AUGUST: Faya dayi; Buck and The Preacher; Hotel du Nord; Frownland; and Daddy Longlegs (Safdie Bros.)
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 16 May 2022 19:00 (two years ago) link
SEPTEMBER: Sound of Metal*; Take Out; Exotica; Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 4; a Blu upgrade/reissue of Le Corbeau; and Blow-Out on 4K.
*4K available
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 17:35 (two years ago) link
Exotica also includes Egoyan's earlier feature Calendar, and three shorts from different parts of his career.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 17:42 (two years ago) link
Missed the screening of Chess of the Wind a few months back, it sounds fascinating.
― JoeStork, Wednesday, 15 June 2022 18:32 (two years ago) link
Barnes & Noble sale reportedly begins tomorrow. Walker, High Sierra and (eventually) Drive My Car are at the top of my shopping list.
― Eggs Benedick (Eric H.), Thursday, 30 June 2022 13:26 (two years ago) link
Oh and the Tales of Hoffman remaster.
― Eggs Benedick (Eric H.), Thursday, 30 June 2022 13:27 (two years ago) link
OCTOBER: Lost Highway*; Eve's Bayou (Theatrical & Director's Cuts); Cure; La Llorona; Arsenic and Old Lace; and Night of The Living Dead on 4K.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 18 July 2022 16:12 (two years ago) link
Nice to see a good old fashioned macabre October lineup again
― Bait Kush (Eric H.), Monday, 18 July 2022 23:07 (two years ago) link
Cure! what a blinder, of course I only recently bought the Arrow blu.
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 19 July 2022 03:27 (two years ago) link
NOVEMBER: Daises; Malcolm X*; The Infernal Affairs Trilogy; The Power of The Dog*; and a 4K of In The Mood For Love.
*4K Available
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 17 August 2022 16:32 (two years ago) link
So I'm wondering if that 4K will be the controversial re-color graded version of ITMFL. Who am I kidding, of course it will be.
― Bait Kush (Eric H.), Wednesday, 17 August 2022 17:36 (two years ago) link
Excited for The Infernal Affairs Trilogy, just found out that Criterion tried to get a hold of the chronological supercut of the three films as a bonus feature, but to no avail. I'd love to watch that.
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 31 August 2022 09:10 (two years ago) link
WALL-E coming on 4K in November!
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 8 September 2022 15:50 (two years ago) link
o_O
― rob, Thursday, 8 September 2022 16:10 (two years ago) link
Wow, nice! Now that the Disney ice is broken, imma start hollering for The Straight Story.
― DPRK in Cincinnati (WmC), Thursday, 8 September 2022 16:17 (two years ago) link
That is incredibly heartening news. Bob Chapek (current Disney CEO) got his start pushing hard for physical media releases of their stuff, so there's been speculation that they would eventually crank up the output on that front. Here's hoping that they recognize the plethora of boutique labels that are champing at the bit for those sweet sweet Blu-ray rights (particularly Fox movies that I figured would never see another physical release).
― Beautiful Bean Footage Fetishist (Old Lunch), Thursday, 8 September 2022 16:43 (two years ago) link
There's musing on the Criterion Forum that The Straight Story is only happening after the rights revert to Lynch, which should be soon.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 8 September 2022 16:51 (two years ago) link
DECEMBER: Cooley High; The Velvet Underground; Three Films By Mai Zetterling (The Girls, Loving Couples, and Night Games); and Michael Haneke: Trilogy (The Seventh Continent, Benny’s Video, and 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance)
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 15 September 2022 16:15 (two years ago) link
JANUARY: Bergman Island (2021); This Is Not A Burial, It's A Resurrection; Lars von Trier’s Europe Trilogy (The Elements of Crime, Epidemic, and Europa); Imitation of Life (1934); and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen*.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 17 October 2022 17:46 (one year ago) link
Bummed it's not the Sirk Imitation of Life, but still, good slate!
― Eric H., Monday, 17 October 2022 18:03 (one year ago) link
Imitation of Life (1934)
Hoping for more John M. Stahl....
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Monday, 17 October 2022 18:07 (one year ago) link
MotherfuuuuuuLiterally just bought Munchausen. If I had a nickel for every time Criterion pulled this on me, well, I could probably afford to purchase one Criterion Blu-ray. That's a lotta nickels.
― Beautiful Bean Footage Fetishist (Old Lunch), Monday, 17 October 2022 18:39 (one year ago) link
I guess Universal wanted to hold on to it? Kind of odd that they weren't bundled together like on the old 'Franchise Pack' DVD, or Criterion's editions of The Lower Depths or The Killers.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 17 October 2022 20:00 (one year ago) link
or the Criterion version of Magnificent Obsession, which had the John M. Stahl version as a bonus feature for the Sirk one for that matter.
