Posted November 8, 2026 07:48 PM by Sean Greenwood
For the week of November 9th, the Criterion Collection has a Blu-ray for Sophy Romvari's Blue Heron, starring Eylul Guven, Iringó Réti, Ádám Tompa, Edik Beddoes and Amy Zimmer.
Description: A singular coming-of-age story, this revelatory feature debut by Sophy Romvari heralds the arrival of a major new cinematic voice. In the late 1990s, eight-year-old Sasha (Eylul Guven) and her Hungarian Canadian family relocate to a new home on Vancouver Island, but their fresh start is interrupted by the increasingly dangerous behavior of her eldest brother, Jeremy (Edik Beddoes). At wit's end, the parents are presented with a shattering choice. Audaciously layering the past and the present until they converge in a moment of devastating emotional clarity, Blue Heron evokes the languid haze of a childhood summer and the hidden tensions rippling underneath.
Criterion's Blu-ray of Blue Heron contains an interview with Sophy Romvari, Romvari's short film Still Processing (2020) and a trailer. Also included are notes by critic Beatrice Loayza.
Coming to Blu-ray and 4K UHD from Criterion is François Truffaut's Shoot the Piano Player (Tirez sur le pianiste) (1960), starring Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger, Michčle Mercier, Serge Davri and Claude Mansard. Sourced from a new 4K master, Criterion presents Shoot the Piano Player with LPCM Mono audio, optional English subtitles and in SDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include audio commentary with film scholars Peter Brunette and Annette Insdorf, an introduction by filmmaker Noah Baumbach, interviews with Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, cinematographer Raoul Coutard and François Truffaut collaborator Suzanne Schiffman, archival interviews with Truffaut, an illustrated audio essay on the music of composer Georges Delerue, an episode of Observations on Film Art with scholar Jeff Smith, Marie Dubois' screen test and a trailer. Also included is "an essay by film critic Kent Jones, an interview with Truffaut, and reflections by the director on Aznavour and Dubois".
And coming to remastered Blu-ray and 4K UHD from Criterion is Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette (2006), starring Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Judy Davis, Rip Torn, Rose Byrne and Asia Argento. Sourced from a new 4K master (supervised and approved by Sofia Coppola and director of photography Lance Acord), Criterion presents Marie Antoinette with DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include a new interview with Sofia Coppola, a new selected-scene commentary with Kirsten Dunst, new interviews with Lance Acord, production designer KK Barrett and costume designer Milena Canonero, a parody short featuring Jason Schwartzman as Louis XVI, deleted scenes, a music video for Phoenix's "Run Run Run" and a trailer. Also included is an essay by critic Claire Marie Healy.
New on Blu-ray from Crunchyroll is the anime series The Apothecary Diaries: Season 2 (薬屋のひとりごと) (2025). The four-disc set contains 24 episodes, with a choice of Japanese: Dolby TrueHD 2.0 (with English subtitles) or English: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 audio tracks. Extras include 24 mini-anime episodes, promo videos and textless opening and ending songs.
New on Blu-ray from Sentai Filmworks is the anime series Call of the Night: Season 2 Complete Collection (よふかしのうた) (2025). The two-disc set contains 12 episodes, with a choice of original Japanese or dubbed English: DTS-HD MA 2.0 audio tracks and English or English SDH subtitles. Extras include clean opening and closing animations.
New on Blu-ray from Oscilloscope Laboratories is Joel Alfonso Vargas' Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo), starring Juan Collado, Destiny Checo, Yohanna Florentino, Nathaly Navarro and Gregory Requena.
Description: In a tight knit Dominican American community in The Bronx, Rico (Juan Collado) is hustling his way through the summer, selling bootleg "nutcracker" cocktails out of a beach cooler and chasing girls without a care in the world. But when his teenage girlfriend, Destiny (Destiny Checo), begins crashing at his place with his family, turning their small apartment into a stage for their messy, complicated young love, it's only a matter of time before they're hit with the sobering reality of growing up too fast in a city that waits for no one. Writer-director Joel Alfonso Vargas turns his hometown into the heartbeat of his debut feature, teaming up with discovery talent Collado and Checo, to deliver a raw and deeply authentic look at life in The Bronx. With humor and grit, Vargas paints a tender portrait of the chaos and charm of urban life, and the ups and downs of youthful abandon when things take an unexpected turn.
