Big DVD Week

Tomorrow marks the release of several exciting titles on DVD including the long awaited special edition of Jean-Jacques Beineix's Diva, the new special editions of the all the Dirty Harry films, Olivier Assayas' Boarding Gate starring Asia Argento and the Will Ferrell comedy Semi-Pro.
Diva features a scene specific commentary with Beineix as well as a whopping ten featurettes. The Dirty Harry box set features new transfers as well as a load of extras including new and vintage documentaries and commentaries. Semi-Pro (which I loved even though hardly anyone else did) is a loaded up two disc affair and Boarding Gate appears to have some interviews and a featurette on Asia.

Asia Argento In Olivier Assayas' Boarding Gate

I haven't seen the new film from Olivier Assayas, Boarding Gate, starring Asia Argento yet but I am greatly anticipating it. I like Assayas' films quite a bit for the most part and this one sounds pretty incredible. It gone some notoriously bad notices at Cannes last year so I was glad to stumble across this recent great review in the New York Times by Manohla Dargis. I especially like the sections in the review where Dargis correctly notes that "Argento" is "one of contemporary cinema's most fascinating creatures" and the final paragraph where Assayas' films are compared to the music of Brian Eno is particularly inspired.
Boarding Gate is apparently in limited release right now. I am really looking forward to seeing it although I suspect I will have to wait for the DVD.