The Criterion Collection

[javy]

The Roaring Twenties. Nice.

[jshaide]

Hell yea, this is more like it

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by NeoNical

Whoever predicted Roaring Twenties was very lucky!

The two Johnnie To flicks and Eric Rohmer set for me.

I also want to give a quick shoutout to the cover of the Johnnie To release. To Alice X. Yang, you are killing it!

I predicted it : D..Only 1 I got right though, but that's better than most months. I love Alice X. Zhang's work. I actually sent an email to Criterion a couple years back requesting they consider her for their covers, and a little while later they release Mona Lisa with her art.

[Shane Rollins]

McCabe & Mrs. Miller and The Roaring Twenties are the big two for me. My November list hasn’t changed, which includes a lot of older films and Freaks. Great month though.

[DukeTogo84]

[Show spoiler]

Originally Posted by RevolverOcelScott

Haha. I feel you. If not a Toho film, then maybe one of the nearly 100 Shochiku films they have with good HD masters. Japanese cinema feels like its dead to the Criterion collection.

[Winslow Leach]

The Roaring Twenties! One of my favorite Cagney films.

[Ned Brainard]

Originally Posted by ravenus

I suspect the major reason why big studios deal with outfits like Mill Creek (and perhaps KL too) is that they are willing to license large libraries rather than cherry pick titles, which makes it a lot more streamlined for the studio in terms of accounting and legal procedures.

From what I have heard this was also the reason why Criterion previously lost several Studio Canal film licenses to Lionsgate (including Ran, The Third Man, Man Who Fell to Earth), because they were willing to take on an entire catalog instead of negotiate for individual titles. Don't know if that still holds good.

That and Mill Creek can still get its product into retail locations like Walmart. Those bargain dump bins apparently are still somewhat lucrative.

[Sifox211]

Tales of the Four Seasons for me! Almost makes up for the lack of P&P. The Tale of Summer in my Potemkine box is faulty so I've been waiting for someone to release the set

[Gacivory]

Another month where Criterion is targeting my wallet! I want them all! Especially The Roaring Twenties and Nothing But a Man!

[Ned Brainard]

The Roaring Twenties for me, and I'll be picking up the blu-ray only version. Thanks Criterion for giving us a choice and not making blu-only folks like me pay a premium because of the presence of a disc we don't want. The big question now is should I pre-order or not. If history repeats itself, then the next flash sale should take place sometime in March after this particular release date. Decisions, decisions.......

[nitebusnitebus]

Originally Posted by Shane Rollins

And I would love to see The Shop On Main Street on Blu-ray. The DVD's been OOP for years too, so that's one that should definitely return to the collection.

it has a region free Bluray from Second Run, under the British title The Shop on the High Street

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by bergman864

Also the Johnnie To double UHD

By double UHD do you mean 2 UHD discs, because I think it's 2 films on one UHD disc.

[bergman864]

Originally Posted by ravenus

By double UHD do you mean 2 UHD discs, because I think it's 2 films on one UHD disc.

I meant the two films on UHD. Johnnie To double, on UHD.

[Axl Rose]

McCabe & Mrs. Miller 4k! I'm glad i never got around to getting the Blu.

Someone opened the flood gates to Rohmer again.

[dancerslegs]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Nothing But a Man (1964)

https://www.criterion.com/films/31775-nothing-but-a-man

This is a phenomenal film. One of the most adult and best dramatic American films of the 1960s. Really was not expecting Criterion to release this one, but very delighted by this announcement!

[ilenewoodsfan99]

Not gonna lie, I was rearranging my movie collection last night and was wondering when I could finally upgrade The Roaring Twenties!

Happy to donate the DVD to my library!

[Brad1963]

Another amazing month from Criterion.

[Mose Harper]

Originally Posted by dancerslegs

This is a phenomenal film. One of the most adult and best dramatic American films of the 1960s. Really was not expecting Criterion to release this one, but very delighted by this announcement!

Thanks for the testimonial. I'd never heard of the film before and probably would be inclined to pass over it.
When someone offers unsolicited high praise, that gets my attention.

I was going to try to keep it light in the next flash sale, but this batch is really bulking up my wishlist.

[PiiTon]

Still no La maman et la putain

[Shanghai Express]

Still absolutely hilarious how they refuse to give a B&W film cover art that isn't itself B&W or a cartoon. Or both.