DVDs recently released: 'The Art of the Steal,' 'Repo Men'

THE ART OF THE STEAL Unrated, 2010, $24.98

The basics: This fascinating documentary from director Don Argott tells the David-and-Goliath story of Philadelphia physician and art collector Albert Barnes and the fight over where his massive collection (189 Reniors, 69 Cézannes and 59 Matisses) should be housed.

The lowdown: This small film was a break-out hit at the Toronto Film Festival last year, and it is compelling, despite its tendency to get bogged down in legal details.

The extras: No special features except for the film trailer.

REPO MEN R, 2010, $29.98; Blu-ray, $39.98

The basics: In this futuristic sci-fi thriller, human life has been extended by costly mechanical organs. But there's a catch: If you can't pay up, the repo men (Jude Law, Forest Whitaker) will come repossess those kidneys, heart, etc.

The lowdown: Post critic John Anderson called this movie "a thriller with requisite plausibility and the proper quotient of paranoia. . . . 'Repo Men' grafts moral ambiguity onto the action thriller, and the result is a weird but likably misshapen beast." But if you don't enjoy seeing bloody gore, or anesthesia-less surgeries, you might want to skip it.

The extras: The special features include deleted scenes, fake commercials, commentary by director Miguel Sapochnik and the writers, and a detailed look at the visual effects.

-- Amy Hitt