There's a little something for everyone this week: whether you're into absurdist "comedy," sweeping blockbuster romance, action, or horror, you'll find something up your alley this releasing week. Enjoy!

This weeks packs an emotionally complex wallop, with character studies of a coming-of-age closeted lesbian, a returning Iraq vet who must re-assume her roles as wife and mother, and even a young Goethe in love. More, plus lots of other genres - inside!

Reviewer: Philip Tatler IV
Ratings (out of five): **** 1/2

From its opening onward, Otto Preminger’s Anatomy of Murder simmers like a slow-cooked stew. After Saul Bass’s sultry opening credits, the film opens as Paul Biegler (Jimmy Stewart) returns home from a fishing trip. Biegler methodically, wordlessly cleans his fish, places them in the icebox, and tidies up his office/living space. It’s a wonderfully inauspicious beginning; no flashy opening hook or clumsy exposition. While the film is by no means slow, this nice moment of domestic activity establishes Preminger’s pace – as its title implies, the film is a dissection of little, seemingly insignificant, moments and tossed-off words that add up to momentous events.

It's a modest week for DVDs but there are still some treasures on this week's slate, including 2 new David Lean films released to DVD in a new box set from Criterion. More inside!