On this episode of DVD Talk Radio: DVD Talk Editor Geoffrey Kleinman speaks to filmmaker Alex Gibney - director of the acclaimed documentary Enron: The Smartest Guys in The Room. Geoff spoke to Alex Gibney about the making of Enron: The Smartest Guys in The Room, what roadblocks he had to overcome and what the reaction from Enron employees has been. Alex also covers a little about his next film focusing on Hunter S. Thompson. Listen to our interview with Alex Gibney using our Online DVD Talk Radio Player or Download the complete interview with Alex Gibney (14 min 10MB). Also be sure to listen to our recent interviews on DVD Talk Radio with Craig Brewer, Judy Irving, Joss Whedon, Leonard Maltin and George A. Romero.

This week the DVD Savant has a number of new reviews including: Sam Peckinpah's The Legendary Westerns Collection - Warner DVD gives us about all the western thrills we can handle with sterling transfers of Ride the High Country, The Wild Bunch (2 discs), The Ballad of Cable Hogue and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (2 discs, two versions); The Magnificent Seven Collector's Edition 2 Disc Set - MGM puts a cleaner, brighter transfer of everyone's favorite high-fashion gunslinger epic; Island in the Sun - An all-star cast backs up Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte in this well-meaning but gutless soap-opera about sex and race in the West Indies; Stripes Extended Cut, Ghostbusters & Groundhog Day 3-Pack - A bargain box combines three Bill Murray hits including the superlative Groundhog Day, one of the very best films of the 1990s and perhaps the best film blanc ever made; The Hoodlum - Lawrence Tierney dominates this not-so-good gangster tale, poorly written and sloppily directed; The Roger Corman Puerto Rico Trilogy - Corman's three runaway Filmgroup productions make a combo release from Retromedia;Grimm - Ultra-weird Dutch director Alex van Warmerdam tells an ultra-weird adult fairy tale about two abandoned 'children' who go on a sex and crime spree from Holland to Spain. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

Silent DVD takes a look at a trio of Cecil B. DeMille double feature DVDs this week. Included on these DVDs are Don't Change Your Husband and Why Change Your Wife both staring Gloria Swanson, the director's first romantic comedy, Old Wives for New and his last "art" film, The Whispering Chorus. There is also coverage of David Gill and Kevin Brownlow's excellent 1983 documentary, Unknown Chaplin. This installment also has something a little unusual, a review of a new silent film: The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society's adaptation of The Call of Cthulhu. Be sure to check out the previous columns you might have missed including an interview with Suzanne Lloyd and a look at the Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection, a review of Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant Garde Film 1893 -1941, and our take on Kino's second wave of slapstick comedy, Slapstick Symposium Too.

This week DVD Talk is proud to present a special giveaway from Warner Bros. Home Video for Sam Peckinpah's The Legendary Western Collection. This new collection features some of Peckinpah's greatest westerns including: Ride the High Country, The Wild Bunch, The Ballad of Cable Hogue and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. These new DVDs are packed with special features including audio commentary from Peckinpah historians and featurettes on Peckinpah. Enter now for your chance to win one of 5 Sam Peckinpah's The Legendary Western Collections we're giving away.

A real solid week for notable DVDs including: Hustle and Flow [Review] - one of the best 'indie' films from 2005 get the royal treatment on DVD; Sam Peckinpah's Legendary Westerns Collection [Review] - an excellent collection from a quintessential American director whose work defined the American Western; The Constant Gardener [Review] - excellently acted and directed this is intelligent cinema at its best; Saraband [Review] - a fitting closure to the career of the greatest Swedish director ever. Other notable DVDs out this week include: The Bad Sleep Well - Criterion [Review, Black Books: S1, Ferris Bueller's Day Off: SE [Review] and The Transporter 2 [Review]. Read our List of Top Upcoming DVDs for more great DVDs out this week, visit our DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted to reviews of DVDs out this week

This week we have several clips from the popular British mystery series Rebus starring John Hannah in an adaptation of Ian Rankin's nest selling novels. Rebus confronts the underworld and his own personal demons while scouring the streets of Edinburgh investigating a series of deadly crimes. Clips include: Ian Rankin on the origins of Rebus, John Hannah on playing Rebus, Examining the character of Rebus and Bringing Rebus to the screen (get more information about the Rebus DVD here). Other clips this week include: a look at Eric Rohmer's Triple Agent and four clips from Ingmar Berman's Saraband - Getting Personal, Creating Conflict, Stunt Work and A Perfect Ending. Be sure to catch past week's clips at DVD Talk TV.

On this episode of DVD Talk Radio: DVD Talk Editor Geoffrey Kleinman speaks to filmmaker Craig Brewer - director of Hustle and Flow [Review] about the films release on DVD. Geoff spoke to Craig Brewer about the making of Hustle and Flow, the amazing journey to getting the film greenlit and shot, placing the film in Memphis, and what he's working on next (including his take on Justin Timberlake as an actor). Listen to our interview with Craig Brewer using our Online DVD Talk Radio Player or Download the complete interview with Craig Brewer (23 min 17MB). Also be sure to listen to our recent interviews on DVD Talk Radio with Judy Irving, Joss Whedon, Leonard Maltin, George A. Romero, Miranda July, Bruce Campbell and Kevin Smith.

Now with over 14,400 DVD reviews in the DVD Talk Review Database, it's easy to overlook some of the great reviews. Recent DVD Reviews include: Nowhere Man - from the ever talented Lawrence Hertzog a show that was as enigmatic as X-Files and thrilling as 24; Open House - Dan Mirvish's indie musical romp is a ton of fun and defiantly worth seeking out; Flash Gordon - Silver Anniversary Edition (Region 2) - enormously entertaining and endlessly repeatable, Flash Gordon finally gets a respectable treatment; Dumb and Dumber - Unrated Edition - with a much improved transfer, better audio, a longer if not all together different cut of the film fans will probably want to snap this one up even if they own the previous release; Franz Ferdinand Live - anyone who enjoys Franz Ferdinand's brand of music simply can't go wrong with this one; Sound Stage Presents - Lindsey Buckingham With Special Guest Stevie Nicks - a delightful DVD perfect for fans of Lindsey Buckingham and/or Fleetwood Mac; Plan 9 from Outer Space (with Mike Nelson Commentary) a real treat from Mystery Science alum. Visit the DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted to reviews of DVDs out this week.

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