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Facets' staff picks the best new and upcoming DVD releases! Updated monthly. 
SatantangoHungarian auteur Bela Tarr's 7-hour, black-and-white epic based on the novel by Laszlo Karsznahorkai took two years to film. The complex story follows a group of people living in a dilapidated village in post-communist Hungary. More 
AriaThe world of opera meets the medium of film for an eclectic mix of music and imagery. Ten different directors selected a different aria and were given free rein to do anything that they wanted. More 
Chop ShopIn the neorealist tradition, with its emphasis on location shooting, nonprofessional casts, and documentary clarity, Chop Shop concerns the daily struggles of a 12-year-old orphan, who steals from a junkyard in Queens and works odd jobs to keep himself fed and his sister from working more nefarious jobs. More 
Shotgun StoriesPart gritty thriller, part Southern Gothic, part epic tragedy, Shotgun Stories tracks an escalating blood feud between the half brothers of a recently deceased father in rural Arkansas. More 
The Outlaw and His WifeFrom the archives of Svensk Filmindustri comes Victor Sjostrom's The Outlaw and His Wife, the great breakthrough film of the Swedish cinema. More 
PrivilegeFilmed between his anti-nuke semi-documentary The War Game (1965) and his dystopic thriller The Gladiators (1969), Peter Watkins' Privilege, an acerbic, darkly comic warning against totalitarian ideologies (church, state, capitalism, etc.), proved to be just as controversial. More 
Heartbeat DetectorAlso known as Le Question Humaine, this Cesar Award-nominated film from director Nicolas Klotz stars Mathieu Amalric in the suspenseful story of a Parisian psychologist working at a German-based chemical company who discovers some shocking secrets about his superior's past. More 
Monsieur VincentWinner of an Academy Award as Best Foreign Film, Pierre Fresnay's portrayal of Vincent de Paul seethes with real human emotion. Based on a scenario by Jean Anouilh. More 
Times and Winds"Belongs to the same school of primal humanism as the movies of Satyajit Ray and Abbas Kiarostami" said The New York Times' Stephen Holden of this lyrical, dreamy film about three Turkish youngsters coming to grips with impending puberty and the harsh realities of adult life in their provincial mountain village. More 
The Band's VisitIn this delightful Israeli film that won the Jury Coup de Coeur at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, a group of Egyptian musicians, the Alexandria Ceremonial Police Band, is en route to a performance when they get lost near a small Israeli town. More Honorable Mentions New Criterions Trafic Mon Oncle Antoine High and Low Vampyr Silent Essentials American Slapstick 2 A Man There Was Michel Ocelot Double Feature Kirikou and the Wild Beast Princes and Princesses Scorsese + The Stones Shine a Light Cult Corner Lips of Blood Madame O Virgin Witch |
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