Here are the best Independent and World Films on DVD for the week of January 13, 2003.
1. Time Out
Laurent Cantet's subtly moving film about a man who loses his job but keeps pretending he's working for the sake of his family. The film made many 2002 top films of the year lists, including the New York Times and The Nation. 
2. Il Postino
Massimo Troisi stars as the Italian postman who wants to learn to the power of Pablo Nerudo's poetry to woo the woman he loves. The Miramax DVD release features the featurette: "Poems of Passion: The Return of Pablo Neruda."
3. The Harder They Come
Jimmy Cliff acts and performs the hits in this Jamaican flick about gangstas, ganja, and reggae.4. Like Water for Chocolate
The ultimate foodie romantic movie based on the novel by Laura Esquivel.5. The Straight Story
David Lynch is at his least bizarre in this heartfelt tale about a man tavelling to reconcile with his brother.6. Happy, Texas
Two convicts (Steve Zahn and Jeremy Northam) hide out in a small town as beauty pagaent experts in this indie comedy.7. The Mystery of Picasso
Watch the master paint in Henry-Georges Clouzot's documentary.8. Dr. Akagi
Shohei Imamura tells the story of a doctor in a World War II prisoner-of-war camp.9. The Legend of Drunken Master
Jackie Chan's best.10. The Blue Kite
Zhuangzhuang Tian directed this epic film about one family's fate over the course of the cultural revolution.