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This week's fresh crop of new DVD titles are a small but vocal bunch - from slapping to kicking to capsizing:

Double Indemnity (1944; $19.95). Long out of print on DVD, Double Indemnity is the "most important Film noir ever made," according to Eddie Muller in his new article about the film for GreenCine - all the more reason why this special two-disc edition is cause for rejoicing. Barbara Stanwyck is perhaps the ultimate femme fatale, and Fred MacMurray, long before My Three Sons, proves what a terrific actor he was, delivering the snappy dialogue (adapted for the screen by director Billy Wilder and detective novelist Raymond Chandler, from material by James M. Cain).

"Despite years of imitation and parody, Double Indemnity never loses its freshness," writes Muller. "And make no mistake about it, everything you love about [the film] was drawn up in the script, which is a masterful example of the screenwriter's art." Extras include two separate new audio commentary tracks, one with film historian Richard Schickel, and a second with film historian/screenwriter Lem Dobbs and film historian Nick Redman.

Sketches of Frank Gehry (2005; $19.65). "Lucid and engaging, Sketches of Frank Gehry provides the enormously gratifying opportunity to spend an hour-and-a-half with an artistic giant," wrote Variety's Todd McCarthy of Sydney Pollack's documentary about his friend, the eccentric, brilliant LA-based architect. "True to its title, the relentlessly intelligent Sketches approaches its subject from a multitude of angles," wrote LA Weekly's Scott Foundas, who noted the film is, above all, "an intimate observation of Gehry at work."

Kicking and Screaming (Criterion) (1995; $22.46 ). Not to be confused with the crappy Will Ferrell movie, this indie comedy about the angst of post-college life was written and directed by Noah Baumbach, who gained renown more recently with his Oscar-nominated The Squid and the Whale. Co-starring Whit Stillman fave Chris Eigeman, along with Josh Hamilton, Carlos Jacott, Eric Stoltz and Oliva d'Abo, the film is essentially a "wryly comic mood piece," wrote Peter Travers in Rolling Stone. "Scenes move from hurt to resigned laughter and ring poignantly true. The heroically unfashionable result is a minor but distinct pleasure."

Also out this week: Grab the dramamine, and watch Poseidon - special edition for rent, widescreen for sale; Scared Sacred (2004; $22.48); Galaxina (1980; $14.45), starring poor Dorothy Stratten; Elizabeth I (2006; $23.57), with Helen Mirren excellent as the Virgin Queen and Jeremy Irons being, well, Jeremy Irons, as the Earl of Leicester; Love for Rent (2004; $11.95); Hepburn and Tracy in Frank Capra's State of the Union (1948; $10.95), which works well as a companion to Capra's earlier Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.

New anime: Kodocha Vol. 8: Sana's Duty ($21.45). "There's a lot of fun to be had here," says AnimeOnDVD of this volume of the popular shojo series. "These episodes show that there's still a great deal of life in it and plenty to explore."

GreenCine's review blog: Guru | A complete list of this week's new releases and all titles coming soon is available here | Ye Olde New Releases Archive | Your Queue

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Also new: Thomas Logoreci serves up a freewheeling conversation with the hosts of the YouTube hit Royal House of Hangover; and don't forget Eddie Muller's excellent piece on Double Indemnity.

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