Criterion Additions

Got a review copy of that one, otherwise it'd have topped my list.

FYI, it appears that Amazon is undercutting a lot of B&N's sale prices atm.

OCTOBER: Personal Shopper; Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me; Barry Lyndon; The Lure; and Vampyr on Blu.

Vampyr BR is exciting! There have been rumors floating about FWWM for a while, and I'm not sure I understand why it's happening. The version in the Twin Peaks set is about as definitive as it gets. But I'll take more definitive if Lynch has it to give.

Kubrick fandom is way overblown and sometimes gross but Barry Lyndon on criterion intrigues me

Sort of bummed the Night of the Living Dead rumors didn't come to fruition in October, but that's a monster slate.

both FWWM and Lyndon have ace transfers already (whice i've purchased) so i'm less than thrilled about this announcement. the BL blu-ray was light on special features iirc, so i guess there's that.

I didn't have the FWWM b/c I had the not-quite-complete Twin Peaks on DVD. And, yes, any bonus features at all on one of the greatest movies of all time would be nice.

was curious to see The Lure when it was out; that's a fast transition from theater to criterion!

Same with Personal Shopper.

Yowzah http://gothamist.com/2017/08/03/nypl_bpl_library_card_criterion_collection.php#photo-1

NOVEMBER: The Philadelphia Story; Desert Hearts; Jabberwocky; and Le samourai on Blu.

Now that it's clear that Night of the Living Dead's going to be in the collection, I'm getting impatient.

That said, October's going to be a three-title month for me, so I'm fine with a zero-title November.

You forgot to mention the 32-disc box set 100 Years of Olympic Films:
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Spanning fifty-three movies and forty-one editions of the Olympic Summer and Winter Games, this one-of-a-kind collection assembles, for the first time, a century’s worth of Olympic films—the culmination of a monumental, award-winning archival project encompassing dozens of new restorations by the International Olympic Committee. These documentaries cast a cinematic eye on some of the most iconic moments in the history of modern sports, spotlighting athletes who embody the Olympic motto of “Faster, Higher, Stronger”: Jesse Owens shattering sprinting world records on the track in 1936 Berlin, Jean Claude-Killy dominating the slopes of Grenoble in 1968, Joan Benoit breaking away to win the first-ever women’s marathon on the streets of Los Angeles in 1984. In addition to the work of Bud Greenspan, the man behind an impressive ten Olympic features, this stirring collective chronicle of triumph and defeat includes such landmarks of the documentary form as Leni Riefenstahl’s Olympia and Kon Ichikawa’s Tokyo Olympiad, along with lesser-known but captivating contributions by major directors like Claude Lelouch, Carlos Saura, and Miloš Forman. It also serves as a fascinating window onto the formal development of cinema itself, as well as the technological progress that has enabled the viewer, over the years, to get ever closer to the action. Traversing continents and decades, and reflecting as well the social, cultural, and political changes that have shaped our recent history, this remarkable marathon of films offers nothing less than a panorama of a hundred years of human endeavor.

^^December release.

Tom Jones confirmed in the latest newsletter. Appropriate hemming and hawing over at the CC forum that this most likely won't be the theatrical cut which Tony Richardson's estate has blocked from release.

Sounds like Payne's Election may be on the way: http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=296377

DECEMBER: Election (A. Payne); 100 Years of Olympic Films box; and remasters of Monterey Pop & General Idi Amin Dada: A Self-Portrait

Caaaaaalled it.

Silence of the Lambs blu-ray unofficially announced (alongside unofficial announcement of blu-ray upgrades of some other out of print DVDs, people speculating Spinal Tap as a possibility).

i know of at least one CC that included a copy of the novel -- The Man Who Fell to Earth -- and they should do it for Election; would delineate where Payne sitcommed it.

I'd be down (Picnic at Hanging Rock and the original release of Short Cuts also include books of the source material).

The Mr. Arkadin Welles set had a book, and relatedly the Third Man set had radio dramas

Silence O Teh Lambs reissue officially confirmed in new newsletter.

....and speaking of books, the Six Morals Tales box came with a book collecting Rohmer's short story/novellas he based the films on.

The dual-format Red River also came with the original novel.

JANUARY: The Breakfast Club; Kameradschaft; West front 1918; I, Daniel Blake; Young Mr. Lincoln on blu; and a Claude Autant-Lara Eclipse set.

Criterion finally jumping on the Hughes train! Can't wait for that 4K remaster of Uncle Buck.

And now there's a 50% off flash sale on their site.

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with Richard Brody commentary track

That slate ... couldn't be more diverse.

trench warfare, detention, Fordian Americana, Brit miserabilism, yes

can anyone tell me about Autant-Lara? never even heard of him

answered myself by reading this: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/feb/07/news.obituaries

I was also ignorant on Autant-Lara and a "this dude was a fascist" obit isn't an intro that's making me run to buy the set (Criterion also referes to the films as "romantic escapism during Occupation"). I mean I'm sure the movies are probably great but.

Apparently Chabrol was friends with Le Pen, too.

http://www.worldofreel.com/2017/10/does-breakfast-club-deserve-criterion.html

"Is it Criterion-worthy? Of course not."

If we are going to cite Kael-approval as grounds for inclusion, then a lot of better films than The Breakfast Club are going to need to be tossed out of the Criterion Collection.

I'm never going to begrudge them their Breakfast Clubs and their Armageddons if it helps them to finance the release of more obscure stuff.

Same, and even more so if it justifies them putting out a Dressed to Kill set.

Wheeler & Woolsey box or bust

Benjamin Button, lol

I'm surprised there hasn't been a Bulldog Drummond box, since they've had 10 of those streaming for years on Hulu and Filmstruck.

sounds like an Eclipse

Dead Man confirmed in latest newsletter.

50%-off B&N sale is go.

I can't with these back-to-back sales.

I know, I also cannot.

ownership is overrated

free your ass and your library will follow

I've seen the people at the library, and don't wish to free my ass anywhere near that.

tsk tsk! be one of the Library People, Eric