The Criterion Collection

[MifuneFan]

Here are my predictions. My last few predictions got barely any hits, so odds are, if I list it, it won't be announced ..Also, I probably won't be here for the announcements as I have an appointment with the DMV ...I am in intense discussions with Mulvaney to have them delayed a day.


Captain Blood 4K
12 Angry Men 4K
High and Low 4K
Flow 4K
Compensation
Isle of Dogs 4K

[borntorun_intheusa]

Originally Posted by MovieBuff647

FRENCH CONNECTION is supposed to be coming this or next year.

Hopefully not edited like the version streaming on the channel.

[Egbert Souse]

Originally Posted by borntorun_intheusa

Hopefully not edited like the version streaming on the channel.

They re-uploaded it shortly after without the edit.

[sherlockjr]

Originally Posted by Professor Echo

The generations that are so fond of instantly canceling people and things probably don't know who Polanski is or at least care about him because he is not currently active to such a degree where they feel overly offended by his presence.

I'm in old film groups where people do regularly have nasty things to say about Roman Polanski. Doesn't seem to have affected sales of disks of CHINATOWN.

They also regularly have nasty things to say about Jane Fonda, John Wayne, Robert De Niro, Mel Gibson, Robert Wagner, and many more. Doesn't seem to have affected their disk sales or, for those still alive and working, them actually getting work.

The one person it may be affecting is Woody Allen, but I think his ticket and other sales were already down before all the allegations of recent years. I couldn't say if those very public allegations accelerated the trend or if his time has simply passed. My guess is both.

When it comes to "canceling" it seems to be a small minority that has the loud megaphone of social media. Seems for most of those supposedly canceled people most of the audience mostly doesn't care. There will be a few days long tempest in an online teapot and then the social media furor moves on to someone else. The accounts of "canceling" seem to be greatly exaggerated.

Criterion has had 35 years to release a disk based version of CYRANO DE BERGERAC (1990). Not having released it before probably has had a lot of factors, including licensing costs and availability and predicted sales volume. But obviously nothing at all to do with this week's court result. They already didn't release it!

[MovieBuff647]

MEMENTO has a completed 4K DCP and the 25th anniversary is coming up so I am going to predict that for August or September.

And of course, FLOW.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by sherlockjr

Criterion has had 35 years to release a disk based version of CYRANO DE BERGERAC (1990). Not having released it before probably has had a lot of factors, including licensing costs and availability and predicted sales volume. But obviously nothing at all to do with this week's court result. They already didn't release it!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but they only acquired Cyrano in recent years. It was added to the Criterion Channel in 2023, and on Janus' website in 2024.

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by sherlockjr

Criterion has had 35 years to release a disk based version of CYRANO DE BERGERAC (1990). Not having released it before probably has had a lot of factors, including licensing costs and availability and predicted sales volume. But obviously nothing at all to do with this week's court result. They already didn't release it!

Criterion only recently picked it up.

[Professor Echo]

Originally Posted by sherlockjr

I'm in old film groups where people do regularly have nasty things to say about Roman Polanski. Doesn't seem to have affected sales of disks of CHINATOWN.

They also regularly have nasty things to say about Jane Fonda, John Wayne, Robert De Niro, Mel Gibson, Robert Wagner, and many more. Doesn't seem to have affected their disk sales or, for those still alive and working, them actually getting work.

The one person it may be affecting is Woody Allen, but I think his ticket and other sales were already down before all the allegations of recent years. I couldn't say if those very public allegations accelerated the trend or if his time has simply passed. My guess is both.

When it comes to "canceling" it seems to be a small minority that has the loud megaphone of social media. Seems for most of those supposedly canceled people most of the audience mostly doesn't care. There will be a few days long tempest in an online teapot and then the social media furor moves on to someone else. The accounts of "canceling" seem to be greatly exaggerated.

