On the Shelf: ‘Marty Supreme,’ ‘Ray,’ ‘Salem’s Lot,’ ‘The Blade,’ ‘Married to the Mob’ Highlight the 4K Physical Media releases for the Week of March 30
Dream big this week as the end of March rolls in with one of the most acclaimed films of 2025, alongside some stellar new 4K releases from our friends at Kino Lorber, Arrow Video, Criterion Collection, and more. First up this week is the A24 mega hit from director Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme, starring Oscar nominee Timothée Chalamet, which was recently nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Following Marty Mauser, this film is about a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness in the field of professional table tennis. Found within Safdie’s first solo directorial project is a manic, generationally unlikeable main character going through often one of the saddest on-screen depictions of someone refusing to grow up, and life hitting them harder and harder, even if they have a talent unlike anyone else. In one of Chalamet’s best performances to date, he delivers a one-of-a-kind character that audiences fell in love with, making Marty Supreme the highest grossing film in A24 history, and cementing the young actor as the premiere movie star of his time.
Speaking of career defining performances, from Kino Lorber, comes the 4K release of Ray, starring Jamie Foxx as the legendary singer Ray Charles. Born in a poor town in Georgia, Ray Charles went blind at the age of seven shortly after witnessing his younger brother’s accidental death. Inspired by a fiercely independent mother who insisted he make his own way in the world, Charles found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered incorporating gospel, country, jazz and orchestral influences into his inimitable style. As he revolutionized the way people appreciated music, he simultaneously fought segregation in the very clubs that launched him and championed artists’ rights within the corporate music business. Sweeping every major acting prize during his Oscar season, Foxx’s performance is one of the best musical bio-pic performances of all time, deserving of his Oscar for playing the late, great, piano singer.
Over at Arrow video, it’s horror season as a Stephen King classic, Salem’s Lot, lands on 4K. From Tobe Hooper, director of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Poltergeist, comes the mini-series that scarred an entire generation. Based on Stephen King’s all-time classic of small-town terror, welcome to Salem’s Lot. Population two-thousand and thirteen, but falling fast as a series of deaths and disappearances leads the town’s people to believe that a vampire is feeding on the town. Hailed for being one of King’s greatest adaptations to the screen, Salem’s Lot is a classic you must own, with the 4K collectors edition featuring audio commentary from Hooper, new interviews with Stephen King, various film critics conversations, behind the scene’s content of the locations the film was shot, plus a collectors’ perfect-bound booklet containing new writing on the film by critics Sean Abley, Sorcha Ni Fhlainn, and Richard Kadrey, plus select archival material including interviews with director Tobe Hooper, and stars Lance Kerwin and Julie Cobb.
A Jonathan Demme, 1980s classic enters the chat as Cinématographe brings Married to the Mob to 4K. Angela de Marco (Michelle Pfeiffer) is married to Frank “Cucumber” de Marco (Alec Baldwin), who is murdered for having an affair with the mistress of mob boss Tony “The Tiger” Russo (Dean Stockwell). Following Frank’s sudden departure, Angela trades her Long Island environs for New York City, catching the eye of Tony, and the FBI, in the process. As Angela begins a casual tryst with undercover FBI agent Mike Downey (Matthew Modine), the case against Tony continues to mount, resulting in a bullet-ridden climax. Directed by Demme (Stop Making Sense, Something Wild) and based on an original screenplay by Barry Strugatz and Mark R. Burns (She-Devil), Married to the Mob is a deft, often very funny, marriage of crime conventions and romantic comedy. Featuring a score by David Byrne, of Talking Heads, Married to the Mob is a rousing display of eclectic talent in American moviemaking of the 1980s. Featuring new commentary from actor Matthew Modine, podcaster, writer Sean Fennessey, actor Paul Lazar, writers Barry Strugatz and Mark R. Burns, as well as a video essay from film historian Chris O’Neill, and a booklet of text essays from new text essays by film critics Aisha Harris, Nick Newman and David Stewart, this is the must own of the week.
Last up is from Criterion Collection, where they have delivered one of their boldest releases in a long time with Tsui Hark’s The Blade on 4K. The Blade follows the young sword-maker Ding On (Vincent Zhao), who, after losing an arm in an ambush, transforms himself into a furious avenger. In creating this gritty, visceral martial-arts masterpiece, an iconic figure of the Shaw Brothers studio was born, and has been reclaimed over the years as an essential text within Hark’s filmography and the genre at large. For a company that doesn’t dabble a lot in releasing action films, Criterion has outdone themselves with this release, as it’s one of the best restorations of the year so far.
Other Notable Releases for the Week of March 30, 2026 include:
A Man and A Woman (1966, Blu-ray, Criterion Collection)
Body of Evidence (1993, 4K Blu-ray, Vinegar Syndrome)
Eiichi Kudo’s Samurai Revolution Trilogy (1963-1967, Blu-ray, Arrow)
The Gambler (1974, 4K Blu-ray, Cinématographe)
Greenland 2: Migration (2026, 4K Blu-ray, Lionsgate Films)
Outbreak (1995, 4K Blu-ray, Shout Factory)
The Return of the Pink Panther (1975, 4K Blu-ray, Kino Lorber)
Tea and Sympathy (1956, Blu-ray, Warner Bros.)
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