The Criterion Collection

[amputd]

I’d love to see Criterion release The 25th Hour by Spike Lee. The Bedroom Window is also on my wish list.

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by Scholer

There might be something to this, since almost every single transfer on the Shout box set release was some form of digitised mess. Strangely BFI had access to the same masters, but produced much better releases, with even the subpar transfers in their box set release looking filmic and digitally unmanipulated. But the corresponding German blu-ray releases again had similar shitty digitised transfers again. Not sure if anyone ever figured out what went wrong there.

The BFI release was encoded by David Mackenzie / FiM.

[Rayjg]

Didn't the BFI use their own materials for Nosferatu? Maybe they did for a few other titles too.

[Wackotaco]

Originally Posted by amputd

I’d love to see Criterion release The 25th Hour by Spike Lee. The Bedroom Window is also on my wish list.

Piggybacking off of this from someone still new to the collecting game - does Criterion hold the rights to most or all of Spike's earlier stuff? I've been looking for He Got Game on blu-ray and there's an expensive "double-feature" available with the 25th Hour on the secondary market but I guess there is no standard release? I ended up getting the DVD from Amazon but was disappointed there wasn't something better. Thanks!

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by Wackotaco

Piggybacking off of this from someone still new to the collecting game - does Criterion hold the rights to most or all of Spike's earlier stuff? I've been looking for He Got Game on blu-ray and there's an expensive "double-feature" available with the 25th Hour on the secondary market but I guess there is no standard release? I ended up getting the DVD from Amazon but was disappointed there wasn't something better. Thanks!

Both films are with Disney, so it's unlikely Criterion could license them. Though if there is a label that could, it would probably be them.

[FloJoe85]

Originally Posted by Wackotaco

Piggybacking off of this from someone still new to the collecting game - does Criterion hold the rights to most or all of Spike's earlier stuff? I've been looking for He Got Game on blu-ray and there's an expensive "double-feature" available with the 25th Hour on the secondary market but I guess there is no standard release? I ended up getting the DVD from Amazon but was disappointed there wasn't something better. Thanks!

Those 2 films are stuck with Disney. Kino released 5 Spike Lee films.

[mande2013]

Originally Posted by Meek12345

Long time lurker here. I've posted in this thread before, but the last time was back in 2020. Thank you all for the news, knowledge, friendly debates, etc.

Anyway, I finally watched After Hours for the first time last weekend after reading all of the posts on here about it over the last several years. My short review is that it was one of the greatest film watching experiences I've ever had. I was hooked from beginning to end and had no idea what would happen next. I get it now guys.

[Show spoiler]Putting this in spoiler tags because my following statement indicates that Paul survives his crazy night in Soho...I think I'll go read Tropic of Cancer and wonder what a sequel to this film would be like. I suppose a sequel is completely unnecessary, but I can't help but wonder what Paul's future held and what are those wacky people up to in Soho now.

Martin Scorsese has an interestingly diverse filmography to me. I find value in all of his films that I have watched so far. Although, I prefer the Age of Innocence, the Aviator, and now After Hours over films like Goodfellas and Raging Bull...Please don't throw tomatoes. I'll see myself out.

I really do hope we get a box set of films by that director that happened to make several critically acclaimed films with Toshiro Mifune. I won't mention the director's name directly, so hopefully it doesn't get pushed back another year.

Other than that box set, a 4K of Kill Bill The Whole Bloody Affair is what I want most. I will take it from Criterion or Miramax or whomever currently has the rights to it.

The Age of Innocence would certainly make the shortlist of greatest opening credits sequences in film history.

[Cremildo]

Poster for the new 4K restoration

[MifuneFan]

The June/July schedule (PDF) has been posted at the Film Forum, and they're going to be dong a huge Ozu retrospective in hour of his 120th birth year, with over 30 of of his films



They will also be showing the US premiere of the 4K restoration of Contempt (Lionsgate apparently releasing 4k in September), as well as a huge Billy Wilder retrospective as well with over 30 films including Some Like it Hot, Double Indemnity, Ace in the Hole, Sunset Blvd. Sabrina, and many more.

