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  • New on DVD/Blu Ray/On Demand
    Posted by Christopher Bourne on April 11, 2013
    Upstream Color Written & Directed by Shane Carruth Produced by Carruth, Casey Gooden & Ben LeClair Released by erbp Film USA.  96 min. Not rated With Amy Seimetz, Shane Carruth, Andrew...

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  • New on DVD/Blu Ray/On Demand
    Posted by Megan Fariello on March 2, 2013
    Future Weather Written & Directed by Jenny Deller Produced by Deller & Kristin Fairweather Released by Lipstick Pictures USA 100 min. Not rated With Perla Haney-Jardine, Amy Madigan,...

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  • New on DVD/Blu Ray/On Demand
    Posted by Jack Gattanella on January 25, 2013
    Happy People Directed by Werner Herzog & Dmitry Vasyukov Produced by Christoph Fisser, Vladimir Perepelkin, Nick N. Raslan & Charlie Woebcken Written by Herzog & Rudolph...

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  • New on DVD/Blu Ray/On Demand
    Posted by Kent Turner on January 11, 2013
    Zero Dark Thirty Directed by Kathryn Bigelow Produced by Mark Boal, Bigelow & Megan Ellison Written by Boal Released by Columbia Pictures USA. 156 min. Rated R With Jessica Chastain, Jason...

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  • New on DVD/Blu Ray/On Demand
    Posted by Kent Turner on January 3, 2013
    The Best of 2012 With so many end-of-the-year releases garnering awards and nominations, you might ask the various selection committees and critics groups, “Where have you been?” Going over...

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  • New on DVD/Blu Ray/On Demand
    Posted by Jack Gattanella on December 24, 2012
    Django Unchained Written & Directed by Quentin Tarantino Produced by Stacy Sher, Reginald Hudlin & Pilar Savone Released by the Weinstein Company USA. 165 min. Rated R With Jamie Foxx,...

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  • New on DVD/Blu Ray/On Demand
    Posted by Nora Lee Mandel on December 18, 2012
    Hyde Park on Hudson Directed by Roger Michell Produced by Kevin Loader, David Aukin & Michell Written by Richard Nelson, based on Closest Companion: The Unknown Story of the Intimate Friendship...

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  • New on DVD/Blu Ray/On Demand
    Posted by Nora Lee Mandel on December 16, 2012
    Beware of Mr. Baker Directed & Written by Jay Bulger Produced by Andrew Karsch, Fisher Stevens, Erik H. Gordon & Bulger Released by SnagFilms/Insurgent Media USA. 92 min. Not Rated Beware of...

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  • New on DVD/Blu Ray/On Demand
    Posted by Lisa Bernier on December 7, 2012
    The Central Park Five Written, Produced, & Directed by Ken Burns, David McMahon & Sarah Burns Released by Sundance Selects USA. 119 min. Not rated Made by Ken Burns, along with his daughter...

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  • New on DVD/Blu Ray/On Demand
    Posted by Brendon Nafziger on December 6, 2012
    Killing Them Softly Written & Directed by Andrew Dominik, based on the novel Cogan’s Trade by George V. Higgins Produced by Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Steve Schwartz, Paula Mae Schwartz &...

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  • New on DVD/Blu Ray/On Demand
    Posted by Kent Turner on December 6, 2012
    Wagner & Me Produced & Directed by Patrick McGrady Released by First Run Features UK. 89 min. Not rated Based on countless movies, the music of Richard Wagner (Hitler’s favorite...

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  • New on DVD/Blu Ray/On Demand
    Posted by Dionne KIng on November 24, 2012
    Rust and Bone Directed by Jacques Audiard Written by Audiard & Thomas Bidegain, based on the short-story collection Rust and Bone by Craig Davidson Released by Sony Pictures...

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  • New on DVD/Blu Ray/On Demand
    Posted by Kent Turner on November 14, 2012
    A Royal Affair Directed by Nikolaj Arcel Produced by Louise Vesth, Sisse Graum Jorgensen & Meta Foldager Written by Rasmus Heisterberg & Arcel Released by Magnolia Pictures. Danish with...

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  • New on DVD/Blu Ray/On Demand
    Posted by Nora Lee Mandel on November 9, 2012
    Starlet Directed by Sean Baker Produced by Blake Ashman Kipervaser Written by Baker & Chris Bergoch Released by Music Box Films USA. 104 Min. Not rated With Dree Hemingway, Besedka...

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  • New on DVD/Blu Ray/On Demand
    Posted by Nora Lee Mandel on April 20, 2012
    How to Grow a Band Directed by Mark Meatto Produced by Michael Bohlmann & Meatto Released by International Film Circuit USA/UK. 88 min. Not Rated How to Grow a Band has a promising story to...

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  • New on DVD/Blu Ray/On Demand
    Posted by Brendon Nafziger on October 7, 2011
    1911 Directed by Zhang Li & Jackie Chan Produced by Wang Zhebin & Chan Written by Wang Xingdong & Chen Baoguang Released by Well Go USA/Variance Films Mandarin with English...

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Bidder 70

Bidder 70

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Cape Spin

Cape Spin

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Frances Ha

Frances Ha

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05 16th, 2013
State 194

State 194

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05 16th, 2013
Stories We Tell

Stories We Tell

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05 10th, 2013
Aftershock

Aftershock

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Sightseers

Sightseers

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05 10th, 2013
The Painting

The Painting

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05 9th, 2013
The Reluctant Fundamentalist

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

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05 4th, 2013
The Tribeca Grindhouse

The Tribeca Grindhouse

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05 3rd, 2013
Tribeca 2013 Documentaries

Tribeca 2013 Documentaries

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05 2nd, 2013
Kiss of the Damned

Kiss of the Damned

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05 2nd, 2013
Love Is All You Need

Love Is All You Need

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05 2nd, 2013
Unmade in China

Unmade in China

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