A new month and more fun here, in the form of more interesting and sometimes oddball discs to review.

Criterion's The Complete Monterey Pop Festival is an extremely satisfying package that not only serves up the landmark 1968 Rock Documentary in fine shape, but adds almost 3 hours of unseen performances. The text and commentary extras are an education unto themselves; the sixties music scene comes alive here. A very desirable 3-disc package.

MGM's The Angel Levine is almost as woebegone as the lost angel of its title, played by Harry Belafonte. An artsy bit of drama and fantasy, it presents Zero Mostel in a very un-Fiddler, un-Producers role, and thus was almost guaranteed not to get a release when new. Does it work, or even make sense? Some endearing performances can't keep this quirky pic from being a mystery.

Savant's looking forward to some advance discs he just got from Image, including Billy Wilder's long-forgotten French film, and the 5.5 hour Mahabarata. And for those of you who get the Turner Classic Movies cable channel, this month they're showing hundreds of classic Westerns. If you've never seen Robert Mitchum in The Wonderful Country, or Gary Cooper in Man of the West (in CinemaScope), or Sam Peckinpah's Major Dundee (in Panavision), here's your opportunity. Thanks, Glenn Erickson