Midwest Tape Weekly July 3, 2023

Video Criterion Collection

Important classic and contemporary films

One False Move

Starring: Bill Paxton, Cynda Williams, Michael Beach

A small-town police chief awaits the arrival of a pair of ruthless drug dealers who have left a bloody trail in their wake as they make their way to Arkansas.

R 105 min. (1992)

Drama

Blu-ray 15910316 $29.99

4K+Blu-ray 15910315 $37.49 2 Discs

AVAILABLE JULY 25

Breathless (French)

Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg

Wanted for murdering a police officer, a small-time thief reunites with an American journalism student and attempts to persuade her to run away with him to Italy.

NR 90 min. (1961) Drama

4K+Blu-ray 15910313 $37.49

AVAILABLE JULY 18

The Watermelon Woman

Starring: Cheryl Dunye, Guinevere Turner, Valarie Walker

A young Black lesbian filmmaker probes in the life of the Watermelon Woman, a 1930s Black actress who played ‘mammy’ archetypes.

NR 84 min. (1996) Drama

Blu-ray 15910310 $29.99

AVAILABLE JULY 11

After Hours

Starring: Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Linda Fiorentino

An ordinary office worker has the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit a girl in Soho he met that evening at a coffee shop.

R 97 min. (1985)

Comedy

Blu-ray 15910312 $29.99

4K+Blu-ray 15910311 $37.49 2 Discs

AVAILABLE JULY 11

The Ranown Westerns Five Films

Directed by Budd Boetticher

Starring: Randolph Scott, Lee Van Cleef, Karen Steele

The collection includes: The Tall T; Decision at Sundown; Buchanan Rides

Alone; Ride

Lonesome; and Comanche Station

NR 380 min. Western

4K+Blu-ray 15910314 $112.49 6 Discs

AVAILABLE JULY 18

Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams (Japanese)

Starring: Akira Terao, Mitsuko Baisho, Martin Scorsese

Unfolding in eight mythic vignettes, this late work by Akira Kurosawa was inspired by the beloved director’s nighttime visions, along with stories from Japanese folklore.

PG 120 min. (1990) Drama

4K+Blu-ray 15959382 $37.49 2 Discs

AVAILABLE AUGUST 8

“The magical and mysterious are mixed with the practical, funny and polemical.”

- New York Times

“No debut film since Citizen Kane in 1942 has been as influential.”

- Roger Ebert

Brand new titles your patrons are sure to love, curated by our video experts here at Midwest Tape!

Available July 4

Walker: Independence Complete Series

Starring: Katherine McNamara, Matt Barr, Katie Findlay

Seeking to uncover the truth about her husband’s murderer, Abby Walker vows to save Independence, a frontier boomtown where nothing is what it seems.

NR 560 min. (2022) Action

DVD 15979362 $31.49 3 Discs

Slava Ukraini

Starring: BernardHenri Levy, Gilles Hertzog

From Kharkiv to Bakhmut to Kherson, filmmaker BernardHerni Levy documents the ravages of war in the Ukraine through testimonies of soldiers and civilians.

NR 94 min. (2023) (France) Documentary

DVD 15949880 $14.99

Picks Video

Come Out Fighting

Starring: Dolph Lundgren, Kellan Lutz, Tyrese Gibson

Set in WWII, a squad of African American soldiers is sent on a rescue mission behind enemy lines to locate their lost commanding officer and a downed fighter pilot.

NR 91 min. (2022) Action

DVD 15938751 $14.24

Blu-ray 15938752 $17.24

Viva Elvis

Throughout modern history, there have been many singers with a myriad of different talents, but only one individual had it all: Elvis Presley!

UNK 49 min. (2022)

Documentary

DVD 15926723 $18.74

Paint

Starring: Owen Wilson, Michaela Watkins, Wendi McLendon-Covey

Carl Nargle, Vermont’s #1 public television painter, is convinced he has it all, until a younger, better artist steals everything (and everyone) Carl loves.

PG13 95 min. (2023) Comedy

DVD 15801308 $20.99

Blu-ray 15801309 $21.74

AVAILABLE JULY 25

The Wedding Veil Journey

Starring: Lacey Chabert, Autumn Reeser, Alison Sweeney

Tracy and Nick agree to set aside work to make time for a long-overdue honeymoon to Greece. When they are stranded on a secluded island, they confront their life choices.

NR 84 min. (2023) Drama

DVD 15967769 $11.24

Revoir Paris (French)

Starring: Virginie Efira, Benoit Magimel, Gregoire Colin

Three months after surviving a mass shooting, Mia is determined to reconstruct the sequence of events by bonding with fellow survivors and piecing together their stories to rediscover her own.

