The Criterion Collection

[MifuneFan]

In A Lonely Place down to $18.94 at Amazon

[The Sovereign]

Originally Posted by Shane Rollins

Also, are we thinking Friday the 14th or Monday the 17th for announcements?

Almost certainly Monday.

[dvining]

Originally Posted by The Sovereign

Almost certainly Monday.

I can't remember the last time they announced early.

[The Sovereign]

Originally Posted by dvining

I can't remember the last time they announced early.

Yeah, I think Tuesday is more likely than Friday.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by dvining

I can't remember the last time they announced early.

Last time was Friday, April 14, 2023 (for July titles).

[jw007]

Originally Posted by The Sovereign

Yeah, I think Tuesday is more likely than Friday.

Why not Monday?

[MovieDood]

Originally Posted by jw007

Why not Monday?

Holiday, I believe.

It could go either way. Friday, Monday, or Tuesday. I wouldn't even garner a guess on this one.

[dvining]

Originally Posted by MovieDood

Holiday, I believe.

It could go either way. Friday, Monday, or Tuesday. I wouldn't even garner a guess on this one.

I know I keep Flag Day close to my heart, but I somehow doubt that Criterion will stop business to honor it.

[MovieDood]

Originally Posted by dvining

I know I keep Flag Day close to my heart, but I somehow doubt that Criterion will stop business to honor it.

That's my bad. I thought Monday was Juneteenth. It's Wednesday.

And, I don't know how big a deal that holiday would be to Criterion as many businesses don't close that day.

[The Sovereign]

Originally Posted by jw007

Why not Monday?

I think it will be Monday, but I also think it's more likely that they'd be late than early.

[jw007]

Monday's holidays include:

Global Garbage Man Day
National Apple Strudel Day
National Eat Your Vegetables Day
Ride to Work Day
Stewart's Root Beer Day
Take Your Cat To Work Day
World Croc Day
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
Eid Al Adha
King Charles' Birthday
Martin Miguel de Guemes Day
National Salvation Day

Juneteenth is also June 19 every year.

I have to say though, I never realized eating apple strudel had it's own holiday! I'm going to try and buy some on Monday.

Any Criterion movies anyone can think of that have apple strudel in them?

[MifuneFan]

A new restoration of Burden of Dreams will be shown at Film Forum in July:

https://filmforum.org/film/burden-of-dreams

Cast members (Jason Robards Jr., Mick Jagger) drop like flies, a prop ship is trapped in the rapids, and director Werner Herzog makes impossible demands: a riveting account of the crazed shooting of FITZCARRALDO, with unhinged star Klaus Kinski, and Herzog haranguing hundreds of indigenous people to pull a 320-ton steamship over a small mountain. Anchored by an as-it-was-happening interview with Herzog himself, as he details his unflinching vision for a project that took four years to pull off. Restored in 6.6K resolution.

Restoration executive produced by Harrod Blank. Funded by Les Blank Films, Inc.

AN ARGOT PICTURES RELEASE

[dwk]

First four Heisi Era Godzilla movies are being added to the Criterion Channel next month

Heisei-Era Godzilla

Following a nine-year absence from the screen, the King of the Monsters roared back with a vengeance in 1984 with The Return of Godzilla, inaugurating a new era in the romping reptile’s mythology. The ferociously entertaining kaiju spectaculars of the 1980s and ’90s—which brought back familiar favorites like Mothra and King Ghidorah and introduced a new adversary in the genetically engineered mutant Biollante—reestablished Godzilla as a fearsome force (after previous Showa-era films that had recast himself as a benevolent protector), while taking the series’s political commentary and vaunted special effects in bold new directions.

FEATURING: The Return of Godzilla (1984), Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989), Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991), Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992)

[Watershipdownisgood]

Originally Posted by jw007

Monday's holidays include:

Global Garbage Man Day
National Apple Strudel Day
National Eat Your Vegetables Day
Ride to Work Day
Stewart's Root Beer Day
Take Your Cat To Work Day
World Croc Day
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
Eid Al Adha
King Charles' Birthday
Martin Miguel de Guemes Day
National Salvation Day

Juneteenth is also June 19 every year.

I have to say though, I never realized eating apple strudel had it's own holiday! I'm going to try and buy some on Monday.

Any Criterion movies anyone can think of that have apple strudel in them?

Wow that’s a lot of holidays on a Monday

[Cremildo]

[Brad1963]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

A new restoration of Burden of Dreams will be shown at Film Forum in July:

https://filmforum.org/film/burden-of-dreams

I was wondering if a Blu-ray was in the works since it has been listed on the Janus site for a while now.

https://www.janusfilms.com/films/1991

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by Cremildo

[Show spoiler]

Jude's got taste. What was he in for? Don't tell me Criterion's doing Gattaca.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by ravenus

Jude's got taste. What was he in for? Don't tell me Criterion's doing Gattaca.

Promoting his new movie Firebrand, premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival

https://tribecafilm.com/films/firebrand-2024

[dwk]

Unfortunately most of the closet stuff now is just promotion, where it used to be mostly people there to shoot an interview or supervise/approve a transfer.

[Röckzilla]

I really want The Criterion Collection to finally upgrade all of the following films from DVD to Blu-ray and/or 4K UHD releases sometime soon (preferably before October ):

1. Fiend Without A Face (1958)
2. Giant Space Monster Girara "a.k.a. The X From Outer Space" (1967)
3. The Atomic Submarine (1959)
4. Goke Body Snatcher From Hell (1968)
5. Equinox (1970)
6. First Man Into Space (1959)
7. Jigoku (1960)
8. Genocide (1968)
9. The Face Of Another (1966)
10. Corridors Of Blood (1958)
11. The Haunted Strangler (1958)
12. The Living Skeleton (1968)

It's very unlikely any of these will actually happen but still, it's worth mentioning at least because you never quite know who's paying attention around here...