The Chaperone
The Fanatic
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
Papi Chulo
Monos
Adopt a Highway
Joker
The Kill Team
8 Days: To the Moon and Back
David: Return to the Land 
In God’s Company: Thomas Cook and William Hartley 
The Providers
Home Truth 
Moon Wars 
Nailed It 
Sex Trafficking in America 
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Man of a Thousand Faces
Port of Shadows
Reap the Wild Wind
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith 
The Circus 
The Kominsky Method: The Complete First Season 
The Set-Up 
Nominees for the 92nd Academy Awards ceremony to be held February 9th have been announced. Of the five Best Documentary nominees, two are currently available on DVD. For Sama (PBS, $19.95), directed by Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts, tells the…
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New Releases Calendar for January 14
- Becoming Nobody
- Britt-Marie Was Here
- The Death & Life Of John F. Donovan
- Gemini Man
- Give Me Liberty
- The Golden Glove
- Jexi
- Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil
- Mister America
- Piranhas
- Running With The Devil
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November/December 2019
The November/December issue is the last print issue of Video Librarian but Video Librarian Online will continue
Video Librarian is ceasing print publication with the Nov/Dec issue, although Video Librarian Online will continue with the main mission of the magazine, presenting new reviews (from the same review team) and ongoing news briefs, updated regularly. Video Librarian Online will also include access to our searchable database of over 40,000 full-text video reviews, a searchable database of nearly 1,000 video distributors, and more. Subscriptions are $25 each for single username/passwords or $50 for IP access for multiple simultaneous users. We look forward to continuing this incredible journey that began 34 years ago.
News Briefs
Oscar Nominees for Best Documentary Announced
Nominees for the 92nd Academy Awards ceremony to be held February 9th have been announced. Of the five Best Documentary nominees, two are currently available on DVD. For Sama (PBS, $19.95), directed by Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts, tells the…PBS Video Releases Timely Doc on Artificial Intelligence
On January 14, PBS Video will release In the Age of AI (DVD: $24.99). It's been called "The New Space Race" and is a favorite topic of Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang. This time it's China taking on the United…Cohen Media Group to Release Powerful Doc "Serendipity" on February 4
A renowned artist, forced to confront her own mortality, turns the exploration of her health crisis into a unique cinematic work in the new documentary Serendipity (DVD: $25.99, Blu-ray: $30.99), releasing February 4 from Cohen Media Group. The award-nominated fil…Tugg Edu's Doc "The Last Pig" Newly Available for Institutional Purchase
Tugg Edu is releasing Allison Argo's documentary The Last Pig (DVD: $75: public libraries & high schools; $350: colleges & universities; digital rights available; https://educate.tugg.com/titles/the-last-pig), a lyrical meditation on what it means to be a sentient creature with the power…Magnolia Releasing Offbeat Doc "Wrinkles the Clown" on January 7
Magnolia Home Entertainment is releasing filmmaker Michael Beach Nichols's offbeat documentary Wrinkles the Clown (DVD: $26.98) on January 7. In late 2014, a low-res video of a person in a clown mask emerging from underneath a sleeping child's bed appears…
Bi-Weekly Selection Guide to Upcoming Releases for January 14
20 Animal Adventures 
Autonomy
Krypton: The Complete Second and Final Season 
Veep: The Final Season 
Brewster’s Millions
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