The beat goes on ... and on and on.

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Ten people; three summer days; 30 chances to explore sex. Set in present-day Manhattan, "30 Beats" follows around a group of New Yorkers whose lives intertwine through a series of sexual encounters during a summer heat wave. Ten characters are drawn into a complex ring of love and desire, each one caught beyond his or her control in a chain reaction of seduction, impulses, and self-discovery. Rated R and released simultaneously last summer in theaters and video-on-demand by Lionsgate ("The Hunger Games" and "Mad Men") and Roadside Attractions, it now is out on DVD ($27.98).

The 89-minute "30 Beats" stars Paz de la Huerta ("The Limits of Control" and "Boardwalk Empire'), Justin Kirk ('Weeds" and "Angels in America")...