UNK 104 min. (2023) (France) Drama

DVD 15926688 $22.49

AVAILABLE JULY 25

Hello Beautiful

Ann

Napolitano

Women's Fiction

An exquisite homage to Louisa May Alcott’s timeless classic, Little Women, Hello Beautiful is a profoundly moving portrait of what is possible when we choose to love someone not in spite of who they are, but because of it.

AB CD 12 Discs 15977273 $44.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 1

“Radiant and brilliantly crafted…”

- New York Times Book Review

New York Times Bestseller, Oprah Selection

Lessons in Chemistry

Bonnie Garmus

Women's Fiction

Laugh-out-loud funny, shrewdly observant, and studded with a dazzling cast of supporting characters, Lessons in Chemistry is as original and vibrant as its protagonist.

AB CD 9 Discs 15975673 $44.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 8

People Magazine

New York Times Bestseller, Good Morning America Selection

King A Life

Jonathan

Biography

Eig

Vividly written and exhaustively researched, Jonathan Eig’s King: A Life is the first major biography in decades of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.―and the first to include recently declassified FBI files.

AB CD 19 Discs 15991409 $87.99

New York Times Bestseller

- Washington Post

Perfect for diversity collections

“Full of charm, energy and hope... one to savor.” -

“The most compelling account of King’s life in a generation.”

Birder, She Wrote

Donna Andrews

Mystery

Meg is relaxing in the hammock, taste-testing Michael’s latest batch of Arnold Palmers and watching the hummingbirds at their feeders when her hopes for a relaxing early summer morning are dashed. Can Meg protect her grandmother and Caerphilly from the reporter who seems to see the worst in everything...and help crack the case before the killer finds another victim?

AB CD 9 Discs 15596579 $52.99

Available August 1

The Bone Hacker

Kathy Reichs

Mystery

Kathy Reichs returns with her 22nd high-stakes thriller featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, who, following a series of bizarre disappearances on the islands of Turks and Caicos, enters a sinister labyrinth in which a new technology may wreak worldwide havoc.

AB CD 9 Discs 15483443 $34.99

Gone Tonight

Sarah Pekkanen

Suspense

A powerful mother-daughter story where a mother’s desperate quest to keep her daughter by her side begins to reveal cracks in her carefully constructed world and both mother and daughter begin a dance of deception.

AB CD 9 Discs 15411467 $39.99

Just Another Missing Person

Gillian McAllister

Mystery

A new heart-stopping thriller in which a missing-person case unravels deeper, darker secrets that hit too close to home and can only lead to more danger for the detective and an impossible moral choice: What will she do?

AB CD 10 Discs 15796251 $42.99

Out of Nowhere

Sandra Brown

Suspense

A fast-paced, emotional thriller where the lives of a young mother and a high-rolling consultant collide under devastating circumstances— culminating in a desperate manhunt that will change their futures forever.

AB CD 9 Discs 15632901 $49.99

Tom Lake

Ann Patchett

Women’s Fiction

Tom Lake is a meditation on youthful love, married love, and the lives parents have led before their children were born. Both hopeful and elegiac, it explores what it means to be happy even when the world is falling apart.

AB CD 8 Discs 15795809 $42.99

Music Live Albums

Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell at Newport

Rhino Records

Pop/Rock

Joni Mitchell stunned the Newport Folk Festival audience last summer when she gave a surprise performance—her first in 20 years—delivering a heartfelt set filled with some of her greatest songs.

CD 15953301 $12.99

AVAILABLE JULY 28

5 Seconds of Summer Feeling of Falling Upwards

Live from the Royal Albert Hall

BMG Rights Management (US)

LLC Pop/Rock

Guest Artist: Sierra Deaton

The band’s second live LP in a decade features live performances that capture reimagined versions of songs across their catalog accompanied by a 12-piece string orchestra and 12-strong gospel choir.

CD 15871387 $18.99 Parental Advisory

AVAILABLE JULY 14

KEM Anniversary

The Live Album

Motown Records

R&B

Four-time Grammy Award nominee KEM, one of the most distinctive and vital voices in music today, commemorates his 20th anniversary of being signed to the Motown label with the release of his first live album.

CD 15993353 $13.99

AVAILABLE JULY 28

Rory Gallagher

All Around Man

Live in London

UMe Pop/Rock

Features a collection of 23 live career classics as well as material from his then latest albums, Fresh Evidence and Defender. Also included is a previously unreleased concert from Rory Gallagher’s late 1990 UK tour.

