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The Best DVDs of 2025 These are the works of serious auteurs whose films will stick in your brain like haunting melodies or shards of glass. READ: tinyurl.com/BestDVDs25


Many thanks for the support!!

MVD dominates @PopMatters' Best of 2025 list with 30 distributed releases from @DeafCrocodile, @FunCityEdition, @CultEpics, @FilmsRadiance, @EurekaVideo, @ArrowFilmsVideo, & MVD Collector's Brands. An incredible showing across the year’s top 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, & DVD releases!



Many thanks - 'Breaking Glass' is a very special entry into the tiny slip of punk-inspired films that featured in the early '80s! A fantastic Blu-ray edition with the bells and whistles!

Brian Gibson’s BREAKING GLASS (1980) starring Hazel O’Connor and Phil Daniels makes the cut! Thank you, @PopMatters. 🙏

FunCityEdition's tweet image. Brian Gibson’s BREAKING GLASS (1980) starring Hazel O’Connor and Phil Daniels makes the cut! Thank you, @PopMatters. 🙏


Many thanks - these are a great assortment of films!

As we nestle into our hibernation pods for the holidays this week, we got an early gift from @PopMatters who listed an astonishing -SIX- of our titles on their Best DVDs of 2025 list! We are absolutely gobsmacked and honored to not only be listed here, but simply to be among…

DeafCrocodile's tweet image. As we nestle into our hibernation pods for the holidays this week, we got an early gift from @PopMatters who listed an astonishing -SIX- of our titles on their Best DVDs of 2025 list!

We are absolutely gobsmacked and honored to not only be listed here, but simply to be among…


Featuring the enigmatic Dominique Sanda; My review of the romantic period drama, "First Love", @PopMatters: #DominiqueSanda @mvdentgroup

First Love’s Slow Seduction Spare, yet strangely ornate, Swiss film First Love sings of a decadence that evokes the richly embroidered tales of Russian literature. - @MatutinalLife READ: tinyurl.com/FrstLvMxmlln

PopMatters's tweet image. First Love’s Slow Seduction

Spare, yet strangely ornate, Swiss film First Love sings of a decadence that evokes the richly embroidered tales of Russian literature. - @MatutinalLife 

READ: tinyurl.com/FrstLvMxmlln


The 2 lost albums by JoBoxers (as well as their released debut) are now all released on @CherryRedGroup in one retrospective box set. My interview with the band is up @PopMatters: @digwayne @ChrisBostock01 @dccollard @joboxers_band #joboxers

JoBoxers Pull No Punches in This Retrospective Interview British new wave/ progressive soul band JoBoxers talk with PopMatters about cracking whips at lions and tigers and pulling no punches with their new box set of lost albums from Cherry Red Records. – @MatutinalLife READ:…

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British new wave/ progressive soul band JoBoxers talk with PopMatters about cracking whips at lions and tigers and pulling no punches with their new box set of lost albums from Cherry Red Records. – @MatutinalLife 

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This one surprised me - it's quite wonderful! My review of "Racing With the Moon", released by @FunCityEdition, now published @PopMatters #RacingWiththeMoon @mvdentgroup #ElizabethMcGovern #SeanPenn #NicholasCage @ElizabethMcGov

Sean Penn, Nicholas Cage, and Elizabeth McGovern's Coming of Age Drama Racing with the Moon Is Artful and Immersive If cinema is more than the sum of its parts, then Racing with the Moon is an immersive experience that pairs its talented performers with an artful and expert…

PopMatters's tweet image. Sean Penn, Nicholas Cage, and Elizabeth McGovern's Coming of Age Drama Racing with the Moon Is Artful and Immersive

If cinema is more than the sum of its parts, then Racing with the Moon is an immersive experience that pairs its talented performers with an artful and expert…


My Blu-ray review of the Italian feature "Girl With a Suitcase", published @PopMatters; its a great summer film with wonderful photography and performances. Available @FilmsRadiance. #ItalianCinema #RadianceFilms @mvdentgroup

Girl With a Suitcase Charms With Its Magnetic Performances Despite what appears to be a probing examination of the socioeconomics of the European class system, Girl With a Suitcase's pleasures are simple. – @MatutinalLife READ: tinyurl.com/59cpw7du

