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DVD Staff Picks March 2026 |
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Being There
A feeble-minded gardener whose entire knowledge of life comes from watching television is sent out into the real world when his employer dies. Equipped with his prize possession, his remote control unit, the gardener encounters a series of hilarious events.
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Brewster McCloud
Brewster McCloud is a strange young man who lives under the roof of the Houston Astrodome and is secretly building a pair of giant wings. A ruthless killer is on the loose in Houston, and some of the city's richest and most illustrious citizens are among the victims. Is it the killer's bizarre trademark or merely a coincidence that each corpse is marked with bird droppings?
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Delicatessen
In a futuristic society where meat is a rare commodity, a delicatessen serves up its customers as a nutritious replacement.
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The Great Gabbo
Erich Von Stroheim stars in perhaps the first film where a wooden dummy torments a ventriloquist. And if proof is needed that they don't make'em like they used to, this psychological thriller from 1929 is livened up by a few musical numbers! Even Otto the dummy sings a couple of tunes, including 'Icky' (The Lollipop Song). It's hard to resist a dummy who not only drives his owner crazy, but sings! The cinematography, by the way, was by Ira H. Morgan, who shot everything from Charlie Chan movies to Chaplin's Modern Times!
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Howl's Moving Castle
A young woman named Sophie flees to the moving castle of a notorious wizard named Howl after she is cursed to look old beyond her years; while at the castle she falls in love with Howl who can see Sophie's true self despite the curse.
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Moonlight
Follows an African American man as he grows up in a rough Miami neighborhood and tries to find his place in the world.
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Past Lives
Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York for one fateful week as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life.
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People's Joker
An aspiring joker moves to Gotham City to make it big, but ends up grappling with her gender identity while forming an anti-comedy troupe and combatting a fascistic caped crusader. Helmed by writer/director/editor/star Vera Drew and using her own life experiences as a basis for the film, The People's Joker is a deeply personal journey that's as much documentary as it is parody.
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The Phantom of the Opera
A mad and disfigured musician hides out in the dungeons under the Paris Opera where he falls in love with a young singer and lures her to his hiding place.
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Room 237
In 1980 Stanley Kubrick released his masterpiece of modern horror, The Shining. Over 30 years later we're still struggling to understand its hidden meanings. Rodney Ascher's wry and provocative documentary fuses fact and fiction through interviews with both fanatics and scholars, creating a kaleidoscopic deconstruction of Kubrick's still-controversial classic.
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To Catch a Thief
Living on the French Riviera, John Robie is a retired jewel thief who was once known as 'The Cat.' He catches the eye of Frances Stevens who is a pampered, vacationing heiress. But when a new rash of gem thefts occurs amongst the luxury hotels of the spectacular French playground, it appears that 'The Cat' is on the prowl once again. Robie might be reformed, but is he deviously using Frances to gain access to the tempting collection of fabulous jewelry belonging to her mother?
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Waiting for Guffman
A former big-city musical star gathers the residents of Blaine, Missouri together to create a production in hopes of being discovered.
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