The Criterion Collection

[Smegma]

I can't remember but I think it's been a minute since I've wished upon a Criterion star for the month...

Barfly
Cape Fear (1962) 4k
Catch 22 4k
Charade 4k
Deliverance 4k
Desperate Living
The Devils
French Connection 4k
King of Comedy 4k
Last Temptation of Christ 4k
Lord of the Flies 4k
M 4k
Man Bites Dog
Mondo Trasho
O Lucky Man 4k
On the Waterfront 4k
Rebecca 4k
Repulsion 4k
Royal Tenebaums 4k
Solaris 4k
White Dog
World's Greatest Sinner

[mca213]

Deliverance 4K would be incredible.

[aladdin123]

Patton 4K
The French Connection 4K
A Matter Of Life And Death 4K
In A Lonely Place 4K
Dog Day Afternoon 4K

[Gacivory]

Wishlist

The Hill
Olivier Assayas’ Demonlover or Clean
Arnaud Desplechin’s Kings & Queen or My Sex Life… or How I Got Into an Argument
Le deuxième souffle
An Edward Yang film
Snow Angels
The Sweet Hereafter

[Watershipdownisgood]

Hud
Catch-22
The Year of Living Dangerously
Brother From Another Planet
White Dog
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Captain Blood
I Know Where I'm Going
A David Lean box set
Isle of Dogs second Wes Anderson 4K first one in a long time

My guesses are probably all wrong anyway as it seems to me I've been getting the title announcements wrong left and right this year a lot for Criterion.

[Jobla]

Wish list:

The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time
Eyes Wide Shut
The King of Comedy
Return of the Seacaucus Seven or Eight Men Out
M (1951)
A View from the Bridge (1957)
A Perfect Couple (Altman)

[tama]

Are August announcements usually light? Not expecting any big guns to be announced.

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by dwk

They should release Samurai Saga and slap Cyrano De Bergerac as an extra on a bonus disc.

Or on a re-issue of GDT's Pinocchio, both being about characters with big noses, what?

[Professor Echo]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Sorry Duke, I don't think Criterion are touching Cyrano anytime soon, if ever

Not that anyone cares-or should, but I predicted this would happen a few pages back in this thread.

We live in a culture now where we are all one step away from becoming a pariah. It's mostly sad for the victims of the incidents, of course, and I'm sure they get a modicum of satisfaction from their perpetrator being at least "canceled." The rest of us just have to go along with it when the opportunities to make our own judgments are removed from the equation, i.e. not being able to experience the canceled person's work anymore.

[Doctor Jack]

Please give us Dead Presidents and The Sweet Hereafter then I’ll be good for years.

[ilenewoodsfan99]

The usual suspects for me:
That Hamilton Woman Blu Ray/4K
Imitation of Life 4K
Trouble in Paradise
Les Misérables 1934
The Lubitsch musicals, including The Merry Widow
The Wind
The Crowd
The Wedding March

[waxlion]

Criterion Channel was really platforming Down With Love a few months back, including an interview with the director, Peyton Reed.

With Reed expressing interest in doing a remaster around the 20th anniversary, I’d love if this was one of Criterion’s more out of left field releases.

[Brad1963]

My August predictions.

Él - 4k and BD

High and Low - 4k upgrade

12 Angry Men - 4k upgrade

Flow - 4k, BD and DVD

The Sweet Hereafter - 4k and BD

I'm saving my Hud prediction for September.

[Driver78]

Originally Posted by aladdin123

Patton 4K
The French Connection 4K
A Matter Of Life And Death 4K
In A Lonely Place 4K
Dog Day Afternoon 4K

DDA is coming directly from Warner Q4 this year. It was on a 2025 teaser that was leaked late last year.

French Connection was kind of soft announced a few months ago so it's past the rumor stage. Question is, who will release it?

[dallywhitty]

Originally Posted by Driver78

DDA is coming directly from Warner Q4 this year. It was on a 2025 teaser that was leaked late last year.

You misread it. It was listed under "anniversaries," same as Barry Lyndon. It'll probs come through a boutique instead.

[sherlockjr]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

Cyrano De Bergerac probably not getting a physical release was pretty bad way to start the day. Always been a huge Gérard Depardieu fan, so sad to hear about some of the horrible choices he made late in life with touching two women in an unwanted way. It just begs the questions, should a film suffer because of this? I don't have the answer, but it is interesting. Also, I often hear people saying won't buy a Roman Polanski directed film, but I don't often hear people say they won't buy a Harvey Weinstein produced film? Both get money from sales, so what exactly is the difference?

Just thinking out loud, but hate seeing art suffer because of the horrible choices people make. Was really hoping for a Criterion release of Cyrano De Bergerac and wonder if it was already in production?

There are some very loud people on social media advocating for canceling various others for actual horrible (or alleged horrible) behavior. But I wonder how much of that loud opinion actually affects sales other than among a minority?

