The Criterion Collection

[HipsterTrash]

Army of the Dead. Coming Soon to Criterion.

[Vigojean]

God that movie is worse than Freddy Got Fingered

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by HipsterTrash

Army of the Dead. Coming Soon to Criterion.

#ReleasetheSnyderCriterion?

[cgpublic]

Originally Posted by Vigojean

Do you know how many great crime films came out in 1990-1995? Goodfellas, The Crying Game, Boyz n the Hood, Menace II Society, Leon the Professional, One False Move, Hard-Boiled, The Last Seduction, King of New York, Red Rock West, Bad Lieutenant, Reservoir Dogs, True Romance, Pulp Fiction, Desperado, Romeo Is Bleeding, Miller’s Crossing, Point Break, A Perfect World, Casino.

ALL of them better than Deep Cover

You're not wrong about the above films as superior to Deep Cover, and in my opinion, you're also not wrong re: non-comparative assessment of Deep Cover as a film.

That said, we have opinions, as do others. No more, no less. It's their money, not ours, plenty of other films in the Collection.

[bergman864]

Beasts of No Nation is a surprise. I'm happy to see they're not only still releasing Netflix movies but digging deep in the Netflix back catalog. Though I've had Netflix for years and it didn't interest me to watch it.

I can't complain about the other choices. Glad to see Criterion is dedicated to releasing more documentaries. I wish there were five releases.

I think Mirror and Bringing Up Baby spoiled us. I think we'll constantly expect HUGE announcements like those each month and some will feel disappointed when it doesn't happen.

[dvining]

I'm surprised more people aren't excited about Ashes and Diamonds.

Is it that fewer people have seen it, or is it that my opinion is just that much more positive than everyone else's?

Because Ashes and Diamonds is an amazing movie. If you like Ivan's Childhood, it's right up your alley, sort of thing.

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by dvining

I'm surprised more people aren't excited about Ashes and Diamonds.

Is it that fewer people have seen it, or is it that my opinion is just that much more positive than everyone else's?

Because Ashes and Diamonds is an amazing movie. If you like Ivan's Childhood, it's right up your alley, sort of thing.

I’m excited, but also apprehensive. Why not upgrade all 3 from the set? I’ll probably buy it, but hope they get around to A Generation & Kanal.

[traths]

For the first time this my wallet is safe for a month. Not really interested in the August slate of releases.

[ponytail]

Originally Posted by Vigojean

I honestly don’t know how this would even be considered for Criterion. People complained about Police Story, but those movies are artistically good. Deep Cover is directed by the guy who made Sister Act 2. You can watch it on Tubi and Amazon Prime and places like that, or on cable. I can’t emphasize how mediocre this movie is, compared to One False Move, etc.

The Glass Shield is one I’d love to see get the Criterion treatment

[mja345]

Originally Posted by dvining

I'm surprised more people aren't excited about Ashes and Diamonds.

Is it that fewer people have seen it, or is it that my opinion is just that much more positive than everyone else's?

Because Ashes and Diamonds is an amazing movie. If you like Ivan's Childhood, it's right up your alley, sort of thing.

I have the Arrow disc, but I agree that it's a fantastic film.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Scottie

The only Koreeda film I've seen is Still Walking and I absolutely love it.

Excited to check out After Life.

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

wow! that's a surprise, Scott. Shoplifters and Nobody Knows are great films. definitely check out those.

Anything from Kore-eda is worth watching. After Life is, in my opinion, one of his best. Nobody Knows is stunning.

[SleazyForWeasley]

Was really hoping for Janicza Bravo's "Lemon" this month.

[FragnitoM]

Originally Posted by ponytail

The Glass Shield is one I’d love to see get the Criterion treatment

It would be awesome if Criterion collabed with Milestone and did a complete Burnett box

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Vigojean

Do you know how many great crime films came out in 1990-1995? Goodfellas, The Crying Game, Boyz n the Hood, Menace II Society, Leon the Professional, One False Move, Hard-Boiled, The Last Seduction, King of New York, Red Rock West, Bad Lieutenant, Reservoir Dogs, True Romance, Pulp Fiction, Desperado, Romeo Is Bleeding, Miller’s Crossing, Point Break, A Perfect World, Casino.

ALL of them better than Deep Cover

So? Any given film can have a few hundred films that are better than it. That doesn't mean that the given film isn't worth anything. Most of the titles you listed are ones people are already familiar with, and have already been released on Blu-ray.

