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Also New This Week:
If you're in the market for a gentler foreign-film evening, consider the modest French romantic dramedy Delicacy. Audrey Tautou, in somber-and-beautiful mode, plays a grieving widow who finds love with an unlikely co-worker. Delicacy is uncommonly mature and reflective about matters of the heart — it's a rom-com for grown-ups.
Already in the pantheon of great comic book movies, The Avengers hits home video this week in several retail incarnations, including the premium 4-Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack — Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, DVD, Digital Copy and hours of extras. Be sure to watch the gag reel.
Greta Gerwig headlines Whit Stilman's utterly delightful Damsels in Distress, the director's latest investigation into the lifestyles of the rich and overeducated. Surrender to Whitman's mannered, stylized tone and you'll find one of the year's best comedies.
The lively indie documentary Bob Dylan and the Band: Down in the Flood chronicles one of music's greatest collaborations with rare archival footage and commentary from marquee critics Robert Christgau and Anthony DeCurtis.
For the discerning comedy nerd, the 22-DVD set The Carol Burnett Show: The Ultimate Collection gathers 50 episodes selected by the lady herself, along with 20 hours of bonus material. Highlights are also available in 6-DVD, 2-DVD and single DVD packages.
The Criterion Collection has reissued David Fincher's 1997 thriller The Game in a new Blu-ray package with alternate ending and assorted extras. Great script and great Michael Douglas performance — that movie still holds up.
Plus: Jessica Biel in the thriller The Tall Man, Norm McDonald in the family comedy Vampire Dog, crooked cops in the French actioner Sleepless Nights and at-large psychopaths in the compellingly titled Asylum Blackout.
TV-on-DVD: Season collections from American Horror Story, Desperate Housewives, Gossip Girl, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, the UK series Wallender and the always funny Portlandia.