEN TO DEATH (2022) (BLU-RAY)
BUDDHA'S PALM/BASTARD SWORDSMAN (1982/1983) (BLU-RAY)
BUG (2006) (2 DISKS) (BLU-RAY + 4KULTRAHD)
CAPRA, FRANK: MR AMERICA (2023) (BLU-RAY)
CHASE, CHARLEY: AT HAL ROACH: THE LATE SILENTS 1927 (1926-1929) (3 DISKS) (DVD)
COLOR PURPLE (1985) (4K ULTRA HD)
DARIO ARGENTO'S NIGHTMARES (1987) (BLU-RAY)
DIRIGIBLE (1931) (2 DISKS) (BLU-RAY + 4KULTRAHD)
DOOR INTO DARKNESS: COMPLETE SERIES (1973-1999) (2 DISKS) (BLU-RAY)
FLIGHT / LADIES OF LEISURE (1929/1930) (BLU-RAY)
FORBIDDEN / LADY FOR A DAY (1932/1933) (BLU-RAY)
FUDOH: THE NEW GENERATION (1996) (BLU-RAY)
GENIE (2023) (DVD-R)
HEALING WATERS (2023) (DVD-R)
HERE TO BE HEARD: THE STORY OF THE SLITS (2017) (DVD-R)
HOLLYWOOD 90028 (1973) (2 DISKS) (BLU-RAY)
HUSH (2016) (COLLECTOR'S EDITION)(2 VERSIONS) (4 DISKS) (BLU-RAY + 4KULTRAHD)
I AM A NYMPHOMANIAC / I AM FRIGID... WHY? (1971/1973) (BLU-RAY)
I WANT TO GET EVEN (1987) (BLU-RAY)
INTIMATE CONFESSIONS OF A CHINESE COURTESAN/LADY HERMIT (1972/1971) (BLU-RAY)
IP MAN (2008) (2 DISKS) (BLU-RAY + 4KULTRAHD)
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934) (2 DISKS) (BLU-RAY + 4KULTRAHD)
JADE TIGER/SENTIMENTAL SWORDSMAN (1977) (BLU-RAY)
JUSTICE, MY FOOT! (1992) (BLU-RAY)
KID FROM KWANG TUNG (1982) (BLU-RAY)
KUNG FU INSTRUCTOR (1979) (BLU-RAY)
LIGHTHOUSE, THE (2019) (4K ULTRA HD)
LOOK OUT, OFFICER! (1990) (BLU-RAY)
LOONEY TUNES COLLECTOR'S CHOICE V.4 (1937-1964) (BLU-RAY)
LOST HORIZON (1937) (2 DISKS) (BLU-RAY + 4KULTRAHD)
MAD MONK (1993) (BLU-RAY)
MAGIC BLADE/CLANS OF INTRIGUE (1976/1977) (BLU-RAY)
MIRACLE WOMAN (1931) (BLU-RAY)
MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON (1990) (BLU-RAY)
MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1936) (2 DISKS) (BLU-RAY + 4KULTRAHD)
MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939) (2 DISKS) (BLU-RAY + 4KULTRAHD)
MST3K: BEYOND ATLANTIS / MUNCHIE (2017) (DVD)
MST3K: BUBBLE / CHRISTMAS DRAGON (2017) (W/ SEASON 13 BONUS DISC) (2 DISKS) (DVD)
MST3K: DOCTOR MORDRID / DEMON SQUAD (2017) (DVD)
MST3K: GAMERA VS. JIGER / BAT WOMAN (2017) (DVD)
MST3K: MILLION EYES OF SUMURU / SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME (2017) (DVD)
MST3K: SANTO IN THE TREASURE OF DRACULA / ROBOT WARS (2017) (DVD)
MST3K: THE MASK (2017) (DVD)
NAKED GUN (1988) (2 DISKS) (BLU-RAY + 4KULTRAHD)
NIGHT OF THE BLOOD BEAST (1958) (SPECIAL EDITION) (DVD)
NIGHT SHIFT: COMPLETE SERIES (1987) (BLU-RAY)
NO. 1 OF THE SECRET SERVICE (1977) (KINO CULT) (BLU-RAY)
ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN (1967) (BLU-RAY)
OUT OF THE DARK (1995) (BLU-RAY)
PAPER MOON (1973) (CRITERION) (2 DISKS) (BLU-RAY + 4KULTRAHD)
PLATINUM BLONDE (1931) (2 DISKS) (BLU-RAY + 4KULTRAHD)
RAIN OR SHINE (1930) (2 VERSIONS) (BLU-RAY)
RANGER (2021) (DVD-R)
RETURN OF THE ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN/NEW ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN (1969/1971) (BLU-RAY)
REVENGE OF THE ZOMBIES (1943) (BLU-RAY)
SCARFACE (1932) (CRITERION) (2 DISKS) (BLU-RAY + 4KULTRAHD)
SEVEN SAMURAI (1954) (CRITERION) (3 DISKS) (BLU-RAY + 4KULTRAHD)
SHAPE OF WATER (2017) (CRITERION) (2 DISKS) (4K ULTRA HD)
SO THIS IS LOVE (1928) (BLU-RAY)
STRANGE DARLING (2023) (DVD and BLU-RAY)
SUBMARINE (1928) (2 DISKS) (BLU-RAY + 4KULTRAHD)
SWEETHEARTS (1938) (WARNER ARCHIVE) (BLU-RAY)
SWORD, THE (1980) (BLU-RAY)
TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: S.1 (2024) (2 DISKS) (DVD)
THAT CERTAIN THING (1928) (BLU-RAY)
THICKET, THE (2024) (DVD)
TOMIE (1998) (BLU-RAY)
TOP SECRET! (1984) (2 DISKS) (BLU-RAY + 4KULTRAHD)
VAMPIRI, I (1957) (BLU-RAY)
WARRIOR AND THE BLIND SWORDSMAN/WARRIOR AND THE NINJA (1983/1985) (BLU-RAY)
WARRIOR, THE (1981) (BLU-RAY)
WAY OF THE STRONG (1928) (BLU-RAY)
YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (1938) (2 DISKS) (BLU-RAY + 4KULTRAHD)
YOUNGER GENERATION (1929) (2 DISKS) (BLU-RAY + 4KULTRAHD)
