Mr Ebert (or simply "Roger" to all his friends and that includes about 90% of Champaign-Urbana) has announced the line-up for the 8th Annual Roger Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival. My guess for "The Film Everyone will be Talking About" is "Man Push Cart" followed closely by "U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha". Festival Passes are sold out but individual tickets will become available on April 3. Watch for a special Ebertfest section at Renter next week sometime featuring all the movies Roger (see?) has shown over the years. Watch 'em all so you can hob-nob with the stars! You can check out the list on our front page (and on the Ebertfest web site).

In other news, we finally got "Heavy Metal Parking Lot" -- never before available (except as a lame bootleg) and now in the pristine DVD format with lots of extras. This cult classic rivals "This is Spinal Tap" in that it wasn't even written -- it's real live people before a heavy metal concert. "Tintin et Moi" looks great but is available as PAL only (and, for all you Tintin fans out there, look for three more Tintin DVDs next month). And, on the off chance that you've watched literally every other DVD in the store, we got Pamela Anderson's television series "V.I.P.: Season 1" -- was there a season 2?

It's spring break -- get down here and stake out a parking space for next week...

Geoff (and all the other Rentertarians)

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Here's what's new this week:
20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH CSF NR DVD 1957 83
21 JUMPSTREET: SEASON 05 (DVD) TV NR DVD 999
24: SEASON 1 (DVD) TV NR DVD 19.. 120
42ND STREET (DVD) CM NR DVD 1933 89
AALTRA (DVD) INT NR DVD 19.. 90
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (1985) (DVD) INT NR DVD 1985 195
ASSASSINATION (PAL)(DVD) PAL 12+ DVD 1964 104
BAKI THE GRAPPLER: VOL 06 (DVD) JAN 13+ DVD 19.. 100
BERLINGUER, I LOVE YOU (DVD) INT NR DVD 1977 91
BETE HUMAINE, LA (DVD) INT NR DVD 1938 96
BOLLYWOOD AND VINE (DVD) G&L NR DVD 19.. 85
BREAK A LEG (DVD) AIF R DVD 19..
BRIAN ENO: 14 VIDEO PAINTINGS (DVD) MUS NR DVD 129
BRUSHFIRES (DVD) G&L NR DVD 19..
BUKOWSKI: BORN INTO THIS (DVD) DOC R DVD 19.. 113
BURST ANGEL: VOL 05 (DVD) JAN 14+ DVD 19.. 100
BUSBY BERKELEY DISC, THE (DVD) CM NR DVD 19.. 163
CAMPFIRE (DVD) INT NR DVD 19.. 95
CAN'T BUY ME LOVE (DVD) COM PG-13 DVD 94
CAPOTE (DVD) GEN R DVD 19.. 114
CHASING GHOSTS (DVD) GEN R DVD 19.. 114
CHICKEN LITTLE (MARCH 21ST) (DVD) ANI G DVD 19.. 81
CHOKE, THE (DVD) HOR R DVD 19.. 92
CODE LYOKO: VOL 03 (DVD) JAN 7+ DVD 100
CONFESSOR, THE (DVD) GEN PG-13 DVD 19.. 90
COSBY SHOW: SEASON 02 (DVD) TV NR DVD
CRY FREEDOM (DVD) GEN PG DVD 1999 159
CUTTER, THE (DVD) GEN R DVD 19.. 91
DAMES (DVD) CM NR DVD 1934 90
DAN DOH!!: THE SUPER SHOT: VOL 02 (DVD) JAN NR DVD 19.. 200
DAPHNE IN BRILLIANT BLUE: VOL 07 (DVD) JAN 16+ DVD 19.. 100
DAVID HOLZMAN'S DIARY (DVD) PAL 15+ DVD 1967 73
DEAR WENDY (DVD) INT NR DVD 19.. 105
DEBBIE DOES DALLAS: UNCOVERED (DVD) DOC NR DVD 19.. 96
DERAILED (2005) (DVD) GEN NR DVD 19.. 112
DRAGON BALL Z SAGA: VOL 08 (DVD) JAN NR DVD 1989 75
DREAMER (DVD) GEN PG DVD 19.. 106
DYING GAUL, THE (DVD) GEN R DVD 19.. 95
E'S OTHERWISE: VOL 06 (DVD) JAN 14+ DVD 19.. 100
EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED (DVD) COM PG-13 DVD 19.. 105
FAFNER: VOL 05 (DVD) JAN 13+ DVD 19.. 100
FOOTLIGHT PARADE (DVD) CM NR DVD 1933 104
GAKUTSUOU: VOL 03 (DVD) JAN 16+ DVD 19.. 100
GHOST IN THE SHELL: SAC 02: VOL 04 (DVD) JAN 13+ DVD 19.. 100
GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933 (DVD) CM NR DVD 1933 98
GOLD DIGGERS OF 1935 (DVD) CM NR DVD 1935 95
GOOD MORNING, NIGHT (DVD) INT NR DVD 19.. 105
GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK (DVD) GEN PG DVD 19.. 93
HARDER THEY FALL, THE (DVD) CLA NR DVD 1956 108
HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT (DVD) DOC NR DVD
HISTORY OF VIOLENCE (DVD) GEN R DVD 19.. 96
HOUSE OF THE DEAD II (DVD) HOR R DVD 19.. 95
HOW TO LOSE YOUR LOVER (DVD) COM R DVD 19.. 94
HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE (DVD) JAN NR DVD 19.. 119
HUFF: SEASON 01 (DVD) TV NR DVD 19.. 695
HUMAN TRAFFIC (DVD) INT R DVD 19..
IN MACARTHER PARK GEN NR DVD 1977 83
IN THE HEART OF MUSIC (DVD) DOC NR DVD 19.. 120
IN THE MIX (DVD) COM PG-13 DVD 19.. 95
INNOCENCE (PAL) (DVD) PAL 15+ DVD 19.. 112
INSPECTOR ALLEYN: A MAN LAY DEAD (DVD) INT NR DVD 98
INSPECTOR ALLEYN: DEATH AT THE BAR (DVD) INT NR DVD 98
INSPECTOR ALLEYN: FINAL CURTAIN (DVD) INT NR DVD 98
INSPECTOR ALLEYN: NURSING HOME... (DVD) INT NR DVD 98
IRISH JAM (DVD) COM NR DVD 19.. 90
KAMLYA (DVD) HEN 18+ DVD 19..
KEANE (DVD) AIF R DVD 19.. 94
KWIK STOP (DVD) AIF NR DVD 19.. 111
LA BLUE GIRL RETURNS: VOL 02 (DVD) HEN 18+ DVD 19.. 60
LAUGHING IN THE WIND: VOL 02 (DVD) INT NR DVD 19.. 500
LEAGUE OF ORDINARY GENTLEMEN (DVD) DOC R DVD 19.. 93
LOST (2005) (DVD) GEN R DVD 19.. 90
LOVELESS: VOL 02 (DVD) JAN 16+ DVD 19.. 100
LOVER'S REVENGE, A (DVD) GEN NR DVD 19.. 94
LUPIN THE 3RD: MISSED BY A DOLLAR (DVD) JAN PG DVD 95
MADLAX: VOL 07 (DVD) JAN 14+ DVD 19.. 75
MAREBITO (DVD) INT R DVD 92
MASK (DVD) GEN NR DVD 1985 127
MENCIA, CARLOS: LIVE IN SAN JOSE (DVD) SUC NR DVD 19.. 100
MESSIAH - HANDEL'S (DVD) PA NR DVD 19.. 117
METROPOLITAN (DVD) AIF NR DVD 1990 99
MIND OF MENCIA: SEASON 01 (DVD) TV NR DVD
MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM SEED:DESTINY:V 1(DVD) JAN 13+ DVD 19.. 125
MOBY DICK: VOL 01 (DVD) JAN PG DVD 19.. 125
NAKED IN THE 21ST CENTURY (DVD) DOC NR DVD 19.. 46
OFF ROAD TO ATHENS (DVD) CYC NR DVD 19.. 104
ONE PIECE: VOL 01 (DVD) JAN Y DVD 19.. 66
OVER * THERE: SEASON 01 (DVD) TV NR DVD 19.. 574
PARADISE NOW (DVD) INT PG-13 DVD 19.. 91
PEEP "TV" SHOW (DVD) JAN NR DVD 19.. 98
PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS, THE (DVD) HOR R DVD 1991 103
PLANETES: VOL 06 (DVD) JAN 13+ DVD 19.. 100
POKEMON ADVANCED CHALLENGE: VOL 08 (DVD) JAN NR DVD 19.. 100
PRINCESS TUTU: VOL 04 (DVD) JAN 14+ DVD 19.. 125
PRIPYAT (PAL DVD) PAL NR DVD 100
PRIZE WINNER, THE (DVD) COM PG-13 DVD 19.. 99
SEQUINS (DVD) INT NR DVD 19.. 88
SHOW ME (DVD) AIF R DVD 19.. 97
SIMPLE LIFE 3, THE (DVD) TV NR DVD 19.. 336
SNAKEMAN (DVD) HOR R DVD 19.. 91
SOUTHERN BELLES (DVD) AIF R DVD 19.. 90
SPEED RACER: COLLECTORS EDIT V04 (DVD) JAN NR DVD 184
SQUID AND THE WHALE, THE (DVD) AIF R DVD 19.. 81
TALES FROM THE CRYPT: SEASON 03 (DVD) HOR NR DVD 1991 170
TEMPORARY GIRL (DVD) AIF NR DVD 87
THIEF LORD, THE (DVD) SF PG DVD 19.. 98
THROUGH THE FIRE (DVD) DOC NR DVD 19.. 103
TINTIN ET MOI (PAL DVD) PAL NR DVD 1975
TRAVELLERS AND MAGICIANS INT NR DVD 19.. 108
TRISTANA (PAL) (DVD) PAL PG DVD 1970 94
V.I.P. TV NR DVD 1998 972
VAN ZANDT, TOWNES: BE HERE... (DVD) MUS NR DVD 19.. 100
VERY BRITISH COUP, A (DVD) INT NR DVD 153
VIGO, JEAN: COMPLETE (PAL) (DVD) PAL PG DVD 1934 160
WAG THE DOG (DVD) GEN R DVD 1997 96
WAITING TO EXHALE (DVD) GEN R DVD 1999
WHISKY (DVD) INT NR DVD 19.. 94
YEAR OF THE YAO, THE (DVD) SPO NR DVD 19.. 88
YUGO THE NEGOTIATOR: VOL 04 (DVD) JAN 14+ DVD 19.. 75
ZATOICHI: TV SERIES: VOL 03 (DVD) INT NR DVD 200