DVD & Blu-Ray releases

Snowtown

(Revolver, cert 18, Blu-ray/DVD)

Incest, paedophilia, vigilante justice and a couple of buckets of kangaroo offal — this intense Aussie drama is slow to reveal what it’s about but is really worth hanging on for. Dark, powerful, different.

Weekend

(Peccadillo, cert 18, Blu-ray/DVD)

A two-hander following two gay guys over a weekend of fun, earnest chat and frolics, with a screenplay that won an Evening Standard Film Award. Sensational acting and universal themes; a small-scale beauty.

Moneyball

(Sony, cert 12, Blu-ray/DVD)

Fans of Brad Pitt, sports-underdog films and riveting, unpatronising entertainment will go a bundle on this intelligent drama rich in detail about the baseball manager who built a team from the bargain bin.

Take Shelter

(Universal, cert 15, Blu-ray/DVD)

A Midwesterner builds a storm shelter to protect his family from impending disaster. A kissing cousin of Signs, this moody psychological drama plays games with expectations and genre right to the last scene.

Resistance

(Metrodome, cert PG, Blu-ray/DVD)

A German soldier in Nazi-occupied Wales falls head over heils for the dark intransigence and fragile beauty of a local girl. Andrea Riseborough — aquiver with withheld emotion — is the making of this ambitious, ambiguous film.

The Devils

(BFI, cert 18, DVD)

Oliver Reed’s best performance, as a wayward French priest brought back into line by a vindictive Cardinal Richelieu. Now released in as near to a director’s cut as we’re likely to see, it’s justifiably Ken Russell’s most memorable film.