08/16/11 Recommended New Releases

Just one recommendation this week; next week will be just slightly more fruitful:

The Killing (Stanley Kubrick, 1956) - courtesy of The Criterion Collection, one of Stanley Kubrick's earlier films gets a much-needed update. The synopsis from the Criterion webpage for the film reads: "Stanley Kubrick’s account of an ambitious racetrack robbery is one of Hollywood’s tautest, twistiest noirs. Aided by a radically time-shuffling narrative, razor-sharp dialogue from pulp novelist Jim Thompson, and a phenomenal cast of character actors, including Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Timothy Carey, Elisha Cook Jr., and Marie Windsor, The Killing is both a jaunty thriller and a cold-blooded punch to the gut. And with its precise tracking shots and gratifying sense of irony, it’s Kubrick to the core."

Format: DVD - Amazon has the DVD format available for $21.99; if Blu-ray is your preference, it is $3.00 more.