We know that most older movies--that aren't certain hugely well known films--don't sell much anyway now, especially with the continued decline of physical media sales. If they won't sell without any notoriety, re-releases are a lot less likely anyway.

However Paramount didn't seem to have any issues. I noticed with their 2024 4K release of CHINATOWN, which sold well enough to have a standard 4K release only six months after their more expensive Paramount Presents release. Not only did Roman Polanski direct CHINATOWN he also acts in it,. But no cancelation that I'm aware of.

Paramount had three other BD releases of CHINATOWN between 2012 and 2017. But there was there no backlash that ended those releases at a single issue and then being deleted. Instead they did two 4Ks as well.

When it comes to disk releases, my guess is a whole lot of it comes down to whether or not they think a disk will sell sufficiently to be profitable, regardless of the personnel involved. There are likely a lot more reasons for Criterion's decisions if or when to release a 1990 French film than this week's court conviction. Including licensing costs and preprint quality.

CYRANO is currently available on the Criterion Channel, so Criterion's cancel button seems to be running rather slow (and I wonder if the number of streaming viewers might do more to determine if there is a disk release than his conviction).

I don't know if Polanski still gets residuals on his US films (have they possibly been attached by the courts?) but didn't Harvey Weinstein years ago have to divest himself from both of his previous production/distribution companies? (So likely not getting future payments for those films.)

[Driver78]

Originally Posted by dallywhitty

You misread it. It was listed under "anniversaries," same as Barry Lyndon. It'll probs come through a boutique instead.

Oh, that's right. Oh well. A boutique might do a better job with the packaging.

[Professor Echo]

Originally Posted by sherlockjr

[Show spoiler]There are some very loud people on social media advocating for canceling various others for actual horrible (or alleged horrible) behavior. But I wonder how much of that loud opinion actually affects sales other than among a minority.

We know that most older movies that aren't certain hugely well known films don't sell much anyway, especially with the continued decline of physical media sales. If they won't sell without any notoriety re-releases are a lot less likely.

However Paramount didn't seem to have any issues I noticed with their 2024 4K release of CHINATOWN, which sold well enough to have a standard 4K release only six months after their more expensive Paramount Presents release. Not only did Roman Polanski direct CHINATOWN he also acts in it, but no cancelation that I'm aware of.

Paramount had three other BD releases of CHINATOWN between 2012 and 2017. But there was there no backlash that ended those releases at one and then being deleted. Instead they did two 4Ks as well.

[Show spoiler]When it comes to disk releases, my guess is a whole lot of it comes down to whether or not they think a disk will sell sufficiently to be profitable, regardless of the personnel involved. There are likely a lot more reasons for Criterion's decisions on if or when to release a 1990 French film than this week's court conviction, including licensing costs.

CYRANO is currently available on the Criteiron Channel, so Criterion's cancel button seems to be running rather slow (and I wonder if the number of streaming viewers might do more to determine if there is a disk release than his conviction).

I don't know if Polanski still gets residuals on his US films (have they possibly been attached by the courts?) but didn't Harvey Weinstein years ago have to divest himself from both of his previous production/distribution companies? (So likely not getting future payments for those films.)

The generations that are so fond of instantly canceling people and things probably don't know who Polanski is or at least care about him because he is not currently active to such a degree where they feel overly offended by his presence. Many people who get canceled tend to be more in the public eye or are conspicuously displayed, as old Civil War general statues, to such a degree that they must be erased as much as possible. If Polanski lived in America I think the opposition would be much more vocal. As it is, if you cry barracuda, people say huh, what? Cry shark and we have a panic on the fourth of July.

[queen_kitty]

Originally Posted by waxlion

Criterion Channel was really platforming Down With Love a few months back, including an interview with the director, Peyton Reed.

With Reed expressing interest in doing a remaster around the 20th anniversary, I’d love if this was one of Criterion’s more out of left field releases.

I'd love seeing Down With Love get a Criterion release, I was really surprised to see it on the channel in February (I think it was for the love in new york category?). I think Down with Love is such a fun watch, as a fan of Pillow Talk, you can really see the inspiration and how they changed it up in a fresh, more modern way. Also, it's gorgeous to watch! It deserves a US blu-ray release at the very least.

[MovieBuff647]

Originally Posted by Smegma

I can't remember but I think it's been a minute since I've wished upon a Criterion star for the month...

Barfly
Cape Fear (1962) 4k
Catch 22 4k
Charade 4k
Deliverance 4k
Desperate Living
The Devils
French Connection 4k
King of Comedy 4k
Last Temptation of Christ 4k
Lord of the Flies 4k
M 4k
Man Bites Dog
Mondo Trasho
O Lucky Man 4k
On the Waterfront 4k
Rebecca 4k
Repulsion 4k
Royal Tenebaums 4k
Solaris 4k
White Dog
World's Greatest Sinner

FRENCH CONNECTION is supposed to be coming this or next year.