Oscilloscope Laboratories' Blu-ray of Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo) contains deleted scenes and a theatrical trailer.
Turning to catalog titles, Radiance Films have the Blu-ray box set Fantastique: The Dreams and Nightmares of French Cinema (1930-1996), a six-disc set with Charles Vanel's Dans la nuit (1930), Marcel L'Herbier's La Nuit fantastique (1942), Edmond T. Greville's Le diable souffle (1947), Jean Kerchbron's The Golem (Le Golem) (1967), Juan Luis Buńuel's The Woman with Red Boots (La Femme aux bottes rouges) (1974) and Raul Ruiz's Three Lives and Only One Death (Trois Vies et une seule mort) (1996). Five or the six films are presented from 4K masters (or a 2K master for Three Lives and Only One Death) with lossless mono audio and optional, newly-improved English subtitles for each film. Extras include new audio commentaries on Dans la nuit, Le diable souffle and Three Lives and Only One Death, additional Italian and English audio options for The Woman with Red Boots, new and archive introductions, interviews and video essays across the films and a new documentary on the French cinéma fantastique with filmmakers Lucile Hadžihalilović, Bertrand Mandico, Yann Gonzalez and others. Limited edition content includes a "120-page book featuring new writing by Virgine Sélavy and David Cairns, as well as archival writing by Tzetan Todorov, André Bazin, Henri Alekan and more". For a full release breakdown, click on any of the linked titles or read Jeffrey Kauffman's Blu-ray review.
Coming to 4K UHD combo pack from Radiance is Mario Bava's Planet of the Vampires (Terrore nello spazio) (1965), starring Barry Sullivan, Norma Bengell, Ángel Aranda, Evi Marandi, Franco Andrei and Federico Boido. Sourced from a 4K scan of the original camera negative, Radiance presents both the Italian and English versions of Planet of the Vampires with Italian or English: DTS-HD MA Mono audio options and optional English or English SDH subtitles. Extras include audio commentary with author Tim Lucas (Mario Bava: All the Colors of the Dark) on the English version, a second English version with a music score by Kendall Schmidt, the documentary Transmissions from a Haunted World, the featurette Shadow World: Lamberto Bava on Planet of the Vampires, reconstructions of the German Super-8 version of the film in Italian or English, trailer commentaries with filmmakers Joe Dante and Josh Olsen, image galleries and trailers. Limited edtion content includes an "80-page book featuring new writing by Kyle Anderson, Martyn Conterio, Barry Forshaw, George Daniel Lea and Jerome Reuter plus archival materials" as well as a "20-page booklet featuring a new translation of Renato Pestriniero's original short story" Packaging includes six postcards with promotional material For a full release breakdown, read Jeffrey Kauffman's 4K UHD review.
Coming to Blu-ray from ClassicFlix is Lock-Up: Season 1, Volume 1 (1959), starring Macdonald Carey and John Doucette.
Description: With stunning new 4K restorations from the original camera negatives, ClassicFlix brings the first 13 episodes of the late 50s crime drama Lock Up to Blu-ray.
Boasting "true stories of people unjustly accused," and featuring extensive location shooting in and around Los Angeles, prolific production company Ziv TV introduced Lock Up to the viewing public in 1959. To head the cast, Ziv chose former leading man Macdonald Carey who would bring an earnestness and dedication to his portrayal of real-life attorney Herbert L. Maris–a corporate lawyer who was burdened to spend much of his time on criminal cases in order to free the innocent.
Character great John Doucette plays detective Lt. Jim Weston in each episode, who, though initially skeptical or too busy, eventually goes out of his way to seek out and uncover vital facts to ensure the acquittal of Maris' clients.
