New on DVD: Gay men from Broadway to Asia and points in between

If you've been lamenting the lack of DVDs of specifically queer interest in the past few weeks, now would be a good time to check out the New Releases shelf for a song-and-dance documentary, an international romance and a potty-mouthed animated musical.

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You don't have to be a Broadway fanatic to love the fascinating documentary Every Little Step, about the audition process for the 2005 revival of A Chorus Line. The directors were granted unprecedented access to the months of tryouts—and since A Chorus Line itself is a musical about an audition, the movie has a fascinating meta quality as it mirrors itself throughout.

If you're one of those people who wish the film had spent more time talking about the original production conceived by gay producer Michael Bennett in the 1970s, don't miss the DVD extras, which include lots more interviews — Donna McKechnie (above, with Bennett) drops the bombshell that she and Bennett were briefly married — as well as audio from the original discussions with real-life dancers, whose stories made up the basis for A Chorus Line's book.

Strand Releasing brings us the Thai film Love of Siam, which was a huge hit in its home country and at film festivals around the world. Two boys who were childhood best friends are reunited in their adolescence, and they must figure out if their strong feelings for each other are merely friendship or perhaps something stronger.

The brash and bawdy South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut celebrates its 10th anniversary with a Blu-Ray debut, and while the original DVD of the queer-inclusive movie—the romance between Satan and Saddam Hussein is central to the plot, after all — this new disc features a commentary track with directors Trey Parker and Matt Stone.

Also having a birthday this year is my favorite concert film of all time, the Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense, which also has a Blu-Ray debut this week. This new edition features never before seen footage, including two songs not originally included in the movie, a press conference featuring the four members of the band and a clip of frontman David Byrne interviewing himself.

Another 1980s fave hitting DVD this week is The Stepfather — the remake opens Friday, and if the other recent horror re-dos are any gauge, the only good thing to come out of the new version will be that the terrific original is finally available on DVD. Terry O'Quinn (Lost) gives a chillingly brilliant performance as a psycho determined to create the perfect nuclear family — but good luck to anyone who dares disappoint him in the creation of suburban perfection. This sublime thriller benefits from a scary and satirical screenplay by legendary crime novelist Donald E. Westlake.

Also goosebump-worthy is Sam Raimi's Drag Me to Hell, which sadly never developed the overwhelming word of mouth that Paranormal Activity is currently enjoying. Alison Lohman stars as a low-level bank employee whose dreams of promotion are literally cursed when she refuses to extend the mortgage of a witchy old lady. It's a lot of fun.

Less awesome is The Proposal, which starts out being a sharp and banter-filled romantic comedy mining laughs from the mutual antipathy of boss lady Sandra Bullock and hectored employee Ryan Reynolds. Alas, it all gets sappy at the end, but the early squabbling — and, of course, the near-nudity of Reynolds in one nifty little slapstick sequence — makes the film worth a look.