In the clip above, Richard Brody discusses his DVD-of-the-Week, “Elephant Man.” Click-through for more from Brody on the film, which he calls “a movie of true Platonic love”: http://nyr.kr/12tc6V0

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Richard Brody discusses his DVD of the Week, Robert Altman’s “The Long Goodbye” (1973): http://nyr.kr/TEb1VO

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Richard Brody’s DVD pick of the week: Gerd Oswald’s 1957 harsh film noir, “Crime of Passion”.  Watch the clip above, and click through for more from Brody on the film: http://nyr.kr/NUB98U

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Richard Brody’s DVD of the Week: Ingmar Bergman’s 1953 drama “Summer with Monika”. Watch the clip above, and click-through for more from Brody on the film: http://nyr.kr/NzRi59

DVD of the Week— In this clip, Richard Brody discusses Jared Hess’ “Gentleman Broncos”: 

…it is, simply, one of the most original movies about religion ever made.

Click-through to read more from Brody on Hess’ film: http://nyr.kr/KEdjvZ

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In this clip, Richard Brody discusses his pick for DVD of the Week, Allen Baron’s low-budget 1961 film-noir, “Blast of Silence”.  Follow the link for more from Brody on Baron’s filmmaking: http://nyr.kr/M1lHIx

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In this week’s Science Fiction issue, Laura Miller writes about the first fictional depictions of space aliens. Follow the link for a video where she discusses some of the most memorable cinematic depictions of extraterrestrial life forms: http://nyr.kr/KMtcCl

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