Each gripping episode in Lock-Up: Season 1, Volume 1 also features a stellar guest star line-up of familiar silver and small screen faces such as Robert Conrad, Harry Dean Stanton, Dyan Cannon, Linda Lawson, Gavin MacLeod, Ellen Corby, Leo Gordon, Whit Bissell, Nancy Gates, James Griffith, Jay Novello, Myron Healey, Peter Leeds, Kasey Rogers, Karl Swenson, Richard Reeves, June Blair, Joseph Crehan, Charles Maxwell, Arthur Batanides, Addison Richards, House Peters Jr., and many more.
ClassicFlix's Blu-ray release of Lock-Up: Season 1, Volume 1 contains rare TV clips and an inner print which doubles as an episode guide. For a full release breakdown, read Jeffrey Kauffman's Blu-ray review.
Coming to Blu-ray from Arrow Video is the double-feature box set Nora Miao in The Blade Spares None & The Hurricane (1971-1972), starring Nora Miao, Yin Tse, Yi Feng, Wei-Ho Tu, Chuan Chin, Kong Chow. Sourced from new 2K masters by Fortune Star, Arrow presents Wing-Cho Yip's The Blade Spares None (刀不留人) (1971) and Wei Lo's The Hurricane (金旋風) (1972) with Mandarin: LPCM Mono audio and optional, newly-translated English subtitles. Extras include new audio commentaries with Arne Venema and Stefan Hammond (on The Blade Spares None) and Jonathan Clements (on The Hurricane), a new appreciation of Nora Miao's career by historian Victor Fan,a new interview with actor and stunt coordinator Mars, image galleries and trailers for both films. For a full release breakdown, click on any of the linked titles or read Jeffrey Kauffman's Blu-ray review.
Coming to Blu-ray from Cult Films is a new edition of Tinto Brass' Salon Kitty (1976), starring Helmut Berger, Ingrid Thulin, Teresa Ann Savoy, John Steiner, Sara Sperati and Maria Michi. Cult Films' Blu-ray contains both English and Italian audio tracks and optional English SDH or English subtitles. Extras include an interview with Tinto Brass and two trailers. Packaging features a reversible cover, as well as a double-sided lobby card and a mini-poster. For a full release breakdown, read Svet Atanasov's Blu-ray review.
Also coming to Blu-ray from Cult Films is Tinto Brass' Miranda (1985), starring Serena Grandi, Andrea Occhipinti, Franco Interlenghi, Franco Branciaroli, Malisa Longo and Osiride Pevarello. Cult Films' Blu-ray contains both Italian and English audio tracks (a Spanish track is also included) and optional English or English SDH subtitles. Extras include an interview with Tinto Brass and two trailers. Packaging features a reversible cover. For a full release breakdown, read Svet Atanasov's Blu-ray review.
Coming to 4K UHD combo pack from Toy Robot Video is Andrew Davis' Above the Law (AKA Nico) (1988), starring Steven Seagal, Pam Grier, Henry Silva, Ron Dean, Daniel Faraldo and Sharon Stone. Sourced from a new 4K master, Toy Robot presents Above the Law with a choice of DTS-HD MA 5.1 or 2.0 audio tracks and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include a new audio commentary with Andrew Davis and Pam Grier, a new interview with composer David Michael Frank, an archival interview with Steven Seagal and both theatrical and home video trailers for the film. For a full release breakdown, read Jeffrey Kauffman's 4K UHD review.
Also coming to 4K UHD combo pack from Toy Robot is James Foley's The Corruptor (1999), starring Chow Yun-Fat, Mark Wahlberg, Ric Young, Paul Ben-Victor, Jon Kit Lee and Andrew Pang. Sourced from a new 4K master, Toy Robot presents The Corruptor with a choice of DTS-HD MA 5.1 or 2.0 audio tracks and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include audio commentary with James Foley, new interviews with production designer David Brisbin, composer Carter Burwell and action director Robert Samuels, a making of documentary, a music video for UGK's "Take It Off", TV spots and a theatrical trailer. For a full release breakdown, read Jeffrey Kauffman's 4K UHD review.
