Hot picks.FILM The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio September 10 (limited) The luminous Julianne Moore stars as a 1950s mom whose jingle-writing talent keeps the family afloat in this winner from lesbian writer-director Jane Anderson. DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. The Val Lewton Horror Collection October 4 (Warner Home Video Warner Home Video is the home video unit of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Video (for Warner Communications, Inc.). It was re-named Warner Home Video in 1980. ) Stock up early for Halloween this year with 10 classics from chillmeister Lewton, including Bedlam Bedlam: see Bethlem Royal Hospital. bedlam from Hospital of St. Mary of Bethlehem, former English insane asylum. [Br. Folklore: Jobes, 193] See : Confusion Bedlam (Hospital of St. , I Walked With a Zombie, and the original Cat People. BOOK Is It a Choice? September (Harper San Francisco) Eric Marcus returns with a new edition of his indispensable book of simple answers to questions like "Is it a choice to be gay?" Don't go home to see the folks without it. DVD Postcards From Buster Postcards from Buster, also called Buster's Postcards, is a children's television series, containing both animation and live-action that airs on PBS, and is a spin-off of the Arthur cartoon series. : Busters Outdoor Journeys October 4 (Paramount Home Video) An animated bunny's visit to a lesbian couple's family was too hot for some PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, stations, but now you can finally see what all the fuss was about. MUSIC Sigur Ros, Takk ... In stores The always-enigmatic Icelandic combo with a gay front man delivers another CD of haunting, ethereal, essential music. DVD Drawn Together: Season One October 4 (Paramount Home Video) This animated satire nails every reality-show cliche, down to the tortured closet case (hilariously voiced by Jack Plotnick). |
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