Best DVD releases of 2009

Kenneth Anger: Magick Lantern Cycle
His satanic majesty’s maddest and most brilliant experimental filmworks in extras heavy set.
Boom!
Bizarre 1968 Tennessee Williams adaptation starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton and directed by the great Joseph Losey finally sees the light of day on DVD.
Carnival of Souls
Low budget 1962 cult horror finally released on decent DVD transfer.
Film Noir Collection
Three films by Otto Preminger (Fallen Angel, Whirlpool, Where the Sidewalk Ends and one by Jules Dassin (Night and the City) in lovely box set with booklet and other extra goodies.
Winstanley
Lyrical portrait of England’s first socialist commune – the Diggers camp set up during the English Civil War – and one of the great lost masterpieces of 1970s British cinema finally restored to its rightful place with a ton of extras.