Just a heads up for all your Aussie fans of musicals or Kate Winslet (or, I suppose, James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, Mandy Moore, etc) that John Turturro's Romance & Cigarettes is getting a direct-to-DVD release in November. Not sure on exactly what date, but my DVD service Quickflix has it listed to hire with "Coming in November" beside it. So, this means we'll finally be able to see Turturro's gangster musical featuring a, supposed, great performance by goddess Winslet.Place Romance & Cigarettes next to the cinematic releases of films like Hairspray, Across the Universe, Sweeney Todd, Once, Enchanted and even Richard Kelly's Southland Tales - not to mention music biopics like Control, I'm Not There and La Vie en Rose - and fans of the musical genre are getting a neverending feast of singing and dancing.
