DVD & Blu-Ray releases

Breathing

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

The corpses look real in this film about a juvenile offender who goes to work at a morgue. Pared back to its essentials, this well-observed Austrian drama is unusual, powerful and wonderful.

American Pie: Reunion

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

Jason Biggs and pretty much the whole gang reheat the knob, tit and poo jokes that made us laugh in 1999. A relentlessly amusing reunion underscored by a wistfulness for lost youth.

The Turin Horse

(Artificial Eye, cert 15, Blu-ray/DVD)

In black and white, almost wordless, comprising only 30 long takes, this anti-fashion statement by Hungarian auteur Béla Tarr is, he declares, his farewell, a brilliant portrait of a peasant and his daughter living a pitiless existence in a rude hovel while an existential gale howls outside.

Nostalgia for the Light

(New Wave, cert E, DVD)

The “Disappeared” of the Pinochet era are the focus of this tender, beautifully shot documentary which starts out as an exploration of Chile’s Atacama Desert, so arid that it’s become an astronomer’s Mecca.

Lawrence of Arabia

(Sony, cert PG, Blu-ray)

This 50th anniversary Blu-ray of David Lean’s epic desert movie starring Peter O’Toole is a remaster of the director’s cut of the original 70mm negative — which means a film that’s all about the visuals really is a visual feast.