The Criterion Collection

[Yami]

Originally Posted by deepscan

Now is the time for you to start predicting which best titles Criterion will save for last this year as we approach the announcement of the December 2022 lineup.

I found this tweet…

https://twitter.com/shorthair65/stat...XGH8h3PSsaqY7A

Well that list is blatently nonsensical.

December is the last month of Pasolini's centennial year, which Criterion have yet to mark despite definitely owning the rights to at least 10/12 of his narrative features almost all of which have received new restorations in recent years. So they might spring a Pasolini box set on us - it wouldn't be unheard of in December, which is when the Olympics set was released. Or, failing that, Accattone +/- an upgrade of Mamma Roma would seem like a good bet.

[Yami]

Originally Posted by Scottie

I know for certain that I'm missing more rumor mill titles.

New Criterion restorations of Le Samourai and Kira Muratova's The Long Farewell and Brief Encounters have been recently screened.

[suspiciouscoffee]

Originally Posted by deepscan

Now is the time for you to start predicting which best titles Criterion will save for last this year as we approach the announcement of the December 2022 lineup.

I found this tweet…

https://twitter.com/shorthair65/stat...XGH8h3PSsaqY7A

Criterion release of Superman? Lol.

[Gacivory]

Wasn’t there a user that used to or still does, post about Superman Criterion release? Like they were obsessed with that possibility.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by Gacivory

Wasn’t there a user that used to or still does, post about Superman Criterion release? Like they were obsessed with that possibility.

It is in fact the same person above, deepscan, who has been obsessed with the idea of Superman being released by Criterion, and also linked to some random tweet that he "found" that is also seemingly a huge Superman fan, and has made a prediction of Superman being released by Criterion.

A few random posts of his over the years

Originally Posted by deepscan

I was not surprised by the absence of SUPERMAN from Criterion this year…I suspected things did not look good for it, especially since this year marked the 40th anniversary of the US release of SUPERMAN II. But I was surprised WEST SIDE STORY was blacklisted as well. Yes, it is full of flaws, but it is still visually stunning to see 60 years later.

Criterion’s December lineup could have been better.

Originally Posted by deepscan

There has indeed been a rumor of a 4K release coming in November, but don't believe it until it is official.

Originally Posted by deepscan

I have already mentioned this elsewhere, but if this is a clue to a December release, then chances are we will not get a Criterion edition of SUPERMAN in time for its 40th anniversary.

This will leave either Shout Select or WB to do a proper SE of it. At this point we could be looking at an in-house release.

Keep in mind what capedwonder.com said. Surprises are in store, so miracles may still happen.

Originally Posted by deepscan

I have already suggested this to Criterion’s head, Jon Mulvaney...Superman, with a 4K UHD of the theatrical version, plus the two other cuts of the film, in time for next year’s 40th anniversary.

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Originally Posted by deepscan

Now is the time for you to start predicting which best titles Criterion will save for last this year as we approach the announcement of the December 2022 lineup.

I found this tweet…




https://twitter.com/shorthair65/stat...XGH8h3PSsaqY7A

[dvining]

Originally Posted by Gacivory

Wasn’t there a user that used to or still does, post about Superman Criterion release? Like they were obsessed with that possibility.

It's no Hamlet 2 from Kino.

[Rayjg]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Sometimes I'm curious and I view a post from someone on my ignore list. It never fails to validate why they're on my ignore list.

I don’t always view posts from someone on my ignore list, but when I do, I prefer KubrickKurasawa.

[dkelly26666]

Originally Posted by Yami

Well that list is blatently nonsensical.

December is the last month of Pasolini's centennial year, which Criterion have yet to mark despite definitely owning the rights to at least 10/12 of his narrative features almost all of which have received new restorations in recent years. So they might spring a Pasolini box set on us - it wouldn't be unheard of in December, which is when the Olympics set was released. Or, failing that, Accattone +/- an upgrade of Mamma Roma would seem like a good bet.

I've been hoping all year long for some Pasolini physical releases from Criterion to mark his Centennial, but it has never happened.

They had a 10 film program of his films on their streaming channel earlier this year, but I had really hoped for at least one physical release, if not even a box set.

But, so far, no...

