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DVD Staff Picks September 2025
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Annihilation
After her husband returns physically changed from a secret mission, a biologist decides to join a dangerous expedition into a zone where the laws of nature have been turned around
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Caché
The lives of a happily married couple and their son begins to spiral out of control after receiving mysterious drawings and surveillance tapes of their daily activities from an anonymous source
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Caligula
Dramatization of the bloody and corrupt reign of the Roman Emperor Caligula
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Che
Dramatizes the life of Argentine doctor-turned-revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara from his participation in the Cuban Revolution to his failed campaign in Bolivia
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The Flowers of St. Francis
Dramatization of the life of St. Frances of Assisi, focusing on the founding of the Franciscan order of travelling, penniless monks, who led a life of enlightened simplicity
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Green Knight
The Green Knight, a mysteriously powerful creature, tests the honor and courage of King Arthur's nephew, Sir Gawain
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Heat Lightning
In the Mohave Desert, Olga runs a gas station, lunch counter, and auto camp with her younger sister Myra. In a 24-hour period, Olga must deal with Myra's desire to go to a town dance with a cad, the appearance by happenstance of George, an old boyfriend whose conduct is never above suspicion, and the overnight presence of two women recently divorced in Reno, who, with a chauffeur, are carrying valuable jewels. George gets wind of the jewels and plays with Olga's heartstrings to set up a robbery. Myra arranges to sneak off with her beau. It's hot, and the heat lightning is crackling on the horizon. Is Olga's life of peace and hard work in the desert about to change for the worse?
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I Saw The TV Glow
Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show, a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen's view of reality begins to crack.Annotation
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The Loved One
Dark satire on the southern California lifestyle, lampooning everything from the space race to pet cemeteries
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Mad God
Follows the Assassin as he travels through the underworld of tortured souls.
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A Taste of Honey
When Jo becomes pregnant by a one-night stand with a black sailor, she moves in with her gay friend Geoffrey who helps her prepare for the baby, until Jo's overbearing mother reappears
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World on a wire
A cybernetics engineer uncovers a massive corporate conspiracy when his project leader suddenly dies and he begins to experience severe dizzy spells
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Xala
A corrupt Senegalese official finds himself the victim of a xala, a curse of impotence, when he steals government funds to marry his third wife
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