Audition (Shout! Factory): Takashi Miike had already made about 500 movies before this nasty, nasty modern classic catapulted him toward international recognition. Pity the poor folks who venture into this one thinking it’s a slow-paced family drama, only to watch it mutate into a torture show that makes Eli Roth’s movies look like Sesame Street. I’m sure there’s a resonant message in here about the battle of the sexes, though I was too busy crossing my legs and covering my eyes to notice. Why isn’t this being released on Halloween?

Chinatown (Paramount): Oh man, talk about bad timing. Just a week or so after Roman Polanski is put behind bars for a 31-year-old sexual offense, along comes this 1974 masterpiece to remind us why the hell the cinema world gives the little perv leniency. But let’s stick to the movie, shall we? Jack Nicholson is the noir private eye sniffing out corruption in 1940s Los Angeles, and getting his nose sliced for his trouble. Faye Dunaway is the heroine with a disturbingly chummy backstory with the monstrously corrupt villain (John Huston). Magnificent in every way.

Not Quite Hollywood (Magnolia): Who knew Australian cinema, with all its starched period pieces and humanitarian tracts about the plight of the aborigines, had such a vigorous industry of gore, nudity, and car chases? This insanely fun documentary tells you all about it, with great clips and interviews with everybody from George “Mad Max” Miller to Quentin “I love all of cinema, all right” Tarantino. Make sure to track down the grotty beauties the movie celebrates afterwards, too.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney): Still haven’t seen this one. Or does catching parts of it in Gremlins as the theater burns down count?

Year One (Sony): Apparently many of you were able to resist Jack Black and Michael Cera in wigs and pelts doing some Biblical clowning. I couldn’t. Check it out.