Though MPI, IFC Films has announced several more DVD releases for the first part of 2010, most notably Philippe Garrel's
Frontier of the Dawn [
La frontière de l'aube] for 26 January. The only worthwhile Blu-ray I saw announced was a 20th anniversary edition of Martin Scorsese's
Goodfellas from Warner, slated for 16 February. Lionsgate also announced a Joel Schumacher film that I (predictably) haven't heard of, changing the title (predictably) to sound more horrific, from
Town Creek to
Blood Creek. The film (predictably) stars a trio of British heartthrobs: Dominic Purcell, Henry Cavill and Michael Fassbender. The DVDs below are listed in descending order of release.
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9, 2009, d. Shane Acker, Focus Features, also on Blu-ray, 29 December
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A Perfect Getaway, 2009, d. David Twohy, Rogue/Universal, also on Blu-ray, 29 December
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Fifty Dead Men Walking, 2008, d. Kari Skogland, Phase 4 Films, also on Blu-ray, 5 January
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Ballad in Blue, 1964, d. Paul Henreid, Lionsgate, 12 January
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Blood Creek [aka
Town Creek], 2009, d. Joel Schmacher, Lionsgate, 19 January, w. Dominic Purcell, Henry Cavill, Michael Fassbender
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The Escapist, 2008, d. Rupert Wyatt, IFC, 26 January
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Frontier of the Dawn [
La frontière de l'aube], 2008, d. Philippe Garrel, IFC, 26 January
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Heaven's Heart [
Himlens hjärta], 2008, d. Simon Staho, IFC, 26 January, w. Lena Endre
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In a Day, 2006, d. Evan Richards, IFC, 26 January
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Mermaid, 2007, d. Anna Melikyan, IFC, 26 January
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Pontypool, 2008, d. Bruce McDonald, IFC, 26 January
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Quiet Chaos [
Caos calmo], 2008, d. Antonio Luigi Grimaldi, IFC, 26 January, w. Nanni Moretti, Valeria Golino, Alessandro Gassman
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Warszawa, 2003, d. Dariusz Gajeweski, IFC, 26 January
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Worlds Apart [
To verdener], 2008, d. Niels Arden Oplev, IFC, 26 January
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Triangle, 2009, d. Christopher Smith, First Look, also on Blu-ray, 2 February, w. Melissa George
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Flame & Citron [
Flammen & Citronen], 2008, d. Ole Christian Madsen, IFC, 9 February
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The Pleasure of Being Robbed, 2008, d. Joshua Safdie, IFC, 9 February
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The Trial Begins [
L'ora di punta], 2007, d. Vincenzo Marra, IFC, 9 February
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20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope, 2009, d. Tukihiko Tsutsumi, Viz Media, 16 February
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Women in Trouble, 2009, d. Sebastian Gutierrez, Screen Media, also on Blu-ray, 16 February, w. Carla Gugino, Marley Shelton, Elizabeth Berkley, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Simon Baker, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Josh Brolin
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Bliss [
Mutluluk], 2007, d. Abdullah Oguz, First Run Features, 23 February
For those of you interested in "the man behind the curtain," an interview I did for Film in Focus' blog went up yesterday. All of the questions related to this here blog as part of their Behind the Blog series, which they started little over two years ago with our ol' pal Andrew Grant. Let me know what you think. The goal for the day is to get some more of the Decade List's entries written up, but I've had a cold that's been annoying and wishy-washy (it can't decide whether it wants to turn into a full one or go away) for the past couple of weeks. With just over two months left in the year, I'm trying to wind things down, but I'm still taking suggestions if you think of some films I must see before even attempting to embark on a Best of the Decade list.
Also, I just noticed that the Butt Magazine Blog put up some great photos of Rossy de Palma, one of my favorite of Almodóvar's muses. de Palma, who has an all-too-brief appearance in Broken Embraces [Los abrazos rotos], was interviewed in a recent "straight" issue from Butt.