[gkolb]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

It is in fact the same person above, deepscan, who has been obsessed with the idea of Superman being released by Criterion, and also linked to some random tweet that he "found" that is also seemingly a huge Superman fan, and has made a prediction of Superman being released by Criterion.

A few random posts of his over the years

LOL is that a Nic Cage sock account? Just guessing for a friend.

[kvnbhovis]

Kind of disappointed. I was hoping for another big mega-set in November but it is not to be. I do want the Infernal Affairs trilogy since the first film was remade by Scorcese as The Departed from what I've heard and I haven't seen any of them. Also in for Malcolm X and maybe Daisies. I don't have a 4K tv or video device so I'll be sticking with the version of In The Mood... on the WKW set and the earlier blu-ray. Power of the Dog sounds interesting but if I bring another movie with Benedict Cumberbatch into the house, my wife will deny me certain pleasures. No big deal as I'm not crazy about him either.

[RojD]

It's no wonder Criterion inspires almost cultlike following. I decided to finally watch all of my WKW box set, and discovered that 6 of the 7 seven discs skipped or froze. I was crushed and frustrated.

So I wrote to Jon, and I had a response that same day. Then I provided the info they asked for and sent it to them on the weekend. Monday morning, I got a response that replacements were on the way.

There's no other word for it. Their customer service is just amazing. Prompt and personable. The manufacturing fault was regretable, but wow...the way they responded to it.

[Egbert Souse]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

It is in fact the same person above, deepscan, who has been obsessed with the idea of Superman being released by Criterion, and also linked to some random tweet that he "found" that is also seemingly a huge Superman fan, and has made a prediction of Superman being released by Criterion.

I find the most amusing one to be Criterion releasing the '34 Babes in Toyland in 4K, but not the '69 True Grit.

[dex14]

At the NYFF:
https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2022/da...als-announced/

Drylongso
Cauleen Smith, 1998, U.S., 86m
World Premiere

Cauleen Smith’s 1998 feature debut, a landmark in American independent cinema, follows Pica (Toby Smith), a woman in a photography class in Oakland, as she begins photographing the young black men of her neighborhood, having witnessed so many of them fall victim to senseless murder and fearing the possibility of their becoming extinct altogether. This project serves as a point of departure for Smith to explore Pica’s relationship with her family, as well as her relationship with a friend (April Barnett) who becomes the victim of an enigmatic and elusive serial killer lurking in the background. An enduringly rich work of DIY filmmaking, Drylongso remains a resonant and visionary examination of violence (and its reverberations), friendship, and gender. A Janus Films release. 4K restoration undertaken by The Criterion Collection, Janus Films and The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Supervised by Director Cauleen Smith. The NYFF60 Revivals presentation of Drylongso is sponsored by Turner Classic Movies.

The Long Farewell
Kira Muratova, 1971, USSR, 97m
Russian with English subtitles
North American Premiere

Completed in 1971 but not released until perestroika in 1987, Kira Muratova’s fourth feature is a majestic psychodrama centering on the relationship between a mother and a son and rendered with a borderline avant-garde sense of aesthetic freedom and formal experimentation. Divorced Evgenia (Zinaida Sharko) has devoted her life to raising her son, Sasha (Oleg Vladimirsky), but their bond is tested when he becomes a teenager and visits his father in far-off Novosibirsk, planting seeds for the young man’s desire to move out from beneath his overbearing mother’s thumb. Muratova transfigures the resulting blow-ups and reconciliations as a kinetic and atmospheric symphony suffused with resentment and love, sensitivity and obliviousness, freedom and duty. A Janus Films release. Restored in 4K by STUDIOCANAL in collaboration with The Criterion Collection at L’Immagine Ritrovata/Éclair Classics.