With Deep Cover, perhaps Criterion is saying, "Here's something we think is nifty that you might not know about." And the thing is, it doesn't matter if you think it's bad or "irrelevant". There's always going to be someone else who wants it.

For me, "Here's something we think is nifty that you might not know about," is one of the things I've loved about Criterion.

[dvining]

Originally Posted by jayembee

So? Any given film can have a few hundred films that are better than it. That doesn't mean that the given film isn't worth anything. Most of the titles you listed are ones people are already familiar with, and have already been released on Blu-ray.

With Deep Cover, perhaps Criterion is saying, "Here's something we think is nifty that you might not know about." And the thing is, it doesn't matter if you think it's bad or "irrelevant". There's always going to be someone else who wants it.

For me, "Here's something we think is nifty that you might not know about," is one of the things I've loved about Criterion.

They market themselves this way:

"Browse our collection of the greatest films from around the world, available on Blu-ray, DVD, and streaming."

"Greatest films" is more than nifty. I think that creates a base of expectations for many people that precludes curios that may be sort of interesting.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by dvining

I'm surprised more people aren't excited about Ashes and Diamonds.

Is it that fewer people have seen it, or is it that my opinion is just that much more positive than everyone else's?

Because Ashes and Diamonds is an amazing movie. If you like Ivan's Childhood, it's right up your alley, sort of thing.

Originally Posted by Gacivory

I’m excited, but also apprehensive. Why not upgrade all 3 from the set? I’ll probably buy it, but hope they get around to A Generation & Kanal.

I'm excited. Like Gacivory, it'd've been better if they upgraded the entire set, like they did with Rohmer's Six Moral Tales last year. Still, any Wajda is better than none. Outside of the virtually-impossible-to-get (at least, at a reasonable price) Masterpieces of Polish Cinema sets, only two of his films have been released on Blu-ray in the US.

I've been meaning to bite the bullet and try to import the dozen or so Wajda films released by Filmostrada in Poland, but other things always seem to get in the way. And I keep hoping that someone like Criterion or Second Run will see to it that I don't have to.

The only Wajda I have on BD is the Artificial Eye release of Katyn, and that is only because I randomly came across a used copy at a Bull Moose (of all places).

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by jayembee

I'm excited. Like Gacivory, it'd've been better if they upgraded the entire set, like they did with Rohmer's Six Moral Tales last year. Still, any Wajda is better than none. Outside of the virtually-impossible-to-get (at least, at a reasonable price) Masterpieces of Polish Cinema sets, only two of his films have been released on Blu-ray in the US.

I've been meaning to bite the bullet and try to import the dozen or so Wajda films released by Filmostrada in Poland, but other things always seem to get in the way. And I keep hoping that someone like Criterion or Second Run will see to it that I don't have to.

The only Wajda I have on BD is the Artificial Eye release of Katyn, and that is only because I randomly came across a used copy at a Bull Moose (of all places).

I keep almost importing Man of Marble Blu. I keep thinking someone else might get it.

[jw007]

Originally Posted by Vigojean

Do you know how many great crime films came out in 1990-1995? Goodfellas, The Crying Game, Boyz n the Hood, Menace II Society, Leon the Professional, One False Move, Hard-Boiled, The Last Seduction, King of New York, Red Rock West, Bad Lieutenant, Reservoir Dogs, True Romance, Pulp Fiction, Desperado, Romeo Is Bleeding, Miller’s Crossing, Point Break, A Perfect World, Casino.

ALL of them better than Deep Cover

You forgot Carlito's Way. One of the greatest films of the decade.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by dvining

They market themselves this way:

"Browse our collection of the greatest films from around the world, available on Blu-ray, DVD, and streaming."

"Greatest films" is more than nifty. I think that creates a base of expectations for many people that precludes curios that may be sort of interesting.

Fair enough. But I think Criterion has released more than enough films that most people wouldn't consider among the "greatest" that anyone should take "greatest films" with a grain or two of salt. Even if we leave something like Armageddon aside, there are a lot of films in the Collection that are good, solid, worthwhile films that aren't even close to "greatest".

[Pvtjoker87]

Anyone else think that this year of announcement has been underwhelming so far? The only purchase I’ve made was The Parallax View, was looking forward to Memories of Murder but the reviews for the new transfer made me reconsider.