Lucy, The Boxtrolls, The Drop, "DVD Is the New Vinyl"

On the December wrap-up edition of our "DVD Is the New Vinyl" podcast, visionary filmmaker Terry Gilliam (BRAZIL, 12 MONKEYS) talks THE ZERO THEOREM and the Criterion reissue of his revisionist-history fantasy TIME BANDITS... filmmaker-actor Jonathan Caouette (TARNATION, WALK AWAY RENEE) has seen Todd Haynes' SAFE some 30 times... screenwriter Larry Karaszewski (BIG EYES, ED WOOD) digs into two eccentric 1976 westerns, THE MISSOURI BREAKS and BUFFALO BILL AND THE INDIANS. Also, "10 Worth a Spin" with APACHES, APPOINTMENT WITH DANGER, BROAD CITY: SEASON 1, THE CONGRESS, KINOSHITA AND WORLD WAR II, LEVITATED MASS, PRIDE, THE SKELETON TWINS, THE STRANGE COLOR OF YOUR BODY'S TEARS, and TESIS. Listen above, or on iTunes.

PICK OF THE WEEK: Jealousy

January 9
Annabelle (horror prequel to "The Conjuring")
* Antony and the Johnsons: Turning (radical music doc)
* Belle (Blu-ray, Toronto 2013, British period drama)
Boardwalk Empire: Season 5 (the final season)
* The Book of Life (animated family comedy, prod. Guillermo del Toro)
The Boxtrolls (animated family adventure from "Coraline" team)
The Bridge: Season 2 (U.S. version)
* Calvary (Blu-ray, bleakly funny Irish drama, Brendan Gleeson)
House of Lies: Season 3
I Origins (Blu-ray, Sundance 2014 sci-fi drama, Brit Marling)
* Jealousy (romantic French drama, Louis Garrel, dir. Phillipe Garrel)
* Lucy (Scarlett Johansson sci-fi thriller, dir. Luc Besson)
* Norte, the End of History (Filipino "Crime and Punishment" drama)
Once Upon a Time in Shanghai (Hong Kong martial arts)
* Red Hollywood (1996 doc from "Los Angeles Plays Itself" director)
* Starry Eyes (SXSW 2014, Faustian show-biz horror)
Tusk (Justin Long eccentric horror, dir. Kevin Smith)
* What Now? Remind Me (NYFF 2013, Portuguese opus)
The Zero Theorem (dystopian comic fantasy, dir. Terry Gilliam)

PICK OF THE WEEK: The Strange Little Cat

January 2
* Alive Inside (life-affirming doc on the healing power of music)
Dinosaur 13 (David-versus-Goliath paleontology doc)
The Drop (Brooklyn-set thriller, Tom Hardy, James Gandolfini)
Jessabelle (supernatural horror from "Insidious" producer)
* Levitated Mass (entertaining doc on artist Michael Heizer)
* Love is Strange (John Lithgow, Alfred Molina)
Men, Women & Children (Jennifer Garner, Adam Sandler)
* Middle of Nowhere (Independent Spirit Award-winning drama)
* The Pleasures of Being / Out of Step (Nat Hentoff doc)
Revenge of the Green Dragons (Ray Liotta crime thriller)
* River's Edge (Blu-ray, 1987 cult classic, Dennis Hopper)
* Safe (Blu-ray, essential 1995 drama, Julianne Moore, Criterion)
The Skin (1981 Italian war drama, Marcello Mastroianni, Burt Lancaster)
Steven Universe: Gem Glow (Cartoon Network series)
* The Strange Little Cat (eccentric German drama)
The Two Faces of January (Viggo Mortensen period thriller)
A Walk Among the Tombstones (Liam Neeson thriller)
* Wetlands (sexually provocative German comedy)

PICK OF THE WEEK: The Guest

December 26
* Bad Turn Worse (Toronto 2013, pulpy Texas-set thriller)
Boyhood (Ethan Hawke, best-reviewed film of 2014)
The Bridge: Season 2 (U.S. TV series)
The Brittany Murphy Story (trashily entertaining biopic)
Finding Fela (doc on the politically vital Nigerian musician)
* Get On Up (James Brown biopic)
Gone Girl (Ben Affleck drama-thriller, dir. David Fincher)
Guess How Much I Love You (kids animation)
* The Guest (Sundance 2014, clever action-thriller)
* Honey (Cannes 2013, Italian drama, dir. Valeria Golino)
* Honeymoon (SXSW 2014, newlywed horror)
Jimi: All Is By My Side (André 300 as Jimi Hendrix biopic)
Left Behind (Nicolas Cage, faith-based action thriller)
* The Night Porter (Blu-ray, 1974, Charlotte Rampling, Criterion)
No Good Deed (home-invasion thriller, Idris Elba)
* Running Scared (Blu-ray, 1986, Billy Crystal, Gregory Hines)
* 21 Years: Richard Linklater ("Boyhood" director doc)

PICK OF THE WEEK: Coherence

December 19
* Coherence (mind-bending, paranoid sci-fi thriller)
* The Conformist (Blu-ray, 1970, dir. Bernando Bertolucci)
The Equalizer (Denzel Washington action thriller)
Girls: Season 3
Horns (Daniel Radcliffe supernatural thriller)
Joe's Apartment (1996, MTV's 1st comedy, Jerry O'Connell)
* Kelly & Cal (tender indie drama, Juliette Lewis)
Last Weekend (darkly funny Patricia Clarkson drama)
* Looking: Season 1 (gay-themed HBO dramedy series)
* The Man With Two Brains (1st time in widescreen)
Marius / Fanny (2 Pagnol adaptations with/by Daniel Auteuil)
* Running on Empty (1988, River Phoenix, dir. Sidney Lumet)
Shameless: Season 4
Slaughter Hotel (1971, sleazy Klaus Kinski giallo thriller)
* The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears (art-thriller)
* Viva Maria! (Blu-ray, 1965, Bardot & Moreau, dir. Louis Malle)
Ways to Live Forever (warmhearted drama, Ben Chaplin)