The Happy Prince
At Eternity's Gate
The Grinch
Overlord
The Wife
First Man
Suspiria
Gamechangers: Dreams of BlizzCon 
Gray House 
Shadow Girl 
Through the Eyes of Yuja 
Native America 
Becoming Iconic 
From Silence to the Word 
The Terrorist Hunter 
Found at “Mostly Lost” Vol. 2 
Good Times 
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music Live 
Sando 
Hidden: Series 1 
9-1-1: The Complete Season One 
Buddies
Trilogy of Terror 
On February 5, First Run Features is releasing the award-winning and crowd-pleasing documentary Hot to Trot (DVD: $24.95). Offering a deep-dive look inside the fascinating but little-known world of same-sex competitive ballroom dance, director Gail Freedman’s lively, poignant film follows…
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- Bernie The Dolphin
- Better Start Running
- Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch
- The Girl In The Spider’s Web
- The Guilty
- John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection
- Letters from Baghdad
- A Private War
- The Sisters Brothers
- Widows
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January/February 2019
What you’ll find in the January/February 2019 issue of Video Librarian:
New documentaries on the 1970s pioneer counterculture group TVTV, Sherpas in NYC, Syrian refugees, the UN sex abuse scandal, the Harry Potter magic exhibit, the future of ISIS, Pope Francis, Harriet Tubman, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and more. Plus, books into movies, anime, music/dance, and 75-plus movie and TV series reviews.
News Briefs
Same-Sex Ballroom Dance Film “Hot to Trot” Coming on February 5 from First Run Features
On February 5, First Run Features is releasing the award-winning and crowd-pleasing documentary Hot to Trot (DVD: $24.95). Offering a deep-dive look inside the fascinating but little-known world of same-sex competitive ballroom dance, director Gail Freedman’s lively, poignant film follows…PBS Distribution to Release Two-Part “Documenting Hate” Frontline Investigation on February 12
PBS Distribution has announced the upcoming release of Frontline: Documenting Hate (DVD: $24.99), slated for February 12. An in-depth, two-part investigation into today’s white supremacy groups in the U.S. and the violent attacks that have taken place as a result,…Oscar-Nominated “Of Fathers and Sons” Radical Islam Doc Slated for March 5 from Kino Lorber
Kino Lorber has announced the March 5 DVD release of the critically-acclaimed documentary Of Fathers and Sons (DVD: $29.99), which was recently nominated for Best Documentary Feature for the 2019 Academy Awards. With a Blu-ray release to follow on April…Jackie Chan Double-Bill, Jim Jarmusch Blu-ray Debuts, and Gillian Armstrong’s “My Brilliant Career” on Criterion’s April Slate
The Criterion Collection's April slate kicks off April 9 with two beloved Jim Jarmusch films: the minimalist 1984 masterpiece Stranger Than Paradise (Blu-ray: $39.95) and the 1991 taxicab odyssey Night on Earth (Blu-ray: $39.95), the latter starring Gena Rowlands, Winona Ryder, and Armin…Magnolia Home Entertainment to Release “Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes” on March 12
Slated for release on March 12 is Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes (DVD: $24.99), available from Magnolia Home Entertainment. Directed by Alexis Bloom, the documentary fuses the personal, the political, and the just plain surreal as it…
Bi-Weekly Selection Guide to Upcoming Releases for March 5 & February 26
Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood: School Time Fun 
House of Cards: The Final Season 
30 Minutes to Fitness: Sculpting Rx 
Luisa Spagnoli 
Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens: The Complete Series 
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