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*.
*4K available
― 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
Wonder how many ppl would find this enough to buy, considering the availability of multi region players and streaming, if it didn't say Criterion on the cover.
― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 16 February 2023 10:33 (one year ago) link
tbh i think the # of multi-region player owners (at least in the US) is lower than the # of casual Criterion fans
― Nhex, Thursday, 16 February 2023 13:25 (one year ago) link
Picked up the mubi br of Petite Maman for £7.99 a month or two ago and not regretting that in light of this release
― or something, Tuesday, 21 February 2023 16:26 (one year ago) link
Another very contemporary future addition: All That Breathes.https://deadline.com/2023/03/all-that-breathes-documentary-criterion-tvod-acquisition-news-1235279149/amp/
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Sunday, 5 March 2023 18:51 (one year ago) link
Pasolini box (doesn't include Salo, or the Trilogy of Life):
https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/6588-pasolini-101
Coming in June, a major tribute to the Italian iconoclast Pier Paolo Pasolini, one of the most original and controversial thinkers of the 20th century.Released in celebration of the 101st anniversary of Pasolini’s birth, this collector’s set provides an essential window onto a transformative period for an artist whose legacy remains a wellspring of freedom and revolutionary force. Including nine provocative, lyrical, often scandal-inducing films from the 1960s—Accattone, Mamma Roma, Love Meetings, The Gospel According to Matthew, The Hawks and the Sparrows, Oedipus Rex, Teorema, Porcile, and Medea—the decade in which this celebrated poet, novelist, and intellectual embarked on a feature filmmaking career, Pasolini 101 is a monument to the artist’s daring vision of cinema.
Released in celebration of the 101st anniversary of Pasolini’s birth, this collector’s set provides an essential window onto a transformative period for an artist whose legacy remains a wellspring of freedom and revolutionary force. Including nine provocative, lyrical, often scandal-inducing films from the 1960s—Accattone, Mamma Roma, Love Meetings, The Gospel According to Matthew, The Hawks and the Sparrows, Oedipus Rex, Teorema, Porcile, and Medea—the decade in which this celebrated poet, novelist, and intellectual embarked on a feature filmmaking career, Pasolini 101 is a monument to the artist’s daring vision of cinema.
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Thursday, 9 March 2023 18:10 (one year ago) link
Those other ones are already out on Blu from Criterion, so presumably most interested in this new set already has them.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 9 March 2023 18:21 (one year ago) link
True ... if you have those two, this would complete your set of PPP movies (including one -- Love Meetings -- I never knew existed until now?)
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Thursday, 9 March 2023 18:33 (one year ago) link
seems like they took note of the Petite Maman complaints and are now including the animated film My Life as a Courgette/Zucchini (written by Sciamma) in the package
― or something, Sunday, 12 March 2023 18:17 (one year ago) link
Didn't know there was a connection between those two movies, hah. I should get to Petit Maman
― Nhex, Monday, 13 March 2023 12:09 (one year ago) link
More June: Medicine for Melancholy; The Servant; and 4K editions of Time Bandits & The Rules of The Game
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 15:42 (one year ago) link
Rules... is also now on it's 3rd distinctive cover, which must be a record.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 15:44 (one year ago) link
I started watching the Servant on the app 2 weeks ago. Watched the first half and by the time I had time to watch the rest it was gone!
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 15 March 2023 15:54 (one year ago) link
They did that on purpose, if you break down your watches into several sessions they tag you as Not Kino Enough and block you from finishing the film.
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 15 March 2023 15:57 (one year ago) link
Ah, Medicine for Melancholy, one of the infamous titles Criterion previously turned down before that NYT article called them out.
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 16:28 (one year ago) link
And Rules will become my first Criterion triple-dip
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 16:30 (one year ago) link
― Think Fast, Mr. Mojo Risin’ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 18 March 2023 10:53 (one year ago) link
Hmm. I see that someone over here posts the monthly leaving list which is a useful addition to looking in the app itself, which can be kind of tedious: https://letterboxd.com/lonelygoatherd/list/leaving-criterion-channel-updated-monthly/
― Think Fast, Mr. Mojo Risin’ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 18 March 2023 10:58 (one year ago) link
Re: *Rules* covers, it was also a Criterion laserdisc: https://dadons.com/the-rules-of-the-game-criterion-new-cav-50-laserdisc-vintage-drama
― ernestp, Saturday, 18 March 2023 17:04 (one year ago) link