Featured DVD of the Week

THE WRESTLER directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei.

Butler Media Res

DVD8155

Featured DVD of the Week

Thanksgiving Dinner in the movies!

Redux -- suggestions from 2009 -- Enjoy and best wishes for the holiday!

Avalon (1990)
Directed by Barry Levinson

The Gold Rush (1925)
Directed by Charlie Chaplin

Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Directed by Woody Allen

The House of Yes (1997)
Directed by Mark Waters

The Ice Storm (1997)
Directed by Ang Lee

Pieces of April (2003)
Directed by Peter Hedges

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Cats in starring and supporting roles!

Bell, Book and Candle
DVD13481

Breakfast at Tiffany's
DVD6333

Cats and Dogs
MPDVD02009

I Remember Mama
DVD10691

Savages
DVD6989

Squid and the Whale
DVD4614

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In Memoriam

Jill Clayburgh
Read Janet Maslin's appraisal.

Get out and vote!

This week's featured DVD is Otto Preminger's Advise and Consent starring Henry Fonda, Walter Pidgeon, Gene Tierney, Burgess Meredith, and, the one and only, Charles Laughton as Senator Cooley.

The film is timely and still riveting.

Advise and Consent

Butler Media (Circulating)

DVD9525

Featured DVDs

Time for horror films!

My picks for this year feature an impressive list of silent films.

The Avenging Conscience (1914)
Directed by D.W. Griffith
Butler Media Res
DVD7647

Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919)
Directed by Robert Wiene
Butler Media Res
DVD7220

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
Directed by John S. Robertson
Butler Media Res
DVD6107

Eyes of the Mummy (1922)
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
Butler Media Res
DVD10390

The Hands of Orlac (1924)
Directed by Robert Wiene
Butler Media Res
DVD7221

Haunted Castle (1921)
Directed by F. W. Murnau
Butler Media (Circulating)
DVD13100

Nosferatu (1922)
Directed by F.W. Murnau
Butler Media Res
DVD4716

The Penalty (1920)
Directed by Wallace Worsley
Butler Media Res
DVD6109

The Phantom of the Opera (1929)
Directed by Rupert Julian
Butler Media Res
DVD0270

Waxworks (1924)
Directed by Paul Leni
Butler Media Res
DVD1336

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If you are like me and completely blanked on getting a ticket for the already sold out ANGELS IN AMERICA at the Signature Theater, the first New York revival since the spectacular Broadway run in 1993-1994 (which I did see), check out the Mike Nichols film version made for HBO.
Starring Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Jeffrey Wright, Justin Kirk, Patrick Wilson, Mary-Louise Parker and others -- Tony Kushner's brilliant play works on the small screen.

Butler Media (Circulating)
DVD9767

Featured DVD of the Week

In response to this New York Times article entitled "Longing for the Lines That Had Us at Hello," I will add one of my favorites from Donnie Brasco -- "Forget about it."

Donnie Brasco

Butler Media Res

DVD0015

Donnie Brasc

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