Six sides of singer Bob Dylan on DVD

I’m Not There

The Weinstein Co., $29.99

To find out whether you prefer more of a “Cate Blanchett” Dylan or a “Richard Gere” Dylan, you’ll have to consult Todd Haynes’ freewheelin’ big-screen riff on the legendary singer-songwriter, in which six actors embody different aspects of a Bob Dylan character, conveyed in a jumble of anecdotal incidents and impressionistic musical numbers. Even some dedicated Dylan-ologists didn’t know what to make of “I’m Not There” when it was released last year, but the double-disc DVD should prove helpful. Between an insightful Haynes commentary track and an assortment of bonus footage and interviews, viewers can begin to decode a pop culture puzzle that’s as rewarding as it is tricky.

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P.S. I Love You

Warner, $28.98; Blu-Ray, $35.99

Some women would be happy enough if their husbands just called them at work once in a while, but in “P.S. I Love You,” Hilary Swank’s character receives loving messages from beyond the grave. Swank plays a recent widow who finds a set of instructions her husband left her on how to be happy without him. Writer-director Richard LaGravenese edges toward Douglas Sirk-styke melodrama with the introduction of the widow’s tongue-clucking friends and family, but for the most part, “P.S. I Love You” is intended as a life-affirming experience -- a sort of distaff “Bucket List.” The DVD adds deleted scenes and featurettes.

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The Bridges of Madison County

Warner, $19.98

When Clint Eastwood signed on to direct the 1995 adaptation of Robert James Waller’s weepy bestseller, “The Bridges of Madison County” (for which Richard LaGravenese penned the screenplay), few expected him to make a movie so quiet, lyrical and moving -- or to give such a rich performance as a photographer who has an affair with the immigrant housewife played by Meryl Streep. “Bridges” has been on DVD before, but now that it’s available in a spiffy special edition with behind-the-scenes material, perhaps it can take its place alongside late-period Eastwood classics such as “Million Dollar Baby” and “Mystic River” (as opposed to, say, “Absolute Power” and “Space Cowboys”).

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Teeth

The Weinstein Co., $24.95

Yes, it’s “the vagina dentate movie” -- the one in which Jess Weixler plays a teenage girl who discovers that growing up next to a nuclear reactor has caused her genitalia to develop . . . um, well, it’s in the title, folks. First-time writer-director Mitchell Lichtenstein smartly satirizes both the culture wars and the gender wars as they play out among purity-obsessed teens, and on the DVD’s engaging commentary track, he praises his cast and crew for sticking with him on a project that’s decidedly offbeat.

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Hiya, Kids! A ‘50s Saturday Morning

Shout Factory, $34.99

Though it’s pitched more to nostalgic boomers and social historians than children, the four-disc box set “Hiya, Kids!” is a real treat, pulling together representative episodes of the likes of “The Roy Rogers Show,” “Sky King,” “Howdy Doody” and “Time for Beany” in order to approximate a day of children’s entertainment in the mid-’50s. The pace of these shows might be slow and the production values low, but their gentle spirit is infectious.

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Also

“Bella” (Lions Gate, $27.98); “The Car” (Universal, $19.98); “A Collection of 2007 Academy Award-Nominated Short Films” (Magnolia, $29.98); “Crossing Jordan: Season 1” (Universal, $59.98); “Dans Paris” (IFC, $24.95); “Delirious” (Genius Products, $19.95); “First Sunday” (Sony, $28.95); “Over Her Dead Body” (New Line, $27.98).

-- Noel Murray