Criterion has had 35 years to release a disk based version of CYRANO DE BERGERAC (1990). Not having released it before probably has had a lot of factors, including licensing costs and availability and predicted sales volume. But obviously nothing at all to do with this week's court result. They already didn't release it!

No doubt a lot of the furor over canceling and censorship is exaggerated, but I am so anti-censorship I tend to jump on the bandwagon against any and all of these movements. There are some I agree with though and I certainly don't think offenders should still be profiting by their work when they have been legally proven as guilty.

But I think you're right that the outcry over canceling is much more prevalent than the actual canceling, but it is indeed a very touchy subject with regards to legalities and censorship. And when you see the people who want to cancel others they are so strident and radical in their beliefs it's kind of scary. The pile on for Neil Gaiman for example conjured up visions of nooses and burning crosses when you read the online comments. But who is listening? Jackie Cooper called Wallace Beery the most sadistic s.o.b. who ever lived and as a child was slapped by him in the face several times, but who gives a s--t about Wallace Beery these days? A lot of this is media driven, as is mostly everything in the world now, and since we know they can't be trusted, why would we ever choose to believe those who do trust them?

[DimitriL]

Wes Anderson says that Satyajit Ray's little-seen 1970 film Days and Nights in the Forest has been restored by the Film Foundation (at his recommendation) and premiering at Cannes this year, and that it's coming to Criterion.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mo...me-1236209089/

[fabio_p]

Are announcements today or tomorrow?

[MovieBuff647]

Originally Posted by fabio_p

Are announcements today or tomorrow?

Always on the 15th of the month, unless the 15th falls on a Saturday or Sunday.

[Watershipdownisgood]

Just pre-ordered Killer of Sheep today from Amazon

For the July Barnes and Noble sale I'll be picking up a lot of titles I missed out on, or didn't pre-order
How to get Ahead In Advertising
To Sleep With Anger
Withnail and I
The Long Good Friday
Malcolm X
The Wages of Fear
Menace II Society 4K
Seven Samurai Even as a huge Kurosawa fan I still haven't seen this film somehow even though I prefer the western remake they made in America I need to still pick this up. It has been on my Criterion to buy list since last year maybe even longer with the old Blu-Ray.
Devil in a Blue Dress
One False Move

Yeah I'm going all out for July with a ton of African American cinema titles from Criterion as I collect a lot of African American films. A lot of African American cinema resonates with me so much despite not being black myself these films are great, and have powerful themes, and are quite emotional. Some of them stick with me quite a bit even moreso after the film ends.

[DimitriL]

Originally Posted by sherlockjr

The one person it may be affecting is Woody Allen, but I think his ticket and other sales were already down before all the allegations of recent years. I couldn't say if those very public allegations accelerated the trend or if his time has simply passed. My guess is both.

I think it clearly affected Allen. He was having something of a career resurgence with with Match Point, Vicky Christina Barcelona and especially Midnight in Paris, and then stuff got hot again and he just dropped off the cliff.

I do hate the term cancel culture, because it makes personal choices sound flippant. I prefer the term consequences. We all have to make that choice for ourselves and what that means. I don't have a hard and fast line. I still listen to Michael Jackson music. But as much as I love Hannah and her Sisters - it was my Thanksgiving movie - I can't do it because what he's alleged to be is too much in my face. But I think it's fine saying, I don't want to do business with that person. I don't criticize anyone for an individual decision; even Mia Farrow has a painfully hard time ruling out working with Polanski again any time it's brought up. Feelings are complicated.

I only get ticked off when I see someone alleged to do something awful - or worse, ADMITTED it - lionized later just because they were accused. There's too much of "I support this person because they're on my team now and I don't really care what they did." That hardens my feelings and, when required, contempt.

(Someone brought up Harvey Weinstein, which okay, fine, but at some point it's too broad a brush. If we boycotted based on which despicable person gave an artist money, we'd lose the Renaissance.)

