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Top 7 DVD Releases for the week of July 15, 2003

By Society & Culture & Entertainment Last updated Thursday, June/13/2024

Why leave home to see Francois Ozon's "Swimming Pool" when you can watch Frances McDormand swill whiskey sours in the pool in "Laurel Canyon" - our top DVD pick of the week.

1. Laurel Canyon

Lisa Cholodenko's follow-up to her acclaimed "High Art" stars the always wonderful Frances McDormand as a veteran rock producer. Sex, drugs, rock 'n roll, and co-stars Christian Bale, Kate Beckinsale, and Alessandro Nivola.

2. Burnt By The Sun

Winner of the Cannes Grand Jury Prize and Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1994, Nikita Mikhalkov's searing indictment of the Stalin purges.

3. Killing Me Softly (Unrated Version)

An erotic drama starring Heather Graham and Joseph Fiennes, directed by Kaige Chen.

4. May

Lucky McKee directs this disturbing independent horror film starring Angela Bettis as the title character May.

5. The Billy Wilder DVD Collection

This box set offers nine classic Billy Wilder films: ("The Apartment," "Avanti!," "The Fortune Cookie," "Irma la Douce," "Kiss Me Stupid," "One Two Three," "The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes," "Some Like It Hot," "Witness for the Prosecution.")

6. What's Up, Tiger Lily?

An evil mastermind with an addiction to egg salad! Woody Allen's 1966 cult classic is an essential for any fan's collection.

7. Yokai Monsters - 100 Monsters

Kimiyoshi Yasuda's Japanese camp monster film extravaganza.

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