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Staff Picks on DVD and Blu-ray

Find recommended movies and TV shows that our staff keep watching on repeat.

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  • A deeply affecting drama with excellent ensemble performances, including a particularly strong turn from Andrew Scott in the lead.
    Blu-ray Disc, 2024[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2024] — FEATURE ALL
  • A story of survival and silence, follow the lone survivor of a plane crash in the Arctic and his journey to find rescue.
    DVD, 2019[Place of publication not identified] : Universal Studios Canada, [2019] — FEATURE ARC
  • Tim Burton’s 2003 fantasy stars Ewan McGregor as a charming storyteller whose larger-than-life tales strain his relationship with his son (Billy Crudup).
    DVD, 2004Culver City, California : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2004. — FEATURE BIG
  • Melanie Laurent's sensitive and devastating film about a tempestuous relationship between two young French women.
    DVD, 2014[France] : [Movemovie, Gaumont, Mely Productions, and other production companies], [2014] — FEATURE BRE
  • Vincent Gallo's blackly comedic study of male narcissism with one of the funniest opening sequences you will ever see.
    DVD, 2003[Santa Monica, California] : Lions Gate Home Entertainment, [2003] — FEATURE BUF
  • The first Dogme 95 film—and perhaps the best—is this searing family drama from Thomas Vinterberg,
    Blu-ray Disc, 2022[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2022] — FEATURE CEL
  • Cure

    Kyua

    Apparently hypnosis isn't just for smoking cessation. A slow burning horror masterpiece.
    Blu-ray Disc, 2022[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2022] — FEATURE CUR
  • During a cold midwestern winter, pregnant police chief (Frances McDormand) investigates a series of vicious murders that she is determined to solve.
    DVD, 2005Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, ©2005. — FEATURE FAR
  • Charles Vidor's 1946 film noir showcases Rita Hayworth at her best. Introduced on screen with a perfect hair flip, she locks horns with an old flame (Glenn Ford) as both contend with sinister criminals in post-war Buenos Aires.
    DVD, 2016[Irvington, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2016] — FEATURE GIL
  • Patrick Wang's tender and empathetic study of a family fractured by tragedy.
    DVD, 2019[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2019?] — FEATURE GRI
  • Robert Siodmak's classic film noir based on a Hemingway short story. Burt Lancaster makes his film debut as the target of two hitmen while Ava Gardener smolders as the cold-hearted femme fatale.
    DVD, 2003[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2003. — FEATURE KIL
  • The story of Rocky Dennis, starring Cher, Eric Stoltz and Sam Elliott. Great performances all around. Cher won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival for this role.
    DVD, 2005Universal City, CA : Universal, 2005. — FEATURE MAS
  • The coming-of-age story of Chiron, a young Black man growing up in an impoverished neighbourhood of Miami.
    DVD, 2017[United States] : A24 / Lionsgate, [2017] — FEATURE MOO
  • Based on a NASA engineers' autobiography, Homer Hickam dreams of the stars instead of the life in a coal mine that his father wants for him.
    DVD, 1999c1999. — FEATURE OCT
  • Past Lives

    Nos Vies Passées

    Childhood friends in South Korea are separated when one family emigrates. Years later they re-connect in New York. Canada's Celine Song directs a sensitive love story on how love, distance, language, time and life choices can both connect and…
    DVD, 2023[United States] : Elevation Pictures, [2023] — FEATURE PAS
  • A documentary about Gene Wilder's life, career and collaborations as an actor/director. It examines a comedic sensibility that could shift from vulnerability (The Producers) to vaguely sinister (Willa Wonka) to totally unhinged (Young Frankenstein)…
    DVD, 2024New York, NY : Kino Lorber, [2024] — 791.43028 WIL REM
  • Navigating the complexities of humanity and relationships, follow an alien who has crash-landed in a small town and needs to adapt fast, all while trying to carry out a secret mission and avoid being charged with murder.
    DVD, 2021Universal City, CA : Universal, [2021] — 791.4572 RES RES
  • SCTV

    Volume 1

    Second City Television is a classic Canadian comedy sketch show featuring John Candy, Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy and more.
    DVD, 2004–Los Angeles, CA : Shout! Factory ; New York : Distributed by Sony Music Entertainment, 2004- — 791.4572 SEC SEC
  • A documentary about artists making their own space hidden within the local shopping mall.
    DVD, 2025[Chicago, Illinois] : Music Box Films, [2025] — 306.0973 SEC
  • Sometimes playing games with an embalmed hand can go wrong. Scary Australian fun from the Philippou brothers.
    DVD, 2023Montreal, QC : VVS Films, [2023] — FEATURE TAL