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Top 10 DVD Releases for the week of March 17, 2003

It's a week for the bizarre and surreal with films from legendary Kurosawa, the bass player from Phish, and two hot new indie filmmakers Dylan Kidd and Rebecca Miller.


1. Akira Kurosawa's Dreams

The great Japanese master's 1990 film collects eight lyrical episodes, all drawn from actual dreams, they offer a gorgeous, surreal, and occasionally frightening cinematic experience.More »


2. Roger Dodger

Campbell Scott does a marvelous turn in Dylan Kidd's debut feature. Also starring Isabella Rossellini, Jennifer Beals, and Elizabeth Berkley.More »

3. Personal Velocity

Kyra Sedgwick, Parker Posey, and Fairuza Balk star as three very different women who try to change the course of their lives in the sophomore effort by Rebecca Miller, who adapted her own book of short stories.More »

4. Outside Out

Before he made the outstanding documentary "Rising Low," Phish bassist and filmmaker Mike Gordon shot this feature with a heavy dose of his bizarro sense of humor.More »

5. The Woman with Red Boots

Juan Luis Bunuel's pedigree as the son of the surrealist filmmaker qualifies him to direct this strange tale starring Catherine Deneuve.More »

6. The Matchmaker

Janeane Garofalo is hilarious in this charming romantic comedy set in Ireland.More »

7. Auto Focus

I was not a fan of this sordid tale directed by Paul Schrader, but the "Hogan's Heroes" dream sequence is worth the price of a rental.More »

8. Day for Night

Francois Truffaut's film about filmmaking is a valentine to the movies and the people who love them.More »

9. Welcome to Collinwood

William H. Macy, Isaiah Washington, Sam Rockwell, Michael Jeter, and Luis Guzman are among the dream indie cast playing out Anthony and Joe Russo's remake of the classic 1958 Italian heist spoof Big Deal on Madonna Street.More »

10. Just A Kiss

One wayward affair topples an entire circle of lovers like dominos in this romantic comedy starring Patrick Breen, Zoe Caldwell, Sarita Choudhury, Taye Diggs, Ron Eldard, Kyra Sedgwick, Marley Shelton, and Marisa Tomei.More »


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