A couple of worthy Oscar nominees—the Clint Eastwood-directed South African rugby docudrama Invictus and the splendidly acted homefront melodrama The Messenger—top-line this week’s list, though there’s even more noteworthy items in the foreign language section. Andre Techiné’s The Girl On The Train is a fine addition to a formidable director’s filmography, pivoting off the true story of a young woman who lies about an anti-semitic attack, while the latest Eclipse box set digs into the experimental, taboo-testing ‘60s films of Nagisa Oshima. And Belarussian documentarian Victor Dashuk explicates submission and dissidence in the powerful paired films Long Knives Night and Reporting From A Rabbit Hutch, now available on a single DVD.
The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela
E1, $19.98
American Bandits: Frank & Jesse James
E1, $24.98; Blu-ray, $24.98
American Radical: The Trials Of Norman Finkelstein
Typecast, $24.99
Animal Stories: The Complete 52 Episode Series
Mill Creek, $14.98
The Barbara Stanwyck Show: Volume Two
E1, $29.98
Carlito’s Way
Universal Blu-ray, $26.98
Confessions Of A Porn Addict
Phase 4, $29.99
Defamation
First Run, $24.95
Defenders Of The Earth: The Complete 65 Episode Series
Mill Creek, $24.98
The Disappeared
MPI, $24.98
Eclipse Series 21: Oshima’s Outlaw Sixties
Criterion, $69.95
Enemies Among Us
Phase 4, $29.99
Extraordinary Measures
Sony, $28.95; Blu-ray, $34.95
Everyman’s War
Virgil, $24.99
Exploitation Cinema: Lonely Wives/Sorry Wrong Bedroom
Code Red, $14.98
Exploitation Cinema: Wacky Taxi/Superargo
Code Red, $14.98
Gamera: The Giant Monster
Shout! Factory, $19.93
The Girl On The Train
Strand, $27.99
The Greatest American Hero: The Complete Series
Mill Creek, $29.98
Hard Ride To Hell
Vivendi, $19.93
Hunter: The Complete Second Season
Mill Creek, $14.98
Invictus
Warner Bros, $28.98; Blu-ray, $35.99
The Jeff Dunham Show
Comedy Central, $16.99
Law & Order: Criminal Intent – The Fifth Year
Universal, $59.98
The Legend Of Prince Valiant: The Complete 65 Episode Series
Mill Creek, $24.98
Long Knives Night & Reporting From A Rabbit Hutch
Seminal, $19.98
The Louis L’Amour Western Collection: The Sacketts/Conagher/Catlow
Warner, $19.98
The Messenger
Oscilloscope, $29.99; Blu-ray, $34.99
Minder: Season One
BFS, $49.98
Minder: Season Two
BFS, $49.98
Misconceptions
E1, $24.98
Mutant Vampire Zombies From The Hood
Seminal, $24.98
The Navy Vs. The Night Monsters
MVD, $12.95
The New Daughter
Anchor Bay, $29.98; Blu-ray, $34.98
9 Songs
Vivendi Blu-ray, $24.97
Outlander
Vivendi, ; Blu-ray, $19.97
Race
Phase 4, $14.99
The Spy Next Door
Lionsgate, $29.95; Blu-ray, $39.99
Statue
Code Red, $19.98
30 Days: The Complete Series
Virgil, $29.99
3 Idiots
Big Pictures, $19.99
Valentine’s Day
New Line, $28.98; Blu-ray, $35.99
Waiting For Armageddon
First Run, $24.95
Walkabout
Criterion, $39.95; Blu-ray, $39.95