The Criterion Collection

[ErickRPG]

Originally Posted by koberulz

He already owns it.

Yeah. Gonna own the Circus, Gold Rush, and City Lights. Now, which to watch FIRST, lol. I could watch the Circus since I actually have it right now. Waiting for the one day sale for the others.

[Querelle]

I believe I read Four Nights of a Dreamer is with Criterion/Janus (I think there's a new restoration screening—something on the Carlotta Films IG led me to believe so at any rate), so that would perhaps be at the top of my realm-of-possibility wishlist for the upcoming announcement(s)

[ErickRPG]

Originally Posted by sherlockjr

Let me strongly recommend THE CIRCUS (1928). Chaplin wasn't too happy with it due to his personal life at the time he made it--so he ignored it after initial release and it wasn't distributed for decades so became less remembered. But that was unfair to the work: it is very good and was very successful at the time. Nominated for three Academy Awards but then the very early Academy took him out of the first competition by giving him a special award "for writing, acting, directing and producing The Circus".

THE CIRCUS has a fantastic comedic hall of mirrors sequence that has to be the inspiration for Orson Welles's tense thriller hall of mirrors sequence in THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI 19 years later.

It's the first one I bought because I love the circus. Fell in love with the Circus ever since I was a kid staring up at the beautiful woman on the flying trapese in the Barnum & Bailey circus. So I'll definitely be watching it soon.

[mclellandj]

Crossing Delancey is an excellent movie if you haven’t seen it

[Jorvic]

Originally Posted by 255isking

My predictions for this month's announcements:

Hitchcock UHD set (Rebecca, Lifeboat, Spellbound, Notorious, The Paradine Case).

A Matter Of Life And Death UHD.

Only Angels Have Wings UHD.

In A Lonely Place UHD.

The Best Years Of Our Lives UHD.

The French Connection UHD.

The Wild Bunch UHD.

Imagine getting those three!

[CinemaBlu]

My wishlist off the top of my head:

-Killers of the Flower Moon 4K UHD
-Megalopolis 4K UHD
-Eraserhead 4K UHD
-Eyes Wide Shut 4K UHD
-Barry Lyndon 4K UHD
-Do The Right Thing 4K UHD
-The Age of Innocence 4K UHD
-The Irishman 4K UHD
-Silence 4K UHD
-Notorious 4K UHD
-The Tales of Hoffmann 4K UHD
-La Dolce Vita 4K UHD
-L’Avventura 4K UHD
-Dawn of the Dead 4K UHD
-Mario Bava films
-Scorsese’s Fran Lebowitz documentaries Public Speaking and Pretend it’s a City

[MifuneFan]

Predictions:

Umbrellas of Cherbourg 4K
The Burmese Harp 4K
Captain Blood 4K
Paths of Glory 4K
The Stranger and the Fog (or World Cinema Project box set)
Compensation

[eightslicesofpie]

Flow hitting the actual Collection and not just Janus Contemporaries I guess, including getting a 4k

https://www.indiewire.com/news/break...on-1235094966/

[Brad1963]

Originally Posted by eightslicesofpie

Flow hitting the actual Collection and not just Janus Contemporaries I guess, including getting a 4k

https://www.indiewire.com/news/break...on-1235094966/

I have been thinking it would probably be Janus Contemporaries first UHD disc.

[Brad1963]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Predictions:

Umbrellas of Cherbourg 4K
The Burmese Harp 4K
Captain Blood 4K
Paths of Glory 4K
The Stranger and the Fog (or World Cinema Project box set)
Compensation

I chose The Great Escape as my former Kino UHD upgrade in May. It could be any of the titles at this point, and there will probably be one a month until they are finished.

[Brad1963]

my predictions for May.

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg - UHD upgrade
The English Patient - UHD + BD
The Seed of the Sacred Fig - UHD + BD
The Burmese Harp - UHD upgrade
The Great Escape - UHD upgrade

and a later announcement of Flow Janus Contemporaries first UHD release + BD and DVD

[Bolo Seagull]

Will May be the month I finally get 'Talk to Her' (2002) ? Criterion has been lining up tons of stuff I want for 2025, so when their July sale comes, I'll be stocking up. 'Talk to Her' never had a blu-ray release and I'd love to retire my DVD. I think it is realistic, yet it remains elusive. Sigh. As usual, I'll put it at the top of my list of realistic hopes for May 2025.

