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Top 5 New DVD Releases - November 22, 2005

By Society & Culture & Entertainment Last updated Saturday, May/18/2024

Marvelous French actress Emmanuelle Devos is receiving raves for her performance in "Gilles's Wife," a heartbreaking tragedy playing in theaters now. Two wonderful films featuring Devos arrive on DVD this week: don't miss the sprawling drama "Kings and Queen" and the crime thriller/classic music romance "The Beat My Heart Skipped."

1. Kings and Queen

Arnaud Desplechin's "Kings and Queen" stars cinema's newest femme fatale, the gorgeous and conniving Emmanuelle Devos. Hilarious and moving, this sprawling drama tells the story about a modern Parisan woman and her four great loves.More »

2. The Beat My Heart Skipped

French filmmaker Jacques Audiard's adaptation of the 1978 James Toback cult classic "Fingers" is a surprising and compelling film about a real estate thug (Romain Duris) who trains to become a classical concert pianist. Emmanuelle Devos plays his father's mouthy actress girlfriend.More »

3. Fear and Trembling

In "Lost and Translation," Sofia Coppola showed you Japan from inside the illustrious Hilton hotel. Alain Corneau's film gives you an altogether different perspective: an inside look of the Japanese corporation, replete filing cabinets, copy machines and office politics that verge on sadism. Slyie Testud is hilarious as the idealistic French employee whose dreams and hopes are efficiently dashed in the accounting department.More »

4. 9 Songs

Michael Winterbottom pushes boundaries with "9 Songs," a surprisingly tender film that uses live rock'n roll footage and unsimulated sex for a love story that could not be told any other way. Special features include on set interview with Winterbottom and stars Margo Stilley and Kieran O'Brien, music videos, and an entire live concert.More »

5. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

"Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance" is the first movie in director Chanwook Park's critically acclaimed revenge trilogy, which also includes "Oldboy" and "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance." Ha-kyun Shin stars as Ryu, a young deaf mute with green hair and a job at a smelting factory who decides to donate his kidney to his ailing sister--a decision with disastrous consquences.More »

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