10 NEW TO NETFLIX
“Between the Temples“
“Black Phone 2“
“The Creator“
“Ferrari“
“The Illusionist“
“The Iron Claw“
“Killer Joe“
“Nope“
“Slow West“
“True Romance“
12 NEW TO BLU-RAY/DVD
While the “no cultural footprint” argument that arises around “Avatar” on social media is patently ludicrous, it’s undeniable that the third film in this mega-franchise didn’t make the same waves as the first two, falling short of Oscar glory by being the first not nominated for Best Picture (although it did win Best Visual Effects because of course it did). Was it too quick on the heels of “The Way of Water”? Or just too much of the same thing? Whatever the reason, “Fire and Ash” may have been the least critically beloved in the series…and it still made $1.5 billion. With the films’ wild success in mind, it’s a bit shocking to say the Blu-ray feels relatively slight, although the excellent video and audio transfers are typical for Disney blockbusters.
Special Features
- Igniting the Flame: The Making of Avatar: Fire and Ash— A series of featurettes that explores the filmmakers’ journey making Avatar: Fire and Ash with exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and insights about the process from the creative talents who shaped the film.
- Jon Landau Tribute: If James Cameron is the guiding vision for the Avatar sequels, producer Jon Landau was their nurturing heart. In this warm tribute, the filmmakers celebrate a beloved friend and colleague with remembrances from cast and crew.
- RDA Orientation: Do you have what it takes to survive the wild frontier of Pandora? In these tutorial videos, the RDA provides essential training in Na’vi language and an intelligence briefing on the clans of Pandora and the biomes they inhabit
- Marketing Materials & Music Video– Marketing materials used to build audience awareness of the film.
“Body Heat” (Criterion)
Back when sex at the multiplex was less of an anomaly, Lawrence Kasdan made his directorial debut with this scorcher, a loose remake of arguably the most influential noir of all time, “Double Indemnity.” William Hurt plays Ned Racine, a Florida lawyer who starts up an affair with Kathleen Turner’s Matty Walker, the two actors displaying more on-screen chemistry than nearly any other in history. The movie launched Turner’s career and made Roger’s ten best of the year. It’s an unexpected choice for Criterion, which accompanies its noir with a new interview and conversation, also importing previously available material such as archival footage and deleted scenes.
Special Features
- New 4K digital restoration, supervised by editor Carol Littleton and approved by director Lawrence Kasdan, with uncompressed stereo soundtrack
- Alternate 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- New interview with Kasdan
- New conversation between Littleton and film historian Bobbie O’Steen
- Archival programs featuring Kasdan; Littleton; actors William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, and Ted Danson; cinematographer Richard H. Kline; and composer John Barry
- Deleted scenes
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by author Megan Abbott
Even as the negative reviews were crashing into this movie in theaters, I didn’t really believe them. How could a movie with this cast and the talented filmmaker behind “The Lost Daughter” be THAT bad? I’m sorry to report that the reviews were largely accurate, as Maggie Gyllenhaal’s retelling of “Bride of Frankenstein” is a wildly incoherent and inconsistent experience, one that always seems to be flitting off to another idea just as it starts to develop into something interesting. It’s an absolute mess, the kind that could find an audience willing to reappraise it in a few years but will likely just return to the graveyard of Hollywood misfires.
Special Features
- Stitching Together The Bride! (8:15) – Uncover the artistry behind The Bride! with exclusive footage and revealing interviews. From Maggie Gyllenhaal’s daring direction to the cast’s transformative performances, witness how this modern masterpiece was brought to life.
- Designing the Look (8:44) – From first sketch to final transformation, explore how The Bride!’s unforgettable creatures took shape. With exclusive make-up tests, behind-the-scenes footage, and cast insights, discover the artistry that turned vision into cinematic legend.
- The Muse and the Reimagined Monster (8:02) – In The Bride!, Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale embody the intertwined forces of creation and consequence. Guided by Maggie Gyllenhaal’s vision, their performances reveal how love, pain, and artistry can reanimate even the darkest myths.
- The Bride! Party (6:15) – A bride is always the center of attention—especially this one. Annette Bening, Penélope Cruz, Julianne Hough, John Magaro, and Peter Sarsgaard reveal their deepest thoughts on The Bride, Frank, and the unforgettable film they all leapt to be in.
