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The best of week's batch of new releases are a wholly unique lot:

Death of Mr Lazarescu ($18.60). A pitch black comedy about Romania's archaic health care system? Sounds like a real treat, doesn't it? Not so fast. It's one of the best reviewed films of the year. "Both sad and darkly funny, the film is so sharply conceived and richly populated that it often registers like a Frederick Wiseman documentary, even though everything is scripted and every part played by a professional," raved Jonathan Rosenbaum in the Chicago Reader. "A heartbreakingly powerful masterpiece," adds Peter Rainer of The Christian Science Monitor.

I am a Sex Addict (2005; $19.45). Caveh Zahedi (who we interviewed awhile back and now interviews himself) made waves with this "breathtaking high-wire act that combines fact and fiction, drama and self-deprecating humor, honesty and self-delusion, home movies and animation" (Marjorie Baumgarten in the Austin Chronicle). A "consistently witty and inventive lark," wrote Bright Lights Film Journal. "Mischievous, and hardly the most reliable narrator, [Zahedi] presents this playful meta-vaudeville as part documentary, part dramatization with actors, and all narcissistic reflection on his life as a horndog."

The Office Season 2 (2006; $35.95), fresh off its Emmy win for Best Comedy Series, after a season in which it really began to come into its own.

Lucky Number Slevin (2006; $22.45). Though reviews were mixed, Slevin [sic] was a bit better than the clunky title and marketing campaign would have you believe, a clever thriller that is "stylish as hell with sharp dialogue, a tongue-in-cheek plot and visual and editing razzle-dazzle" (Hollywood Reporter).

Also out this week: Film Noir: Dark Side of Hollywood (five discs; $35.45); Goal! The Dream Begins (2005; $21.76), good if you're going through World Cup withdrawal; Jan Svankmajer: The Ossuary & Other Tales [interview] ($19.91); Dick Cavett: Hollywood Greats ($30.95) features simply some of the greatest (and most enjoyable) television interviews ever; and Ballets Russes ($23.45), the absorbing dance film ("gives you such an intense hit of creativity that afterward you may find yourself trying to jete out of the theater and into the street" - Michael Sragow, Baltimore Sun).

New anime: Fullmetal Alchemist: The Movie - Conqueror of Shambala ($21.45) is set two years after the events of the Fullmetal Alchemist TV series's last episode, and won three awards at the Tokyo International Anime Fair, as well as the 2005 Animation Grand Award at the Mainichi Film Awards.

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

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Though festival fever flares on at GreenCine Daily, our award-winning blog takes a break with a report from D.K. Holm highlighting recent DVD reviews.

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