New on DVD
Blue Valentine; Something Wild; Budrus
Blue Valentine
(Anchor Bay, $30)
Ryan Gosling and an Oscar-nominated Michelle Williams co-star in this “heartbreaking” drama, said the Bergen County, N.J., Record. Its power lies in the way it juxtaposes the couple’s “playful courtship” with glimpses of a future in which they can “barely stand to be in the same room.”
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Something Wild
(Criterion, $40)
Jonathan Demme’s 1986 comedy wasn’t “conventional ’80s fare,” said The Boston Globe. Though the story “meanders” after an impulsive Melanie Griffith lures a staid Jeff Daniels into taking a road trip, its mood shifts are part of what make the Blu-ray edition worth a home screening.
Budrus
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(Typecast Releasing, $25)
This “sometimes inspiring” documentary focuses on a recent nonviolent-protest movement that sprang up in a West Bank village, said The New York Times. Though we see Palestinians and Israelis initially finding common cause, the takeaway, unfortunately, is less uplifting.
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