Sean Byrne finally returned in 2025 with the blast that is “Dangerous Animals,” but his best film remains this 2017 scorcher, now given a lavish limited-edition treatment by British label Second Sight. Ethan Embry, Shiri Appleby, and Pruitt Taylor Vince star in a thriller about the thin line between insanity and creativity. It’s been given a 4K restoration for the first time and includes new interviews with key players like Byrne and Embry. This is one of the best horror films of the 2010s, a movie for which a collector’s-edition treatment like this one is well deserved.
Special Features
- New 4K Producer restoration
- Dual format edition including both UHD and Blu-ray with main feature and bonus features on both discs
- UHD presented in HDR with Dolby Vision
- Audio commentary with Director Sean Byrne
- Into the Fire: a new interview with Director Sean Byrne
- Those Fragile Things: a new interview with Actor Ethan Embry
- Devil in the Details: a new interview with Director of Photography Simon Chapman
- The Cutting Room: a new interview with Editor Andy Canny
- A Big Step Forward: a new interview with Production Designer Tom Hammock
- Behind the Scenes: VFX
- Sean Byrne’s Short films: Advantage Satan and Work?
“GOAT“
“Stranger Things” star Caleb McLaughlin voices Will Harris, a goat who also wants to be the G.O.A.T. in a chaotic sport called Roarball in this reasonably entertaining family flick that draws visual inspiration from the “Spider-Verse” films. Its plot is your standard underdog thing (with a bit of “Space Jam”), but the film’s visuals are sharp and consistently engaging. A modest hit for Sony (it made nearly $200 million), it’s an easy watch for parents and kids, especially those who also happen to be currently engaged by the NBA Playoffs.
Special Features
- Easter Egg Replay
- Animal Aesthetic: The Style of GOAT
- Make Your Own Pick & Roll Pizza Bites with Ayesha Curry
- Deleted Scene with Filmmaker Intro
- Game Recognizes Game: Making GOAT
- All-Star Line Up: Meet the Cast & Characters
- Courts Come Alive
- “Mention Me” by CORTIS Lyric Video
- “I’m Good” by Jelly Roll Lyric Video
Rose Byrne landed a much-deserved Oscar nomination for her fearless work here as Linda, a woman stretched way past her breaking point by an escalating series of events. Comparisons to “A Woman Under the Influence” are sensible, as it’s another showcase for an incredible performer, one who holds together this anxiety-producing drama by being present in every scene. Conan O’Brien and A$AP Rocky co-star in a release that’s only available on A24’s website, as the company has steadily developed an impressive collection of exclusive physical media releases. This one has deleted scenes, a commentary, and collectible postcards. Send one to your mom.
Special Features
- Commentary with Writer-Director Mary Bronstein and D.P. Christopher Messina
- Making-of Featurette
- “Anatomy of a Tracking Shot” Featurette
- Over 30 minutes of Extended & Deleted Scenes
- Set of Six Collectible Postcards
“Lenny” (Criterion)
Dustin Hoffman plays the infamous comic Lenny Bruce in this Bob Fosse drama based on Julian Barry’s play of the same name. A film arguably lost to history a bit, given the more prominent masterpieces from the era in which this 1974 film was released, this Criterion release is a bit slighter than some of their best offerings. But it does contain archival material, a 2015 audio commentary, and a brilliant new essay from the singular talent that is Mark Harris. The author expertly unpacks how “Lenny” says more about Bob Fosse than it does about Lenny Bruce, situating it within Fosse’s filmography and the era in which it was made. It’s a must-read.
Special Features
- New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- Audio commentary from 2015 featuring film historians Nick Redman and Julie Kirgo
- Archival interview with actors Dustin Hoffman and Valerie Perrine
- Interview with editor Alan Heim
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Mark Harris and a 1975 interview with director Bob Fosse
“Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie“
One of the best comedies of 2026 so far, Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol’s clever comedy feels like it’s already a beloved property, especially in Canada. A relatively quick turnaround to physical media doesn’t mean a rushed one, as Johnson pops up on two commentary tracks, and Neon includes featurettes, a deleted scene, and the alternate opening. Johnson and McCarrol use their own 2000s web series to craft an inventive, heartfelt ode to creative inspiration, friendship, and never giving up. It’s as consistently funny as anything released this year, and it seems destined to build its audience even more on physical media and streaming.
