January 19, 2012
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This week on DVD/Blu-ray: “Bombay Beach” from music video director Ama Har’el; the last epic from Chilean filmmaker Raul Ruiz; George Clooney’s political thriller “The Ides of March”; “Belle de Jour” starring Catherine Deneuve; and the Blu-ray debut of “Traffic.” #1. Critic’s Pick: “Bombay Beach” (DVD) Music video director Alma Har’el’s first foray into feature filmmaking, the documentary hybrid …
RATING: (ALERT VIEWER) 1911 The impressively big-scale war epic commemorates the centennial of the Xinhai Revolution, which brought Sun Yat-sen to power. The problem with the film (co-directed by Jackie Chan and Zhang…
A large number of the Times’s critics’ picks release on DVD this week.
Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill star in the film about one manager’s struggles to assemble a team. Also new: “Killer Elite” and “Higher Ground.”
“The Secret World of Arrietty†plays on Feb. 16 as part of Melnitz Movies’ monthly film series titled “New Vision of Japanese Cinema.†The series was conceived as part of a commemoration for the Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies’ 20th anniversary.