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A Farewell to Arms

(Kino, $30)

After decades of bad prints, a “mouthwatering” new Blu-ray transfer “does full justice” to the Oscar-winning cinematography of this 1932 Hemingway adaptation, said the New York Post. Gary Cooper stars, opposite Helen Hayes, as a World War I ambulance driver in a doomed relationship.

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Heavenly Creatures: The Uncut Version

(Miramax Lionsgate, $20)

“This startling true-life thriller” from 1994 may be director Peter Jackson’s best feature, said the Bergen County, N.J., Record. Kate Winslet—in her film debut—stars as a teen in New Zealand who, along with a friend, commits “a shocking act of revenge” when they’re separated.

Margin Call

(Roadside Attractions, $20)

By taking us inside the collapse of a fictional investment firm, this recent film dramatizes “what the Occupy Wall Street protesters are angry about,” said the Chicago Sun-Times. An “excellent cast”—including Kevin Spacey and Demi Moore—transforms “financial talk” into “compelling dialogue.”