CD 15968620 $19.99

AVAILABLE JULY 7

Nina Simone You’ve Got to Learn

Verve Jazz

On July 2, 1966, the Newport Jazz Festival was treated to the full range of her artistry. This previously unreleased recording makes it clear why hearing Nina Simone in concert was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

CD 15985434 $13.99

AVAILABLE JULY 21

Liam Gallagher

Knebworth 22

Warner Records

Former Oasis lead singer Liam Gallagher will document his triumphant twonight Knebworth Park shows with the release of a new live album.

CD 15995587 $11.99 Parental Advisory

AVAILABLE AUGUST 11

George Benson

Live at Montreux 1986 Mercury Studios

Jazz

A frequent visitor to Montreux, George Benson has selected this show from 1986 as the first he would like released. Taken from the height of his commercial success, the concert includes classics and hits throughout the set.

CD 15970752 $26.99

AVAILABLE JULY 14

Gordon Lightfoot

At Royal Albert Hall

LinuS Folk

In the final weeks prior to his passing on May 1, 2023, Gordon Lightfoot insisted that this live album be released as soon as possible, approving the artwork, and making it clear that no changes were to be made to the recording.

CD 15968625 $21.99

AVAILABLE JULY 14

Jerry Garcia Band

Garcialive Volume 20

June 18th, 1982Cape Cod Coliseum

ATO Records

Pop/Rock

Showcases the Jerry Garcia Band during their transitional, high-octane early ‘80s era. The release presents the complete Cape Cod ‘82 set, plus 45+ minutes of additional incendiary, uncirculated selections.

CD 15955545 $16.99

Mirror

Island Records

Pop/Rock

CD 15979428

$11.99

Parental Advisory

AVAILABLE

JULY 14

Debut album from the hit singer-songwriter

Top upcoming releases

Staff Picks Music

I Am Music

Young Money

Rap/Hip-Hop

Guest Artists: DMX, Static Major Lil Wayne’s first-ever compilation arrives in physical form. The 18-track collection includes his new single, Kant Nobody (featuring DMX). Also included on the career-spanning album are 6 Foot 7 Foot; Lollipop; and more.

CD 15991426 $13.99

Parental Advisory

AVAILABLE JULY 7

Digital release now available on CD

Austin

Republic Records

Rap/Hip-Hop

CD 15962800

$13.99

Parental Advisory

AVAILABLE

JULY 28

Includes the single Chemical

Republic Records

R&B

CD 15970749

$11.99

Parental Advisory

AVAILABLE

JULY 21

Second album from the R&B hit maker

Fallen

A Gospel Record for Sinners

Gaither Music Group Religious

CD 15985440

$13.99

AVAILABLE

JULY 28

Gospel debut album from the Golden Globe nominee

Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)

Republic Records

Pop/Rock

Taylor Swift reimagines her third album along with the addition of vault tracks with Paramore’s Hayley Williams and Fall Out Boy.

CD 15991503 $18.99

AVAILABLE JULY 7

One of the most anticipated releases of 2023

Sunburn

Columbia Records Pop/Rock

CD 15979435 $11.99

Parental Advisory

AVAILABLE JULY 7

Singer’s sophomore album explores family and home

Lauren Spencer Smith

Lil Wayne

Post Malone

Kiana Lede Grudges

Dennis Quaid

Taylor Swift

Dominic Fike

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Scream VI

Starring: Melissa Barrera, Courteney Cox, Jenna Ortega

In the sixth installment, the survivors of the Ghostface killings leave Woodsboro behind and start afresh in New York City.

R 122 min. (2023) $108M Horror

DVD 15749348 $23.24

Blu-ray 15749349 $29.99

4K-Blu-ray 15926458 $32.24

AVAILABLE JULY 11

Love Again

Starring: Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Sam Heughan, Celine Dion

A young woman tries to ease the pain of her fiancé’s death by sending romantic texts to his old cell phone number, and forms a connection with the man the number has been reassigned to.

PG13 104 min. (2023) $6M Comedy

DVD 15917840 $26.24

Blu-ray 15917841 $29.24

AVAILABLE JULY 18

Celine Dion

Love Again

Soundtrack from the Motion Picture Sony Music Soundtracks

Features the first new music from Celine Dion since 2019.

CD 15906955 $11.99

“One of the sillier series entries in terms of plot, but still scary enough and funny enough to leave you hoping Ghostface might yet kill again.” - Empire Magazine

“It is of course Dion’s overwhelming voice and music that flood your heart…”

- Rolling Stone