Once Upon a Time in Mexico Antonio Banderas and Johnny Depp face off in Robert Rodriguez’s wild-ride action film. R; $28.95.
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Swimming Pool François Ozon’s thriller, starring a prim Charlotte Rampling and the ravishing Ludivine Sagnier, is released in an R-rated version and an unrated edition that restores the frontal nudity cut from its already-racy American release. R and NR; $26.98.
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Cabin Fever NYU grad Eli Roth’s fun horror debut. R; $26.99.
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Buffalo Soldiers Joaquin Phoenix does his best Yossarian in Gregor Jordan’s war satire, which received a late theatrical release after September 11. R; $29.99.
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Manny & Lo Lisa Krueger’s 1996 film about two young runaways announced Scarlett Johansson’s immense talent. R; $24.96.
Spellbound Jeff Blitz’s excellent documentary about National Spelling Bee contestants. G; $26.96.
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thirteen New York’s Peter Rainer said this wannabe exposé was “borderline sensationalistic.” R; $27.98.
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Our Picks
The blaxploitation-lite Bill Cosby–Sidney Poitier collaborations were hardly the greatest films of their era, but fans of Poitier’s more sober performances will enjoy seeing him cut loose for once. In Uptown Saturday Night, Let’s Do It Again, and A Piece of the Action, a relaxed Poitier, who also directed the films, dons some silly polyester suits and hams it up with pals like Ossie Davis, James Earl Jones, Jimmie Walker, and Harry Belafonte. Sure, the classroom comedy A Piece of the Action is as apple-pie wholesome as any of Poitier’s most uplifting films, but the guy wasn’t all soft. After all, the nineties’ most notorious rapper was so impressed with Let’s Do It Again’s swaggering, purple-vested gangster that he stole his name: Biggie Smalls. PG; $19.97 each.