New on DVD and Blu-ray
Lonesome; The Five-Year Engagement; Homeland: The Complete First Season
Lonesome
(Criterion, $30)
In 1928, director Paul Fejos created “one of those rare films that combine technical mastery with a deep feeling for human behavior,” said The New York Times. As a man and woman meet and fall in love on the Coney Island boardwalk, Fejos evokes “an astonishing range of moods.”
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
The Five-Year Engagement
(Universal, $30)
Jason Segel and Emily Blunt are terrific in this “frustratingly uneven” comedy, said Rolling Stone. Playing a couple whose drawn-out engagement gradually strains the relationship, the two stars get help from a strong supporting cast. But at 124 minutes, the story simply drags on too long.
Homeland: The Complete First Season
Sign up for Today's Best Articles in your inbox
A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com
(Showtime, $60)
Here’s a chance to catch up on the “best TV series you might not have seen,” said the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Nothing unfolds as you might expect in this “twisty thriller,” starring Claire Danes as a bipolar CIA agent trying to prove that a U.S. war hero is an al Qaida mole.
-
Tuberculosis is seeing a resurgence, and it's only going to get worse
Under the radar The spread of the deadly infection is buoyed by global unrest
By Devika Rao, The Week US Published
-
Sudoku hard: April 03, 2025
The Week's daily hard sudoku puzzle
By The Week Staff Published
-
Crossword: April 3, 2025
The Week's daily crossword
By The Week Staff Published