Few filmmakers have tried to capture the volatile mixture that is New York's diverse population as often as Spike Lee. From She's Gotta Have It and Do the Right Thing to Jungle Fever and Clockers, Lee has captured the ludicrous, contradictory proposition of having eight million people living together in one place. His latest film, 25th Hour, places the city's citizens in the post-9/11 version of New York, adding a very real sense of loss and longing. Cinema Gotham recently had a chance to discuss the film and the city with Lee, as well as tell him something about his beloved Brooklyn that he didn't know.

This week we have a special feature in the The Blue Room with an interview with Devon, one of the hottest adult actresses around. In addition to the interview we've got a complete Photo Coverage of the AVN 2003 Show with pictures of many of the top performers in the industry. To top it all off we've got a special DVD Talk giveaway for Rush, Digital Playground's hottest new DVD that looks more like a mainstream action film than anything else. We've got 5 copies of Rush to giveaway, so enter for your chance to win now!

This week the DVD Savant takes a look at Home Vision Entertainment's I See a Dark Stranger an amusing thriller with the refreshing angle of a young heroine who become an anti-British spy. MGM's Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Story a superior biodoc of a movie star whose biggest legacy was her stand in WW2 for her adopted home and against Hitler. Chimera/The American Cinematheque presents Takashi Miike's City of Lost Souls, a wild and freewheeling cross-cultural melange that actually creates entertaiment from a generic tale of star-crossed lovers on the run. Criterion's Trouble in Paradise breathes new life into an Ernst Lubitsch favorite and Fox's celebrated and revered How Green Was My Valley another almost perfect film. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

Infamous auteur Meir Zarchi breaks years of silence on just one of TWO spectacular commentaries featured on the new I Spit On Your Grave: Millennium Edition. Easily 2002's best genre release. Buxom screen siren Kitten Natividad reemerges as The Double-D Avenger. Two new discs chart the small-screen antics of MTV's Jackass gang. Homicidal mania hits the net in Fear Dot Com. Girls go wild -- then DIE -- in The House On Sorority Row. Plus, responses to reader emails, five DVD giveaway winners and Once Bitten joins CineSchlock-O-Rama's Most Wanted.

This week we've got a very special giveaway for M.Night Shyamalan's fantastic 'classic style' thriller Signs: Vista Series. The Signs: Vista Series DVD features a comprehensive six part documentary exploring Signs from the birth of the idea all the way to the release of the film, 5 Deleted Scenes, Storyboards with Multi-Angle Feature, and more. Enter Now for your chance to win one of 5 copies of Signs: Vista Series DVD we're giving away this week!

We're extremely happy to be able to review Universal DVDs again, and it was especially nice since this week IS Universal's week with notable releases for About a Boy [Review] , Blue Crush: CE [Review] and Undercover Brother: CE [Review] all three films were overlooked at the box office and now definitely deserve a look on DVD. Warner Bros. has something old and something new to offer this week with the classic 80's rap/rock movie Krush Groove [Review] and 2002's dot com scream themed Fear Dot Com [Review], Fox brings back a rew of its own classic films onto DVD including the spectacularAll About Eve, Gentleman's Agreement and How Green Was My Valley [Review]

Gang Tapes, Director Adam Ripp’s powerful Directorial debut polarized critics and audiences alike. His unflinching look at life in South Central LA’s gang lifestyle disturbed many with its all-too-real look and style. Using real gang members and filming on location in South Central, Ripp has produced a shockingly real film that all should see in order to better grasp what life is really like in those areas. DVDTalk writer Phillip Duncan had a chance to talk with Adam Ripp and ask him about his experiences making Gang Tapes and what he hoped to accomplish with the film and why he thinks DVD is the perfect medium for film. Read our complete Interview with Director Adam Ripp.

Paramount Home Video has announced the DVD release for the extremely sick and hilarious Jackass: The Movie. Set for release on March 25th Jackass: The Movie will feature: Audio Commentary by Director Jeff Tremaine, Cinematographer Dimitry Elyashkevich and of course Johnny Knoxville, a second Group Commentary track with the Jackass Cast, MTV's Making-Of Jackass: The Movie, Outtakes and 27 Minutes of Additional Footage. Jackass: The Movie is the absolute king of gross-out films, which if you like, will keep you laughing from beginning to end, or course if gross-out humor isn't your thing then this one isn't for you. Pre-Order Jackass: The Movie.

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