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Top 5 New DVD Releases - November 2

By Society & Culture & Entertainment Last updated Friday, July/05/2024

Stanley Kubrick's black comedy "Dr. Strangelove" gets a 40th anniversay double-disc release, and the instant rock classic "Festival Express" is released with plenty of bonus material of the Grateful Dead and Janis Joplin. Also: Abbas Abbas Kiarostami, "Animal Farm" and "A Home At The End Of The World."

1. Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Stanley Kubrick's 1964 brilliant Cold War satire starring Peter Sellers, George C. Scott and Slim Pickens is getting funnier every time you watch it, and unfortunately, the biting social commentary isn't nearly as outdated as one might think. The 40th anniversary is loaded with special features including a retrospective on the films of Kubrick.More »

2. Festival Express

Exuberant, outrageous, and seriously smokin', "Festival Express" documents a 1970 concert tour aboard a train with Janis Joplin, the Band, and the Grateful Dead. The decision to retain the look of the original 16mm stock and to use montage and split screen effects truthful to the period turn "Festival Express" into a lost gem, an instant classic.More »

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Top 5 New DVD Releases - November 2

1. Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

2. Festival Express

3. A Home At The End Of The World

4. Ten

5. Animal Farm