Eight Deadly Shots
Mikko Niskanen, 1972, Finland, 316m
Finnish with English subtitles

Inspired by the events surrounding a 1969 mass shooting in Pihtipudas, Finland, Mikko Niskanen’s riveting four-part mini-series chronicles the plight of a farmer, Pasi (played by Niskanen himself), whose economic hardships lead him to take up moonshining with a friend, effectively causing him to lapse back into despondent alcoholism. As Pasi sinks deeper into poverty and deeper into the bottle, we witness the routines, rituals, and quotidian dramas of his life, captured with a transfixing attentiveness to the passage of time. Hailed as the crowning achievement of Finnish filmmaking by no less an authority than Aki Kaurismaki, this naturalist epic is a triumph of psychological cinema, and a powerfully relevant exploration of economic injustice. A Janus Films release. Restored by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project, Yleisradio Oy, Fiction Finland ry, and Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory. Funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation. Additional support provided by the Ministry of Culture and Education in Finland, Tiina and Antti Herlin Foundation, and the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation.


The Mother and the W hore
Jean Eustache, 1973, France, 210m
French with English subtitles
North American Premiere

At long last presented in a striking new restoration worthy of the film’s reputation, 50 years after its scandalous premiere at Cannes, Jean Eustache’s hard-to-see masterpiece uses an obsessive, talkative ménage à trois—Jean-Pierre Léaud, Bernadette Lafont, and Françoise Lebrun—as the jumping-off point for an intense exploration of sexual politics among liberated yet alienated moderns. The Mother and the W hore abounds with references and allusions to 15 years of New Wave images and language while also documenting the mix of strategies and fictions that lovers and other strangers use to make contact and to armor themselves. Léaud, Lafont, and Lebrun, the basis of the film, portray its unforgettable characters with an absolute intensity and a mesmerizing, endlessly rich sense of humanity. A Janus Films release. The Mother and the W hore has been restored and remastered in 4K in 2022 by Les Films du Losange with the support of CNC and the participation of La Cinémathèque suisse and of Chanel. Image restoration by L’Immagine Ritrovata/Éclair Classics, supervised by Jacques Besse and Boris Eustache. Sound restoration by Léon Rousseau-L.E. Diapason.

[MifuneFan]

For anyone in the NYC area, the Paris theater will be showing High and Low on August 27th, and Ran from September 1st to 4th. Plenty of other great screenings there nearly every day too. I wish their prices weren't so expenseive, or I'd go all the time.

https://www.paristheaternyc.com/home/

[RevolverOcelScott]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

For anyone in the NYC area, the Paris theater will be showing High and Low on August 27th, and Ran from September 1st to 4th. Plenty of other great screenings there nearly every day too. I wish their prices weren't so expenseive, or I'd go all the time.

https://www.paristheaternyc.com/home/

Damn, wish it weren't so far for me. The only Kurosawa I've gotten to see is Seven Samurai two times in Albany.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by RevolverOcelScott

Damn, wish it weren't so far for me. The only Kurosawa I've gotten to see is Seven Samurai two times in Albany.

Yeah. I'm tempted to see both. I saw Ran from its 4K restoration many years back, and it looked really great. Not sure if that's their source for this, or using an older film print. I've never been to the Paris theater either, which I believe is the only remaining single-screen theater left in the city. It had actually closed down in 2019, before Netflix came in to save it.

[jordan-r]

https://twitter.com/Kyle_MacLachlan/...22851090317312

Kyle MacLachlan: "Seems there’s something brewing over at @Criterion, and it’s not just the coffee. ☕️ �� Thank you for a lovely day and all of the new films! I know how I’m spending my weekend. ��"

[kmhofmann]

Originally Posted by jordan-r

https://twitter.com/Kyle_MacLachlan/...22851090317312

Kyle MacLachlan: "Seems there’s something brewing over at @Criterion, and it’s not just the coffee. ☕️ �� Thank you for a lovely day and all of the new films! I know how I’m spending my weekend. ��"

Brewing... more than coffee...
Like a Pabst Blue Ribbon?

[jedidarrick]

Originally Posted by jordan-r

https://twitter.com/Kyle_MacLachlan/...22851090317312

Kyle MacLachlan: "Seems there’s something brewing over at @Criterion, and it’s not just the coffee. ☕️ �� Thank you for a lovely day and all of the new films! I know how I’m spending my weekend. ��"

I wish that I had never seen the post suggesting that Kyle was hinting at Criterion doing a Twin Peaks box because now it has me thinking about something that might not happen.

[Scottie]

If they were to announce the entirety of TWIN PEAKS, I don't know what I'd do.