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Bob Dylan: 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration; Inside Llewyn Davis; King of the Hill
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Bob Dylan: 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
(Sony, $22)
Even if you saw this concert film in 1992, it’s worth revisiting to remember how powerful it is, said USAToday.com. The show celebrated Dylan’s first 30 years as a recording artist, and guests like Johnny Cash and Neil Young made it special.
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Inside Llewyn Davis
(Sony, $31)
Inside Llewyn Davis “plays like some beautiful, foreboding, darkly funny dream,” said The Philadelphia Inquirer. Written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, this recent critics’ favorite chronicles an irascible folk singer’s bid to make good in early-1960s New York. Oscar Isaac stars.
King of the Hill
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(Criterion, $40)
Director Steven Soderbergh’s underappreciated third feature has finally made its DVD debut, said the Portland Oregonian. The 1993 film provides an “enormously touching, beautiful” snapshot of youthful resilience, recounting an adolescent’s rough upbringing in Depression-era St. Louis.
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