PopMatters's tweet image. Girl With a Suitcase Charms With Its Magnetic Performances

Despite what appears to be a probing examination of the socioeconomics of the European class system, Girl With a Suitcase's pleasures are simple. – @MatutinalLife 

READ: tinyurl.com/59cpw7du


Review of Alain Robbe-Grillet's surrealist film "Playing With Fire" @PopMatters; Blu-ray release by @CultEpics and distributed by @mvdentgroup #AlainRobbeGrillet #JeanLouisTrintignant

Allain Robbet-Gillet’s Playing With Fire Will Burn the Uninitiated ➡️ tinyurl.com/BurnUninitiated Playing With Fire marks a curious effort when considered in the scope of cancel culture today, yet it compels nonetheless. – @MatutinalLife

PopMatters's tweet image. Allain Robbet-Gillet’s Playing With Fire Will Burn the Uninitiated

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Playing With Fire marks a curious effort when considered in the scope of cancel culture today, yet it compels nonetheless. – @MatutinalLife


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Initially dismissed as a film for children, Luigi Comencini's Misunderstood reveals some mature ideas about childhood and family and would sit better with adult audiences. – @MatutinalLife ➡️ tinyurl.com/2z5ef7ts

PopMatters's tweet image. Initially dismissed as a film for children, Luigi Comencini's Misunderstood reveals some mature ideas about childhood and family and would sit better with adult audiences. – @MatutinalLife

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Nothing But a Man, director Michael Roemer’s sobering look at systemic racism in 1960s America is about battling discrimination on an uneven playing field but also about tenaciously preserving friendships and families. – @MatutinalLife ➡️ tinyurl.com/RoemerMan #PMPick

PopMatters's tweet image. Nothing But a Man, director Michael Roemer’s sobering look at systemic racism in 1960s America is about battling discrimination on an uneven playing field but also about tenaciously preserving friendships and families. – @MatutinalLife 

➡️ tinyurl.com/RoemerMan

#PMPick…

A new tome on the musical culture of goth; review @PopMatters:

John Robb's The Art of Darkness Unburies Goth Music's Beginnings ➡️ tinyurl.com/5ypm79jt John Robb's massive The Art of Darkness: The History of Goth [@ManchesterUP] unburies an estimable wealth of knowledge of goth music and can sit comfortably beside the works of Greil…

PopMatters's tweet image. John Robb's The Art of Darkness Unburies Goth Music's Beginnings

➡️ tinyurl.com/5ypm79jt

John Robb's massive The Art of Darkness: The History of Goth [@ManchesterUP] unburies an estimable wealth of knowledge of goth music and can sit comfortably beside the works of Greil…
PopMatters's tweet image. John Robb's The Art of Darkness Unburies Goth Music's Beginnings

➡️ tinyurl.com/5ypm79jt

John Robb's massive The Art of Darkness: The History of Goth [@ManchesterUP] unburies an estimable wealth of knowledge of goth music and can sit comfortably beside the works of Greil…


One of Chabrol's best - and based on an excellent novel by Ruth Rendell. Please check out my review of the new @Criterion release @PopMatters:

Claude Chabrol's La Cérémonie Explores Social Class Struggles with Chilling Exactitude ➡️ tinyurl.com/LaCeremonie Filmed under a cool glass of calm and enwrapped in an airy atmosphere, La Cérémonie [@Criterion] makes judicious use of its setting to starkly contrast its warring…

PopMatters's tweet image. Claude Chabrol's La Cérémonie Explores Social Class Struggles with Chilling Exactitude

➡️ tinyurl.com/LaCeremonie

Filmed under a cool glass of calm and enwrapped in an airy atmosphere, La Cérémonie [@Criterion] makes judicious use of its setting to starkly contrast its warring…
PopMatters's tweet image. Claude Chabrol's La Cérémonie Explores Social Class Struggles with Chilling Exactitude

➡️ tinyurl.com/LaCeremonie

Filmed under a cool glass of calm and enwrapped in an airy atmosphere, La Cérémonie [@Criterion] makes judicious use of its setting to starkly contrast its warring…


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