The Criterion Collection

[Doctor Jack]

Originally Posted by CQD84

Frances Ha is one of the best movies that Criterion has released. Such a gem of a movie. Anyone who hates Greta Gerwig are heartless monsters.

Well, I’m proud to be a heartless monster then. Oh well.

[captveg]

Originally Posted by Doctor Jack

Well, I’m proud to be a heartless monster then. Oh well.

I also didn't like it, though I did finish it.

[captveg]

Originally Posted by dwk

New People pages:
F. W. Murnau

Hmmmm.... perhaps they got City Girl from Fox.

[SammyJankis]

Originally Posted by captveg

Hmmmm.... perhaps they got City Girl from Fox.

Oh gosh I hope so. Adore that one.

[Scottie]

Or the ultimate release of Sunrise with all of the Masters of Cinema extras and more.

[Cards_Fan_15]

Question since I'm new to the thread... is there any chance that Criterion releases The Rock and RoboCop on Blu-ray since they had previously released them on DVD?

[captveg]

I wouldn't say RoboCop is impossible now that they have been re-licesning the early MGM titles (Sid & Nancy, The Silence of the Lambs).

[captveg]

Originally Posted by yarulbcool

It's also one of MGM's more profitable films though, at least from what I've read. Not sure they'll give that up.

They've already released it on Blu-ray twice though. Chances are at this point they would make more licensing it to Criterion, unless they go UHD, which is unlikely.

[Trace17]

Originally Posted by Doctor Jack

Well, I’m proud to be a heartless monster then. Oh well.

Originally Posted by captveg

I also didn't like it, though I did finish it.

I loathe Gerwig and Frances Ha, possibly tied with Tiny Furniture for my most hated film in the CC. I'll join this club too, do I get #3 on my membership card?

In other news, my flash sale order arrived! Most excited to see Sid & Nancy I think.

[CRM 114]

What are the odds of Criterion releasing Rebecca, Spellbound and Notorious as a box set, assuming they release the latter two? I'm trying to decide if I should pickup Rebecca at the B&N sale next month.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by Trace17

I loathe Gerwig and Frances Ha, possibly tied with Tiny Furniture for my most hated film in the CC. I'll join this club too, do I get #3 on my membership card?

You'll probably get an eleven. The binary language of robots doesn't have threes.

[theater dreamer]

In the future, could you kindly put this in spoiler tags? Some of us don't want heads up on possible releases before they've been officially announced.

Thank you.

Originally Posted by dwk

New People pages:
F. W. Murnau
Kent Jones

[theater dreamer]

You heat it first, don'tcha, Ray?

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

Ain't nothin wrong with a little comfort food brother.

Mine happens to be frozen pizza.

[sb5]

Wow, my flash sale order already arrived. Sweet.

[jedidarrick]

Originally Posted by captveg

I wouldn't say RoboCop is impossible now that they have been re-licesning the early MGM titles (Sid & Nancy, The Silence of the Lambs).

I think Criterion would want to release an HD version of Robocop in Verhoeven's preferred aspect ratio.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by theater dreamer

In the future, could you kindly put this in spoiler tags? Some of us don't want heads up on possible releases before they've been officially announced.

Thank you.

Not sure if serious. They're just names, it doesn't give any clue as to what movie will be released, if any at all. I'm fine with spoiler tagging the leaks, but spoiler tagging phantom pages seems excessive.

[MifuneFan]

For anyone in the NYC area, the Film Forum will be showinv Picnic at Hanging Rock on November 9th.

https://filmforum.org/film/picnic-at-hanging-rock-film

[zw94]

Originally Posted by yarulbcool

Robocop no. The Rock, probably not.

I guess that means Armageddon is super unlikely, too, eh?

[Feiereisel]

The first of my two flash sale orders arrived today, and while I haven't watched any of the movies yet, I was able to inspect the packaging for the films and was very pleased with the look of everything I ordered.

Barry Lyndon has an appropriately stately look thanks to the subtle gold accents on the otherwise clean and simple cover...though a DigiPack would have been especially eye-catching.

Vampyr is a stunner; the packaging adds texture to the "foggy" design aesthetic, and the thick booklets give the release a substantive appearance that instantly marks it out as one of the the "definitive" editions Criterion is known for.

Wim Wenders: The Road Trilogy is equally handsome, though it has a much lighter touch. The picture of Wenders on the cover has an appropriately loose look that is well suited to the director's style, and contrast between the typewritten and handwritten text on the otherwise pure-white background is a very appealing visual motif that unifies the look of the entire set.

Finally, The Marseille Trilogy is another one of the Criterion editions even more stunning in-hand than it appears online. The beauty of the illustrations is more striking up close, and the brownish-yellow color scheme is much a much richer tone than I took it to be on my computer monitor--earthy and glowingly golden.

Excellent work all around, but on the box sets especially; the smaller, denser format Criterion has favored lately--since about The Apu Trilogy--is especially noteworthy. I always marvel at their ability to make such perfect little design pieces so widely available.

(I think my other order will get here tomorrow. I'll weight in on the packaging of those films as well...but this first order may have spoiled me.)

[Rory]

Originally Posted by theater dreamer

In the future, could you kindly put this in spoiler tags? Some of us don't want heads up on possible releases before they've been officially announced.

Thank you.

Say what?!!!!

Getting a heads up on anything that might be being remastered, or is on the way, is what I hope for when I look into these threads. What do rumors of these things spoil for you?