[Gacivory]

Give me that Ozu boxset!

[dvining]

Originally Posted by Gacivory

Give me that Ozu boxset!

Have we figured out the automatic delay schedule for the mentioning of Ozu?

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by dvining

Have we figured out the automatic delay schedule for the mentioning of Ozu?

Here’s the thing, they delay I come to Criterion’s office and throw red kettle’s at everyone’s head.

[Jaymole]

Originally Posted by Gacivory

Give me that Ozu boxset!

Can't wait for the 200th anniversary of his birth for the boxset!!

[MifuneFan]

Ozu had perfect symmetry in life and death, man. Born on December 12th 1903, died on December 12th 1963.

[hawkikwah]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

The June/July schedule (PDF) has been posted at the Film Forum, and they're going to be dong a huge Ozu retrospective in hour of his 120th birth year, with over 30 of of his films



They will also be showing the US premiere of the 4K restoration of Contempt (not sure if Criterion got the rights to this), as well as a huge Billy Wilder retrospective as well with over 30 films including Some Like it Hot, Double Indemnity, Ace in the Hole, Sunset Blvd. Sabrina, and many more.

Saw the Centennial run of this. Dragnet Girl was my jam

[hawkikwah]

Originally Posted by stvn1974

My Barnes And Noble usually has more Criterions than they do any other movies or TV shows on disc. I was just in there two days ago and they were out of stock for many titles. They usually have one of every release on BD and DVD and those on USD. Not sure if they removed them or are not going to be restocking.

The $40 membership they are charging now is ludicrous

[hawkikwah]

Originally Posted by BunyipPouch

Man I'm jealous. Would love to go see that this weekend. I try to see 4-5 movies a week and this weekend is desolate around me (with Guardians taking up all of the screens). I have a 17-theater rotation that I check weekly and this is one of the worst weeks I've ever seen.

Love Again wasn’t bad. Glad to see Jim Strouse bust out a new one

[hawkikwah]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

I try my best not to read too much into Janus' random tweets, but it is interesting that of all the images of a movie theater, they show one featuring Spellbound, a title that is now long-awaited to be coming from them. Apparently the elements are in bad shape, so that's why we haven't gotten it yet, but perhaps this is a cryptic tease that they have something planned. Or..it's just a random image of a theater : P..It's a great image either way.

Caught this in the theater a handful of years ago. Was pretty bummed to see they were projecting the Criterion DVD : /

[hawkikwah]

Originally Posted by Meek12345

Other than that box set, a 4K of Kill Bill The Whole Bloody Affair is what I want most. I will take it from Criterion or Miramax or whomever currently has the rights to it.

There’s a pretty decent boot of this I picked up a couple years back. Some of the footage is on not from the best source, but still pretty cool to see it. Wish I could have hit that Tarantino Christmas at the New Bev when it played, but I did see both Kill Bills twice on opening day

[M A]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

I try my best not to read too much into Janus' random tweets, but it is interesting that of all the images of a movie theater, they show one featuring Spellbound, a title that is now long-awaited to be coming from them. Apparently the elements are in bad shape, so that's why we haven't gotten it yet, but perhaps this is a cryptic tease that they have something planned. Or..it's just a random image of a theater : P..It's a great image either way.

Originally Posted by hawkikwah

Caught this in the theater a handful of years ago. Was pretty bummed to see they were projecting the Criterion DVD : /

Speaking of which... Premiering at Cannes Classics 2023:

Spellbound
La Maison du docteur Edwardes
Alfred Hitchcock
1945, 1h46, United States

Presented and restored by Walt Disney Studios in association with The Film Foundation, with the participation of the Academy Film Archive. Special thanks to Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg.
Screening in the presence of Margaret Bodde, Executive Director, The Film Foundation.