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Homicide

Shipped on 11/18/09.

David Mamet writes and directs this provocative thriller, which takes viewers inside the world of Det. Bobby Gold (Joe Mantegna) as he conducts a murder investigation that leads to an examination of his own ethnicity. Pulled from a drug case to find the killer of an elderly Jewish woman, Gold scoffs at the family's claim that the murder was a hate crime -- until he uncovers evidence of a conspiracy. William H. Macy co-stars.

The Face of Another

Shipped on 11/10/09.

A commentary on plastic surgery and self-image, Hiroshi Teshigahara's sci-fi drama centers on a man (Tatsuya Nakadai) who gets a new face after a horrible accident. But he soon learns that the lifelike mask he's donned comes with a terrible price. Meanwhile on the other side of town, a scarred young woman finds her own way of coping with facial disfigurement. Machiko Kyô, Miki Irie and Mikijiro Hira co-star.

Days of Glory

Shipped on 10/07/09.

Rachid Bouchareb's powerful pedagogical film chronicles the journey of four North African soldiers who join the French army to help liberate France from Nazi occupation during World War II. Re-creating a chapter largely erased from the pages of history, the film -- which got an Oscar nod for Best Foreign Language Film and won the 2006 Cannes Film Festival Best Actor award for its ensemble cast -- pays overdue tribute to the heroism of these forgotten troops.