The Criterion Collection

[Scottie]

Borom Sarret
https://www.janusfilms.com/films/2110

[PNguyen]

The German release of Triangle of Sadness 4K will have HDR and Dolby Atmos. Probably best to pick the German release instead.

[NeilZ]

Really nice month. Since I already have BFI's Seventh Seal I'll probably not get this one, but I'm day 1 for Fisher King!!!

[kmhofmann]

Originally Posted by PNguyen

The German release of Triangle of Sadness 4K will have HDR and Dolby Atmos. Probably best to pick the German release instead.

I wouldn't be so sure. The German disc will be released by Alamode Film who have had very bad video encoding in the past (see, e.g., Annette 4K UHD). Even with Criterion's mediocre to sub-par encoding, the Criterion disc might be better.

[PNguyen]

Originally Posted by kmhofmann

I wouldn't be so sure. The German disc will be released by Alamode Film who have had very bad video encoding in the past (see, e.g., Annette 4K UHD). Even with Criterion's mediocre to sub-par encoding, the Criterion disc might be better.

I guess we'll see when the reviews are out.

[Rayjg]

Originally Posted by SilverScreen96

You misunderstand, I have a problem with people who complain about Criterion being "woke" which to them typically is "I don't like them releasing black films." I totally support them diversifying as I've made clear.

You mean black and white films?

[SilverScreen96]

Originally Posted by Rayjg

You mean black and white films?

LOL, films by black directors about black people that is, they seemed to complain about them releasing films by black directors like Buck and the Preacher and One Night in Miami, claiming Criterion was going "woke" as a result.

I support them releasing more films by black directors, there are plenty I would love to see them release, such as the films of Haile Gerima.

[SilverScreen96]

Originally Posted by Gunsnroses092789

There's already a release of Maborosi:

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so chances of a CC release are slim to none.

Funny, I just saw this Sunday, such a great movie, I love Kore-eda. I wish they'd release Nobody Knows instead since that one doesn't have a Blu-ray in America.

[RevolverOcelScott]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

Just got my Lars von Trier Europe trilogy set delivered.

It's three slim digipaks enclosed in a slipcase. On one hand I like that it's a compact package that takes up less space on the shelves. OTOH, the quality of the box is very poor. The thinnest cardboard I've ever seen, almost paper thin. This will likely fall apart in a short period of time and I'll probably just end up throwing the box away and placing the individual digipaks on the shelf. Just a minor nitpick, actually - I'm very excited that two of these films have finally made the jump to 1080p HD. Not sure about the second film, Epidemic's home video history but I'm happy to discover it.

Is it kinda like the "Eclipse Sets"? That's a bummer to hear. Finally they don't try to reinvent the wheel for a film set, and they can't even do that right. My biggest peeve with Criterion.

[TheArgentinian]

Criterion is releasing Small Axe? This dude from dvdbeaver must be fuming right now

So many of Criterion's selections in 2022 seemed like they were driven by a non-cinematic agenda. It seems evident that many releases were based more by the race, gender and sexual orientation of the filmmaker, rather than by superlative artistic quality or the historical significance of the film.

[Member-222782]

Originally Posted by RevolverOcelScott

Is it kinda like the "Eclipse Sets"? That's a bummer to hear. Finally they don't try to reinvent the wheel for a film set, and they can't even do that right. My biggest peeve with Criterion.

I don't have any of the Eclipse sets but it's like the Beyond Terror set from Indicator/Powerhouse. Thin cardboard digipacks. I'm not a fan of those tbh. Frankly I was more surprised by the slipcase quality downgrade. I fear Criterion is beginning to cheapen out on packaging

[SilverScreen96]

Originally Posted by TheArgentinian

Criterion is releasing Small Axe? This dude from dvdbeaver must be fuming right now

Do you have a link for this?

LOL, this guy seems to think non-white, non-straight, non-male or non-European filmmakers don't make significant cinema.

[Vinyl]

Might finally have to upgrade my first gen Seventh Seal dvd to the 4K

[Mike_C]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

I don't have any of the Eclipse sets but it's like the Beyond Terror set from Indicator/Powerhouse. Thin cardboard digipacks. I'm not a fan of those tbh. Frankly I was more surprised by the slipcase quality downgrade. I fear Criterion is beginning to cheapen out on packaging

Criterion have always been cheap when it comes to the outer boxes of their box sets…especially when compared to most other boutique labels these days. Have they gotten even cheaper with this release?!

[Scholer]

Originally Posted by TheArgentinian

Criterion is releasing Small Axe? This dude from dvdbeaver must be fuming right now

That argument holds no water in this case, given how each of the Small Axe films are cinematic achievements of the highest order.

[koberulz]

Originally Posted by Warm Gun

The Criterion will have better subtitles than the BFI. Can't remember what exactly the problems with the BFI were. Text too close to bottom, poorer translations, typos (?), font too tall/squished...

I can just move the Criterion's Blu-ray subs over to the BFI 4K if need be.

[blujazz]

It’s like the BEFORE TRILOGY and APU TRILOGY boxsets

Originally Posted by Cinema84

Just got my Lars von Trier Europe trilogy set delivered.

It's three slim digipaks enclosed in a slipcase. On one hand I like that it's a compact package that takes up less space on the shelves. OTOH, the quality of the box is very poor. The thinnest cardboard I've ever seen, almost paper thin. This will likely fall apart in a short period of time and I'll probably just end up throwing the box away and placing the individual digipaks on the shelf. Just a minor nitpick, actually - I'm very excited that two of these films have finally made the jump to 1080p HD. Not sure about the second film, Epidemic's home video history but I'm happy to discover it.

[Warm Gun]

Originally Posted by koberulz

I can just move the Criterion's Blu-ray subs over to the BFI 4K if need be.

Oh, you have the tools. That's what I did. Had to change the timing of the subs from 23.976 to 24 frames.

[alexrinse]

Originally Posted by xxnomad

Steve McQueen set sounds very interesting!

I'm extremely happy to see this, as we only got a DVD release from the BBC in the UK. Not only that, but it has the New Cross docs on here as extras, so this is, in effect, the complete Steve McQueen at the BBC.

Not all of the films hit the bullseye, but overall it's a brilliant collection and Lovers Rock especially is mesmerising. Amazing that these went out on Sunday night primetime on BBC1.

[jw007]

Originally Posted by hoytereden

I have to agree. For the most part it seems that they’ve moved on from upgrading DVDs from their library and that the priority upgrades now are from Blu-ray to UHD.

Exactly. What needs upgrading are Criterion DVDs, not blu-rays. In my view, DVD to blu-ray upgrading is a higher priority than blu-ray to 4K blu-ray, especially if you can kill 2 birds with one stone upgrading the DVD to blu-ray AND 4k blu-ray.

Originally Posted by mande2013

Especially since The Seventh Seal already has a perfectly good and perfectly affordable UHD presentation with the Criterion-exclusive supplements readily available across multiple platforms.

That said, The Seventh Seal announcement is still welcome in one way since it implies there'll be more of a precedent for competing UHD editions of "arthouse" films, meaning going forward I may not have to rely so much on Criterion and their scratch-prone UHDs for 4K presentations of many of my favorite films, assuming films like L'Avventura and several Fellinis get 4K'd at some point.

Yes, this movie has an already excellent 4k region-free blu-ray release from BFI. It just feels redundant now. But when I make the switch to 4k (which I haven't yet), I'll probably upgrade some of my favorite films.