So here's what I'd like to see for May...

First time Criterion releases
'Talk to Her' (2002)
'Splendor in the Grass'
'Wake In Fright'

4K Upgrades
'Y Tu Mama Tambien'
'Sid & Nancy'

[Brad1963]

Originally Posted by Bolo Seagull

Will May be the month I finally get 'Talk to Her' (2002) ? Criterion has been lining up tons of stuff I want for 2025, so when their July sale comes, I'll be stocking up. 'Talk to Her' never had a blu-ray release and I'd love to retire my DVD. I think it is realistic, yet it remains elusive. Sigh. As usual, I'll put it at the top of my list of realistic hopes for May 2025.

So here's what I'd like to see for May...

First time Criterion releases
'Talk to Her' (2002)
'Splendor in the Grass'
'Wake In Fright'

4K Upgrades
'Y Tu Mama Tambien'
'Sid & Nancy'

It has been 5 years since Criterion released an Almodóvar film on disc. There is the 'rumor' Criterion has his entire library a films, if so what are the plans? A box set? I'm patiently waiting.

[Gunsnroses092789]

My May wishlist (not prediction):

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 4K
The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005) 4K
The Killer (2023) 4K
Turkish Delight (1973) 4K
Heroes for Sale/Wild Boys of the Road (1933) double feature

[dvining]

Originally Posted by Brad1963

It has been 5 years since Criterion released an Almodóvar film on disc. There is the 'rumor' Criterion has his entire library a films, if so what are the plans? A box set? I'm patiently waiting.

Join us, those of us waiting for Kurosawa, Kobayashi, and Ozu sets.

[GenPion]

I saw someone mention the French film 8 Women. Does Criterion have the license to that? I remember it being a favorite of mine. I am surprised it still does not have an English friendly Blu-ray release. I'd be happy to have that on Blu-ray and/or 4K.

What about The Princess and The Warrior? It is almost as great as Run Lola Run. It is one of my favorites and I continue to be baffled as to why it has no Blu-ray release. I would love this one on 4K UHD soon.

Personally, I am hoping for the following soon:
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg 4K (one of my all time favorites)
The Adventures of Antoine Doinel 4K UHD set (all are now on 4K in France, I will keep asking about it until it happens)
More Kurosawa 4K upgrades (BFI has announced some as well)
Hitchcock 4K Collection would be great, too (as another poster suggested)
Shoot the Piano Player 4K (more Truffaut in general, please)
A Woman is A Woman 4K (more Godard in general, please)
Flow 4K

Basically anything from the French New Wave in 4K or classic Japanese cinema is going to make me extremely happy.

[GenPion]

Originally Posted by dvining

Join us, those of us waiting for Kurosawa, Kobayashi, and Ozu sets.

I am also wondering about the Ozu set. I remember Criterion did a huge Ozu retrospective a while back with new restorations on almost all of his films. Is Criterion planning a massive Ozu box-set similar to Bergman? I hope so.

[dvining]

Originally Posted by GenPion

I am also wondering about the Ozu set. I remember Criterion did a huge Ozu retrospective a while back with new restorations on almost all of his films. Is Criterion planning a massive Ozu box-set similar to Bergman? I hope so.

All but one of Ozu's films are on the Criterion Channel and have been for a while (caveat: streaming rights do not equal disc rights, I know).

They've released a bunch on disc individually.

I think the sudden stop of big box sets probably has to do with reticence around 4K/Blu-ray combos. The Capra set from Columbia is the only major directorial set that includes both without everything being 4K (I haven't been paying as close attention as I used to, so I might have missed something). Would collectors reject it? Would they buy it at all, waiting for the minor titles to get upgraded later?

I have no information and no real hope for any more big sets from Criterion. Maybe it's just that they just weren't that profitable after Bergman. I dunno.

[Brad1963]

Originally Posted by dvining

Join us, those of us waiting for Kurosawa, Kobayashi, and Ozu sets.

Right? It makes sense that there probably are box sets coming. But I don't think Criterion has indicated that they were planning these sets. It always has seemed like just speculation that became fact.

[Brad1963]

Originally Posted by Gunsnroses092789

My May wishlist (not prediction):

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 4K
The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005) 4K
The Killer (2023) 4K
Turkish Delight (1973) 4K
Heroes for Sale/Wild Boys of the Road (1933) double feature

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for The Beat That My Heart Skipped. It is one of my most wanted titles.