We've got multiple tips for you this week - where shall we begin?

First, as promised, the new new (new) and coming releases page has been revamped - again - with easy to spot buttons and some of our editors' own favorites among the new and recent releases. Go here every week for the latest (and look for more tweaks in the future).

Speaking of editors' reviews, more on this below, but we're proud to announce the launch of GreenCine's new review blog, Guru - the place for sage advice from our wise reviewers on the subject of their favorite DVDs, new and old. Stop by frequently for a variety of useful reviews, and for that guru that we do so well.

Boy, it's hot - but the only word we can come up with for this week's new releases is "cool":

Beastie Boys: Awesome; I F...in' Shot That! (2005; $21.76). Check your head for this awesome concert film, filmed at NY's Madison Square Garden, with the added gimmick of having been shot by scores of fans given DV cameras. They even left in one moment where a fan took the camera into the bathroom with him. But it's the performance itself that is a blast for Beastie fans.

A Canterbury Tale (Criterion) (1944; $29.97). Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger never made a bad film in their many years of collaboration, and this reworking of Chaucer - reset in wartime Britain - is no exception. "Highly recommended," extolls DVD Talk, "an enchanting cinematic parable that inspires and uplifts, reminding contemporary audiences of the struggles of the past and how they may reflect on the present and future." As to be expected from Criterion, the two-disc set is full of lovely extras and illuminating commentaries as well.

The Joy of Life (2005; $18.10). Filmmaker Jenni Olson told GreenCine's Tamara Lees: "I want to convey a sense of time and place and history. The underlying agenda of the film is to create a visual document of the changing face of San Francisco... It's also my hope that audiences will be inspired by the film's form and bring this way of looking at the world with them when they leave the theater." Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti approved: "I was joyed," he told her in an e-mail. The film "makes the ordinary extraordinary" (Wesley Morris, The Boston Globe).

Roma cittá libera (1946; $13.95), Marcello Pagliero’s neorealism classic comes courtesy of NoShame.

Feed (2005; $17.45) is "laced with a deep vein of dark humour (most notably in the film's brilliantly ironic use of several iconic pop songs)," says Monsters and Critics, "a fast-paced, intelligent, topical and highly entertaining thriller that, given its subject matter, deftly manages to avoid being exploitative." Be forewarned: It is also quite... gross.

Also out this week: Animaniacs vol. 1, the adventures of Yakko, Wakko and Dot (five discs; $37.95); Final Destination 3 (2006; $25.95); Pure (2005; $18.98); Chappelle's Show Lost Episodes (2006; $17.95). New to GreenCine: The ultra-timely Death in Gaza (2003; $21.95).

New anime: Kaze No Yojimbo: The Complete Collection ($35.45). Very cool series based on the classic Kurosawa movie. [Rent volume one.]

A complete list of this week's new releases and all titles coming soon is available here | New Releases Archive | Your Queue

Articles galore:

Kevin Smith's Clerks is going to be on anyone's shortlist of landmark American independent films of the last 25 years or so. And now, as you might have heard, the boys are back. Not just Jay and Silent Bob, but the clerks themselves, Dante and Randal. Sean Axmaker talks with Brian O'Halloran and Jeff Anderson about their return in Clerks II.

Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi (who interviewed Henry Jaglom awhile back to very engaging affect) talked with Israeli director Amos Gitai, who has made the personal political repeatedly in his ever-increasing filmography. In his new film Free Zone, Gitai used an American star - Natalie Portman - for the first time.

While the GreenCine Daily's primary caretaker David Hudson is on vacation, the blog belongs to friends, old and new. Look for some amazing, rapid-fire responses to off-the-top-of-the-head, summertime questions, beginning with Doug Cummings asked about Los Angeles films, Twitch asked "What's the Twitchiest movie so far this year?" and Wiley Wiggins asked "Got a favorite soundtrack?" The Daily also offers up a new report on the latest DVD reviews, from D.K. Holm.

The GreenCine member list(s) of the week is ahogue's "Exceptional Anime" list. "For the anime dilettante, it's hard to find reliable reviews. These are the best I've seen in my year-long exploration of anime."