Trailers

Avanim (Stones). color. 109 min. In Hebrew w/English subtitles. Raphael Nadjari, dist by SISU Home Entertainment. Sept. 2008. DVD ISBN 978-1-56086-550-6. $34.95. DRAMA

Life implodes for an Israeli wife when her lover is killed in a suicide bombing.

Essential Art House. Vol. 1. 6 discs. b/w. Janus Films & Criterion Collection, dist. by Image Entertainment. Sept. 2008. DVD ISBN 978-1-60465-064-8. $99.95; ea. disc $19.95. DRAMA

The best of the best classic films available in a boxed set or as individual discs, fully restored minus the bells and whistles. The premier series includes Jean Renoir's Grand Illusion (ISBN 978-1-60465-074-7), Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast (ISBN 978-1-60465-075-4), Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon (ISBN 978-1-60465-073-0), Ingmar Bergman's Wild Strawberries (ISBN 978-1-60465-072-3), Roman Polanski's Knife in the Water (ISBN 978-1-60465-071-6), and Peter Brook's Lord of the Flies (ISBN 978-1-60465-070-9). Essential cubed.

The Godfather: The Coppola Restoration Collection. 5 discs. color. NA min. Francis Ford Coppola, dist. by Paramount Home Entertainment. Sept. 2008. DVD $72.99; Blu-ray DVD. 4 discs. $119.99. DRAMA

Definitely, an offer no one can refuse; remastered by the master himself. The Blu-ray version has more stuff.

Grieg: Piano Concerto/Symphonic Dances/In Autumn. color. 72 min. Starlight Home Entertainment. Sept. 2008. Blu-ray DVD $34.99. Rated: G. MUSIC

The great Norwegian composer's music as a backdrop to nature. It's the Blu-ray way to see the world.

Kings. color. 89 min. In Irish Gaelic, English w/Irish subtitles. BFS Entertainment. Sept. 2008. DVD $24.98. DRAMA

Six friends meet after 30 years to honor a dead comrade and rehash the past.

Under the Pavement Lies the Strand. b/w. 106 min. In German w/English subtitles. Helma Sanders-Brahams, dist. by Facets. Sept. 2008. DVD $29.95. DRAMA

Idealism meets reality in this 1974 debut: a couple's youthful commitment fades with time and maturity.