New on DVD
The Fighter; Silent Naruse; Treme: Season 1
The Fighter
(Paramount, $30)
This gritty working-class drama “delivers a knockout punch,” said the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. For that, credit its stars, including Mark Wahlberg as professional boxer Micky Ward. Oscars went to Melissa Leo as Micky’s “overbearing” mother and Christian Bale as his crack-addled half-brother.
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Silent Naruse
(Criterion, $45)
Mikio Naruse is a filmmaker “many would place with Yasujiro Ozu and Kenji Mizoguchi at the summit of Japanese cinema,” said The New York Times. This collection of five silent films, made between 1931 and 1934, represents “the baby steps of a director still in search of a style to call his own.”
Treme: Season 1
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(HBO, $60)
HBO’s “dazzling, ambling New Orleans–after-the-flood show” is particularly rewarding on DVD, said The Hollywood Reporter. Starring Steve Zahn and Melissa Leo, the “rigorously fact-based” series is steeped in the city’s music culture, and its creators can share their passion here.
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