BLUE IN THE FACE (1995) - Blu-ray Release of Indie Comedy Starring Harvey Keitel, Giancarlo Esposito, Michael J. Fox and More

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Product Description: Brand New HD Master by Paramount Pictures - From a 4K Film Restoration by ZAP Zoetrope Aubry Productions - San Francisco! In the uproarious follow-up to the hit comedy Smoke, Harvey Keitel returns with a red-hot cast and nonstop laughs when a wacky group of locals visits the neighborhood cigar shop, looking for good times…and finding plenty of hilarious fun! But when the greedy owner threatens to close the shop for good—and turn it into a trendy vegetarian restaurant—the neighborhood proves they’ll do just about anything to save their favorite hangout! Don’t miss this highly original and entertaining New York comedy from the filmmaking team of Wayne Wang (The Joy Luck Club) and Paul Auster (The Inner Life of Martin Frost), with a killer ensemble cast including Giancarlo Esposito, Roseanne Barr, Michael J. Fox, Lily Tomlin, Victor Argo, Mira Sorvino, Lou Reed, Keith David, Jim Jarmusch, Jared Harris, RuPaul, and Madonna!

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SMOKE (1995) - Blu-ray Release of Classic Dramedy Starring Harvey Keitel, William Hurt, Stockard Channing, Giancarlo Esposito and More

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Product Description: Where there's Smoke...there's laughter! New Yorkers' lives change forever when a Brooklyn cigar store manager, Auggie (Harvey Keitel), befriends them. Among them is a writer…who can’t write (William Hurt), a reluctant father…hiding from his past (Forest Whitaker), a streetwise teen…with an unusual identity crisis (Harold Perrineau), and Auggie’s long-lost ex-girlfriend (Stockard Channing)…who returns with some surprising news! Full of offbeat humor, unexpected wit, and a star-studded cast also featuring Giancarlo Esposito and Ashley Judd, Smoke was directed by trailblazing filmmaker Wayne Wang (Chan Is Missing, Blue in the Face), and won the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay by acclaimed novelist Paul Auster (Lulu on the Bridge). 2K Film Restoration by ZAP Zoetrope Aubry Productions - San Francisco. Special thanks to Leo Hallal, Kim Aubry, and Ashley Pagan for their restoration work.

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New on Blu-ray: LIFE IS CHEAP... BUT TOILET PAPER IS EXPENSIVE (1989)

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Product Description: "Exploding a seemingly simple premise - a nameless "cowboy" courier (Spencer Nakasako) arrives in pre-Handover Hong Kong to deliver a mysterious briefcase to a mercurial Mob boss whilst becoming entangled with his femme fatale mistress (Cora Miao) - independent filmmaking legend Wayne Wang's LIFE IS CHEAP... BUT TOILET PAPER IS EXPENSIVE barrels through inspired genre deconstruction, guerrilla docu-fiction and fierce political jeremiad, all with a keen sense of humor and deeply rich visual palette. Tracking the Man-with-no-name's increasingly byzantine mission across every level of the city's social strata, we're introduced to fortune families, cabdrivers, hustlers, butchers and more, each punctuating the high-octane Neo-noir narrative with instantly memorable monologues that capture a now-distant era in Hong Kong history. Multifaceted but never incoherent LIFE IS CHEAP... BUT TOILET PAPER IS EXPENSIVE is among Wang's most unique and bracing contributions to the independent film cannon. Much-loved on the international film festival circuit but unjustly overlooked in North America, this is a maverick tour de force ripe for rediscovery.

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DVD & Blu-ray: DIM SUM - A LITTLE BIT OF HEART (1985) - Criterion Collection

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Product Description: Wayne Wang’s follow-up to his watershed indie Chan Is Missing is a family portrait that gracefully combines the director’s signature gentle humanism and eye for poignant detail. Offering another fresh perspective on San Francisco’s Chinese American community, Wang takes a bittersweet look at the generational pas de deux between an aging immigrant widow and her devoted daughter, torn between filial duty and her own desires. Soulfully performed by an ensemble including real-life mother and daughter Kim and Laureen Chew and Victor Wong, the Yasujiro Ozu–inspired Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart is as lovingly made as the home-cooked cuisine it celebrates.

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New on Blu-ray: LAST HOLIDAY (2006) Starring Queen Latifah - Reissue

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Product Description: Enjoy Yourself … It's Later Than You Think! It's advice to follow for shy New Orleans cookware salesclerk Georgia Byrd (Oscar® nominee* Queen Latifah) when her doctor informs her that she has less than a month to live. With news like that, it's time to give your life a serious makeover! So Georgia jets off on a dream vacation to live life like there's no tomorrow. Enjoy hearty laughs and rollicking comedic misadventures when Georgia shakes up a glamorous European resort spa while enthusiastically embracing a new look … new moves … and a new attitude! LL Cool J is the handsome suitor back home who's not about to let Georgia slip away. And Timothy Hutton, Gerard Depardieu, Alicia Witt and Giancarlo Esposito also star in this comedy hit that makes the good times last forever.

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New on Blu-ray: MAID IN MANHATTAN (2002) Starring Jennifer Lopez and Ralph Fiennes

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Product Description: Marisa Ventura (Jennifer Lopez) is a struggling single mom who works at a posh Manhattan hotel and dreams of a better life for her and her young son (Tyler Posey). One fateful day, hotel guest and senatorial candidate Christopher Marshall (Ralph Fiennes) meets Marisa and mistakes her for a wealthy socialite. After an enchanting evening together, the two fall madly in love. But when Marisa's true identity is revealed, issues of class and social status threaten to separate them. Can two people from very different worlds overcome their differences and live happily ever after?

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