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Monday, 17 October 2022 20:04 (one year ago) link
Feb '23: new BR editions of Zeffirelli's Romeo & Juliet, Townsend's Hollywood Shuffle and two from Marguerette Duras, plus 4K upgrades for Dazed & Confused and the Three Colors trilogy
― ex-McKinsey wonk who looks like a human version of a rat (Eric H.), Tuesday, 15 November 2022 18:44 (one year ago) link
March '23 includes the one everyone's been waiting on ...
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Plus a moderately surprising 4K upgrade:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/criterion-production/films/92fe059f5008090433c98d5c2a743c03/kKv4Q7rP0MAkK33MQIydi5xjcCUKpT_small.jpg
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 December 2022 18:38 (one year ago) link
Regarding "Inland Empire," I was wondering "How do you do a 4K remaster of a movie shot in standard def?" and found the answer here:https://s3.amazonaws.com/criterion-production/janus_promo_packages/687-/InlandEmpire_RemasterNote_web_original.pdf
― ernestp, Saturday, 17 December 2022 15:41 (one year ago) link
Hm feel like you might as well just watch it on DVD
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Saturday, 17 December 2022 16:57 (one year ago) link
Appreciate that they gave so much detail on the process though I have no idea what most of it meansThe sound will probably be a lot better though?
― Nhex, Saturday, 17 December 2022 17:41 (one year ago) link
Will this throw a wrench into the forthcoming CC release?
This is a troubling new chapter in a major piece of film history. https://t.co/sipRD6sVxq— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) January 3, 2023
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Tuesday, 3 January 2023 21:19 (one year ago) link
APRIL: Triangle of Sadness; Small Axe: Five Films By Steve McQueen box set; and 4K upgrades of Seventh Seal & The Fisher King
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 January 2023 17:45 (one year ago) link
Quite a turnaround on Triangle of Sadness there (and a pretty bare bones disc)
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Tuesday, 17 January 2023 19:00 (one year ago) link
i was gonna say, that's still in theaters! it's also not a very good film!
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 17 January 2023 19:08 (one year ago) link
Sort of impressed how long they're making CC heads wait for After Hours.
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Tuesday, 17 January 2023 20:16 (one year ago) link
!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xngHLBEXnE
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 18:16 (one year ago) link
At what point would the Criterion staff step in and stop you from taking any more movies, I wonder?
― jmm, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 18:22 (one year ago) link
Popping Salvatore Giuliano on my watchlist rn, thanks JD
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 18:30 (one year ago) link
xp I've seen people shown leaving with overflowing tote bags at the end (Safdies, I think?)
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 18:32 (one year ago) link
LOL, which I see now John pays reference to in the beginning
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 18:35 (one year ago) link
@
I think it's 'The Barry Jenkins Line'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7HLpe65fHY
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 18:37 (one year ago) link
fun videos!
― Nhex, Thursday, 26 January 2023 00:16 (one year ago) link
MAY:
* 4K upgrades: Wings of Desire; Branded to Kill* 4K new: Thelma and Louise* BR new: Targets; Petit maman
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Wednesday, 15 February 2023 17:41 (one year ago) link
(The Petit maman BR is shockingly un-stacked for a full-price offering.)
Criterion when are u gonna get your mitts on the 4K Lancelot du Lac
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Wednesday, 15 February 2023 17:43 (one year ago) link
Branded to Kill is great and all, but hopefully this means Tokyo Drifter will get the upgrade to 4k soon, too, as that is just about at the top of my Criterion wants these days and the current Blu is pretty old.
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Wednesday, 15 February 2023 18:10 (one year ago) link
Targets, nice.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 15 February 2023 18:34 (one year ago) link
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Wednesday, February 15, 2023 12:41 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
I've seen a few examples of this... I do wonder what sort of background business decisions dictate that lower price point you see occasionally among their BR catalog. It's weird though, because in general the supplements component I'm pretty sure is cited as the reasoning for their premium pricing vs. "standard" versions of other BRs in market. From a consumer perspective this is a cash grab without anything except their collectible packaging design setting them apart.
― Evan, Wednesday, 15 February 2023 19:12 (one year ago) link
well in some cases, including evidently this one, it's the difference between having it available on disc in the region and not having it
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Wednesday, 15 February 2023 19:15 (one year ago) link
True! But because the supplements are so expected from Criterion this comes across as a very phoned in release on shelf.
― Evan, Wednesday, 15 February 2023 19:21 (one year ago) link
I just checked and they did finally remove the tease of a forthcoming SE of Blue is the Warmest Color from the website. (And maybe they slightly bumped up the price? I seem to remember it being $20 for the BR, not $25.)
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Wednesday, 15 February 2023 19:33 (one year ago) link