Special Features
- Audio commentary with Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol
- Audio commentary with Matt Johnson and the Production Team
- Alternate Opening
- Animatics
- Back to 2008, Running Cable
- Deleted Scene
- Home Movies
- Figured it Out Featurette
- Nirvana the band, the Show – Episode 101
- The Banner
- Post Credit Scene
Filmmaker Ira Sachs is having quite a May as his “The Man I Love” premiered in Competition at the Palme to strong reviews, and Criterion dropped two of his dramas: His first, “The Delta,” and his latest, “Peter Hujar’s Day.” In the 2025 drama, Sachs uses interviews conducted between photographer Hujar (Ben Whishaw) and Linda Rosenkrantz (Rebecca Hall, also in “The Man in Love”). It’s a movie that sneaks up on you, a series of conversations from December 1974 that capture the energy of their time in a way that a more traditional drama could never.
Special Features
- Meet the Filmmakers: Ira Sachs, a Criterion Channel original interview
- Images: Making “Peter Hujar’s Day,” a new documentary by Shuli Huang
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Notes by author and film curator Michael Koresky
“Sentimental Value” (Criterion)
The Oscar winner for Best International Film and a nominee for nine Oscars, including Best Picture and four acting performances, “Sentimental Value” joins the Criterion Collection wonderfully early as part of the business relationship between the company and Neon. The immediacy allows for copious special features about the film’s production and themes, including conversations with all four Oscar nominees, and even selected-scene commentaries by the director and some of his team. There’s a cool conversation between Joachim Trier and filmmaker Mike Mills, who is himself getting a Criterion release later this year. This is one of the best films of 2025, now given one of 2026’s best Criterion releases.
Special Features
- New 4K digital master, approved by director Joachim Trier, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- New conversation between Trier and filmmaker Mike Mills
- New selected-scene commentaries by Trier, coscreenwriter Eskil Vogt, production designer Jørgen Stangebye Larsen, and sound designer Gisle Tveito
- New interviews with actors Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, and Elle Fanning
- Deleted scenes
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by author Karl Ove Knausgård
“Stray Dog” (Criterion)
There’s always another Akira Kurosawa movie for Criterion to upgrade from standard DVD to Blu-ray. The latest to get the 4K restoration treatment is this 1949 detective movie from the master, starring the timelessly perfect Toshiro Mifune. As for supplemental material, it’s just the previously available stuff, including an informative commentary and a short documentary about the making of the movie. So if you already own the standard Blu-ray release, it might not be worth the upgrade. If not, this is the one to get.
Special Features
- New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- Audio commentary by Stephen Prince, author of The Warrior’s Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa
- Short documentary on Stray Dog, from the series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create, featuring interviews with director Akira Kurosawa, production designer Yoshiro Muraki, actor Keiko Awaji, and others
- PLUS: An essay by film critic Terrence Rafferty and an excerpt from Kurosawa’s book Something Like an Autobiography
Lowered expectations can be a weird thing in that I was kinda dreading this, but found it went down relatively easily at home on 4K streaming. Part of the reason for that is Linus Sandgren’s genuinely gorgeous cinematography, even if it’s inconsistent throughout Emerald Fennell’s vision, one that never quite seems to grasp the themes of Emily Brontë’s masterpiece. Fennell has said it was designed to “recreate the feeling of a teenage girl reading this book for the first time,” which is relatively ambitious but also leads to inconsistent storytelling. This is alternately stunningly beautiful and depressingly predictable, but it’s never boring, and it looks great in 4K.
Special Features
- Audio Commentary by Writer/Director/Producer Emerald Fennell
- Threads of Desire (6:49) – Jacqueline Durran brings Emerald Fennell’s imagined Gothic world to life through costume. Cathy’s evolving silhouettes unfold in clear acts, while Heathcliff’s transformation and the ensemble’s distinct looks reveal emotion, status, and obsession.
- The Legacy of Love and Madness (5:32) – Emerald Fennell reflects on her lifelong bond with Wuthering Heights and the hidden depravity of the Victorian era, reimagining Emily Brontë’s tale through emotion, memory, and desire to create an epic love story for a new generation.
- Building a Fever Dream (12:07) – An in-depth look at how Emerald Fennell built a world that feels alive. Where design, sound, and performance fuse into one hypnotic vision of love, madness, and creation. The making of a living, breathing fever dream.
