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All of Us Strangers. 105 min. Andrew Haigh, Criterion. 2023. Blu-ray UPC 715515301718. $39.95. Rated: R. DRAMA

A lonely gay screenwriter (Andrew Scott) begins a relationship with his neighbor (Paul Mescal) after an imagined reconciliation with his dead parents (Claire Foy and Jamie Bell) offers long-sought transcendence from his closeted adolescence.

American Fiction. 117 min. Cord Jefferson, Studio Distribution Service. 2023. Blu-ray UPC 883929824151. $35.99. Rated: R. DRAMEDY

A Black novelist (Jeffrey Wright), who is upset by the racial stereotyping in the publishing industry, employs a pseudonym when writing a book lampooning the pigeonholing. The unexpected upshot is a bestseller as well as a movie deal in this sharp send-up.

Anatomy of a Fall. 152 min. In English & French w/English subtitles. Justine Triet, Criterion. 2023. DVD UPC 715515296410. $29.99; Blu-ray UPC 715515296311. $39.99. Rated: R. DRAMA

A writer of autobiographical fiction (Sandra Hüller) is charged with murder after her husband’s body ends up on the snowy ground outside of their Swiss chalet. Did she push him out of an attic window, or precipitate his suicide with a violent argument?

Conclave. 120 min. Edward Berger, Focus Universal. 2024. DVD UPC 191329266250. $24.49; Blu-ray UPC 191329266151. $30.99. Rated: PG. THRILLER

After the untimely death of the Pope, a respected cardinal (Ralph Fiennes) oversees the ritualistic selection of a new pontiff amid rivalries between competing candidates who represent differing doctrinal views, complicated by an emerging conspiracy.

Farewell My Concubine. 171 min. In Mandarin w/English subtitles. Chen Kaige, Criterion. 1993. Blu-ray UPC 715515299916. $39.99. Rated: R. DRAMA

The enjoined lives of two performers in the Peking Opera (Leslie Cheung and Zhang Fengyi) span an eventful half-century in this intimate epic about China’s tumultuous history leading up to the Cultural Revolution. Restored and in the director’s original cut.

Ferrari. 131 min. Michael Mann, Decal-Neon. 2023. DVD UPC 843501042267. $20.99; Blu-ray UPC 843501042250. $26.99. Rated: R. BIOPIC

Race car driver–turned–automaker Enzo Ferrari (Adam Driver) finds his company in financial disarray and his marriage on the skids—thanks to the revelation of an out-of-wedlock son—on the eve of a dangerous thousand-mile race across Italy.

The Holdovers. 134 min. Alexander Payne, Focus Features. 2023. DVD UPC 191329241974. $29.99; Blu-ray UPC 191329241967. $35.99. Rated: R. DRAMEDY

On holiday break, a cranky classics instructor at a New England boarding school (Paul Giamatti) forges a bond with a student (Dominic Sessa) abandoned by his parents and with a grieving cook (Da’Vine Joy Randolph) who lost her son in the Vietnam War.

Meet John Doe. b/w. 123 min. Frank Capra, ClassicFlix. 1941. DVD UPC 850049732147. $24.99; Blu-ray UPC 850049732154. $29.99. DRAMA

A newspaper reporter (Barbara Stanwyck) publishes a letter from “John Doe” (Gary Cooper) decrying the treatment of ordinary folks and inspiring a social crusade ripe for political exploitation. Restored after languishing in public-domain purgatory.

Robot Dreams. 102 min. Pablo Berger, Decal-Neon. 2023. DVD UPC 843501043059. $20.99; Blu-ray UPC 843501043066. $26.99. ANIMATION

A lonely canine named Dog assembles Robot to be his faithful companion until they’re separated one fateful day while visiting Coney Island. Both eventually find other companions but still dream about reuniting in this tribute to the bonds of friendship.

Strange Darling. 97 min. JT Mollner, Magenta Light. 2023. DVD UPC 843501043103. $24.98; Blu-ray UPC 843501043219. $29.98. Rated: R. THRILLER

A man and a woman (Kyle Gallner and Willa Fitzgerald) hook up for a twisted one-night stand at a rural Oregon motel, sans happy ending when they encounter a serial killer on a spree. But nothing is what it seems in this expectations-thwarting, genre-upending exercise.