[softunderbelly]

I pestered Criterion again recently with another email asking if they could possibly obtain the rights, if they haven't already and please release Kohei Oguri's 1981 film of post-world war II Japan Doro no Kawa (Muddy River) .

I discovered this film at a local repertory cinema back in the late 80's. Needless to say it hit me hard and stayed with me for the longest time.

This type of film would certainly be in their wheelhouse. Sorry if I've posted this again but I think it deserves repeating. Maybe one day... fingers crossed.

[dwk]

They are doing a Johnnie To series on the channel next month, curious to see if any of the new additions open with the Criterion and Janus logos

Johnnie To Essentials

A prolific and masterful stylist whose work spans many genres, Hong Kong auteur Johnnie To is most celebrated internationally for his virtuosic action thrillers. Pulsing with kinetic intensity, these movies blend choreographed violence and moral push-and-pull, transforming the heroic-bloodshed genre into something more contemplative, operatic, and idiosyncratic. Often working through his own production company, Milkyway Image, To crafts urban noir tapestries where loyalty and fate collide amid impressive set pieces that set the screen aglow with neon and gunfire. These essential thrillers—including some of his most dazzling achievements like PTU, Throw Down, and Election—double as deeply cinematic meditations on camaraderie, fate, and the intricate codes that bind lovers and adversaries.

FEATURING: The Heroic Trio (1993), Executioners (1993), PTU (2003), Breaking News (2004), Throw Down (2004), Election (2005), Exiled (2006), Mad Detective (2007)*, Life Without Principle (2011), Drug War (2012), Blind Detective (2013), Three (2016)

Also, curious why Election is included but not Election 2.

[Astairefan]

I certainly can't even begin to predict what Criterion will release, but as far as my own wishlist is concerned, this would be it:

-Top Hat 4K
-Captain Blood (4K or Blu-ray)
-more Harold Lloyd (4K or Blu-ray)
-I Married A Witch 4K (if it happens this year, I'm certain it would be an October release)
-It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 4K (as long as it keeps the reconstructed version, even if that is only on Blu-ray)
-The Gold Rush 4K (or more Charlie Chaplin on Blu-ray)
-any Humphrey Bogart on 4K
-To Be Or Not To Be (1942) 4K
-more Cary Grant on 4K (particularly Charade)
-Here Comes Mr. Jordan 4K
-Gilda 4K
-My Man Godfrey (1936) 4K

[lemonlimebeats]

Would do anything for Raise the Red Lantern to get a release! It's had a completed 4K restoration for months/years now, so the wait is driving me crazyyyy.

[Jope]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Also, I probably won't be here for the announcements as I have an appointment with the DMV

godspeed to you. i just got back from my own and it took 2.5 hours.

bring a book…

[queen_kitty]

Originally Posted by Astairefan

I certainly can't even begin to predict what Criterion will release, but as far as my own wishlist is concerned, this would be it:

-Top Hat 4K
-Captain Blood (4K or Blu-ray)
-more Harold Lloyd (4K or Blu-ray)
-I Married A Witch 4K (if it happens this year, I'm certain it would be an October release)
-It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 4K (as long as it keeps the reconstructed version, even if that is only on Blu-ray)
-The Gold Rush 4K (or more Charlie Chaplin on Blu-ray)
-any Humphrey Bogart on 4K
-To Be Or Not To Be (1942) 4K
-more Cary Grant on 4K (particularly Charade)
-Here Comes Mr. Jordan 4K
-Gilda 4K
-My Man Godfrey (1936) 4K

Top Hat doesn’t even have a blu-ray yet, wouldn’t surprise me if it’s something that Criterion would release though. I keep thinking Warner Archive will be the one to release it, but considering Criterion has Swing Time, maybe I’m looking in the wrong direction!

[nicwood]

My predictions:

Flow 4K
Caught (Ophüls) 4K
The Night of the Hunter 4K
Le trou 4K
Atlantics + Dahomey BD
In a Year of 13 Moons BD
Compensation BD