Physical media culture is alive and thriving thanks to the home video tastemakers hailing everywhere from The Criterion Collection to Kino Lorber and the Warner Archive Collection. Each month, IndieWire highlights the best recent and upcoming Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K releases for cinephiles to own now — and to bring ballast and permanence to your moviegoing at a time when streaming windows on classic movies close just as soon as they open.

“Anora” made indie film history at the Academy Awards this year, with Sean Baker taking home prizes for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Editing — and, of course, Mikey Madison winning Best Actress for her bold and empathetic portrayal of a New York sex worker. IndieWire’s been championing Baker since the days of his first feature, “Four Letter Words” (2000), and while we can’t wait to see what he does next, there’s no better...