The Criterion Collection

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by jjhunsecker

Still no "The Last Picture Show". Still no "Carnal Knowledge". Still no "The Defiant Ones".

And what doe anyone think of the odds that Criterion's first ever 4K title will be "West Side Story" , as a tie in with the Spielberg remake ? I can dream , can't I ....

Originally Posted by dressedtokill

The Defiant Ones is readily available from Eureka if you really want it,

And The Last Picture Show is available in the America Lost and Found set. Yeah, I'm sure Hunsecker is referring to it being available separately, but it's nonetheless available.

[Vigojean]

They need to show more love for Milos Forman. Not sure how it’s possible for a guy who won Best Director twice to be underrated, but he is. Amadeus is getting a 4K restoration, so hopefully they get on that, and they really need to release Taking Off, which is a comedy masterpiece. Cuckoo’s Nest, Ragtime, and Larry Flynt are all great too.

[mca213]

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

Your list is irrelevant without Heat on it.

[bergman864]

Originally Posted by Vigojean

They need to show more love for Milos Forman. Not sure how it’s possible for a guy who won Best Director twice to be underrated, but he is. Amadeus is getting a 4K restoration, so hopefully they get on that, and they really need to release Taking Off, which is a comedy masterpiece. Cuckoo’s Nest, Ragtime, and Larry Flynt are all great too.

They don't need to release anything. And I'm sure it'd be great if they released everyone of our favorite films but that doesn't mean they should or will.

[eightslicesofpie]

I thought Beasts of No Nation was forgotten by everyone forever so I was absolutely stoked to see it getting a release

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Vigojean

They need to show more love for Milos Forman. Not sure how it’s possible for a guy who won Best Director twice to be underrated, but he is. Amadeus is getting a 4K restoration, so hopefully they get on that, and they really need to release Taking Off, which is a comedy masterpiece. Cuckoo’s Nest, Ragtime, and Larry Flynt are all great too.

Or upgrade Loves of a Blonde, and re-acquire The Fireman's Ball.

(Before anyone comments, I do have the Second Run edition of the former, and Arrow edition of the latter. But there are some people who don't want, or don't know how, to order anything from outside the US.)

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by jayembee

Or upgrade Loves of a Blonde, and re-acquire The Fireman's Ball.

(Before anyone comments, I do have the Second Run edition of the former, and Arrow edition of the latter. But there are some people who don't want, or don't know how, to order anything from outside the US.)

People are missing out! I love Second Run! With all their titles being Region Free. It also means you don’t have to worry about being Region A locked!

[FragnitoM]

Feels like the first month in a long time without a female director. I do love that they have focused on that in the past year and hope they keep it up!

[Reddington]

Originally Posted by jayembee

No idea, but I'm pretty sure if you don't buy A&D separately, it won't happen.

As a team player, I'll do the decent thing...

[Vigojean]

Originally Posted by mca213

Your list is irrelevant without Heat on it.

I ****ed up. Heat, Clockers, Carlito’s Way, others I probably forgot.

[yoloswegmaster420]

According to this article from Indiewire, Criterion is planning on releasing a Melvin Van Peebles boxset.

In the effort to reconsider Black cinema in terms of cultural lineage, Criterion plans to re-release a restored “Sweetback,” as well as other Van Peebles films, including “Don’t Play Us Cheap,” “Watermelon Man,” and “Three-Day Pass,” along with son Mario’s 2003 film, “Baadasssss!”, starring as his father in a biopic about the making of “Sweetback.” All five films, plus Van Peebles’ mostly unseen shorts, will make up a single box set.

[Reddington]

Originally Posted by yoloswegmaster420

According to this article from Indiewire, Criterion is planning on releasing a Melvin Van Peebles boxset.

I was just reading about The Story of a Three-Day Pass (which I've never seen), and wondering if it would get a release.

[CinemaBlu]

Originally Posted by yoloswegmaster420

According to this article from Indiewire, Criterion is planning on releasing a Melvin Van Peebles boxset.

Nice! This is better than what I asked for nine months ago!

Originally Posted by CinemaBlu

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

directed by Melvin Van Peebles

[gbm82]

Originally Posted by CinemaBlu

Nice! This is better than what I asked for nine months ago!

There's already a great release for that one... but I'm in for the box

[BunyipPouch]

Will pick up both Ashes and Diamonds and Beasts of No Nation (mostly to support their release of more Netflix titles, would love Buster Scruggs, Tramps, Meyerowitz Stories, Mudbound, Da 5 Bloods, and I'm Thinking of Ending Things in the future).

After Life would usually be up my alley but I recently sold my Still Walking Criterion to buy the BFI Kore-Eda set and that already includes After Life, so I'll be passing on this release.

No interest in the short documentary/theater/music thing, but hopefully some get enjoyment out of that release, I'm guessing theater buffs.

Solid month.

[captainron_howdy]

Originally Posted by yoloswegmaster420

According to this article from Indiewire, Criterion is planning on releasing a Melvin Van Peebles boxset.

Even though Indicator released it....Watermelon Man is long over due for an American Blu-ray release.

[Frankie S]

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

King of New York is in my top 10 favourite movies of all time. Might even be top 5, depending on my mood. Goodfellas and Casino are both in my top 20. I’d love Menace II Society to get a Criterion blu-ray release (I still have the Criterion laser disc) - great film. Looking forward to getting the Arrow 4K of True Romance, and I have many of the others in my collection too. I’ve seen (and mostly enjoyed) all the films you’ve listed, and I could add many more great films of that ilk from the period - Carlito’s Way, Heat, The Grifters, Night and the City, Internal Affairs, The Usual Suspects, Wild at Heart, with Pusher and Hard Eight (both 1996), Lost Highway and L.A. Confidential (both 1997) to follow shortly after. None of that precludes me from enjoying Deep Cover, which I’ve always thought was under-rated, and I’m happy that Criterion have thought it worthy of a place in the collection. It will fit right in with my upcoming purchases of Nightmare Alley, Pickup on South Street etc.
The more noir and neo-noir in the collection, the happier I’ll be, and my Ingmar Bergman’s Cinema, Essential Fellini and Complete Films of Agnes Varda box sets won’t be remotely devalued by Deep Cover’s presence. FWIW, I don’t much care for Armageddon or The Rock, but each to their own. Deep Cover is far better than both IMO - it’s a blast, Goldblum and Fishburne are both on top form. First day purchase for me.

[Vigojean]

Originally Posted by Frankie S

The more noir and neo-noir in the collection, the happier I’ll be.

I agree. But it feels like every crime movie post-1959 is considered “neo-noir” lol. My favorites are Pulp Fiction, Farewell My Lovely (1975), The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981), One False Move, LA Confidential, and Romeo Is Bleeding. I’ve heard Fargo being called neo-noir. I mean...why not?

[javy]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

I just hope more Netflix films are on the way. Mank, Mudbound, the Meyerowitz Stories, and most importantly Buster Scruggs get Blu-ray releases.

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

[gbm82]

Originally Posted by javy

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

damn dude, someone posts a wishlist and that's how you respond?!