Coming to remastered Blu-ray and 4K UHD from Kino Lorber is Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's Four Rooms (1995), starring Tim Roth, Amanda De Cadenet, David Proval, Antonio Banderas, Jennifer Beals and Paul Calderon. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the 35mm original camera negative (approved by the filmmakers), Kino presents Four Rooms with lossless 5.1 or 2.0 audio options and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include new interviews with actors Tim Roth, Tamlyn Tomita and Jennifer Beals, along with writers / directors Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell and Robert Rodriguez. Also included is the documentary Four Directors, Four Friends, Four Rooms, as well as interviews with Rockwell, Lawrence Bender and Antonio Banderas, an archival featurette and both US and German trailers for the film.
Coming to 4K UHD from Walt Disney Home Entertainment is Simon West's Con Air (1997), starring Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi, Ving Rhames and Colm Meaney. Sourced from a 4K master, Disney presents Con Air with Dolby Vision HDR and a new Dolby Atmos audio remix. Extras include two featurettes and a trailer. For a full release breakdown, read Jeffrey Kauffman's 4K UHD review.
Also coming to 4K UHD from Walt Disney Home Entertainment is Jon Turteltaub's National Treasure (2004), starring Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, Sean Bean, Jon Voight and Harvey Keitel. Sourced from a 4K master, Disney presents National Treasure with Dolby Vision HDR and a new Dolby Atmos audio remix. Extras include audio commentary with Jon Turteltaub and Justin Bartha (on both discs), deleted scenes, an alternate ending, several featurettes and a trivia track. For a full release breakdown, read Jeffrey Kauffman's 4K UHD review.
Note: Disney's 4K UHD releases of Con Air and National Treasure are currently available only in SteelBook packaging.
Coming to 4K UHD from Lionsgate are another batch of Saw sequels, this time it's David Hackl's Saw V (2008) and Kevin Greutert's Saw VI (2009) and Saw: The Final Chapter (AKA Saw 3D) (2010). All three films include their theatrical and unrated versions, with new Dolby Atmos remixes for the unrated versions, original DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio for the theatrical versions and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD discs. Extras include new interviews with David Hackl and Kevin Greutert, as well as audio commentaries, featurettes, deleted and extended scenes for Saw: The Final Chapter, interviews, music videos, TV spots and trailers.
Note: Lionsgate's 4K UHD releases of Saw V, Saw VI and Saw: The Final Chapter are currently available only as Amazon exclusives in SteelBook packaging.
Also coming from Lionsgate is a 4K UHD release for Paul King's Paddington (2014), starring Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Peter Capaldi and Nicole Kidman. Sourced from a 4K master, Lionsgate presents Paddington with Dolby Atmos audio and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include a new retrospective with Paul King, four short featurettes, a lyric music video for "Shine" and a theatrical trailer. For a full release breakdown, read Jeffrey Kauffman's 4K UHD review.
Note: Lionsgate's 4K UHD release of Paddington is currently available only as a Lionsgate Limited exclsuive in SteelBook packaging.
Coming to 4K UHD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is Rob Marshall's Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), starring Zhang Ziyi, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh, Koji Yakusho, Yűki Kudô and Kaori Momoi. Sourced from a new 4K master, Sony presents Memoirs of a Geisha with Dolby Vision HDR and the choice of a new Dolby Atmos audio remix or original DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio. Extras include two audio commentaries: one with Rob Marshall and co-producer John DeLuca and another with costume designer Colleen Atwood, production designer John Myhre and editor Pietro Scalia, eleven behind-the-scenes featurettes, photo, illustration and recipe galleries and a theatrical trailer. For a full release breakdown, read Randy Miller's 4K UHD review.
Finally this week, Paramount Home Media Distribution has a 4K UHD upgrade for Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones (2009), starring Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Michael Imperioli and Saoirse Ronan. Paramount presents The Lovely Bones with Dolby Vision HDR and DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio. Two legacy Blu-rays include the feature film and over three hours of extra features.