The Criterion Collection

[regeyer]

I'm still waiting for this classic.

[Alex82]

When I saw that drawing, it reminded me of a Robocop scene, the one where Robocop fights Boddicker in some kind of contruction site. However, I didn't see excavators, like the one in the drawing. Sometimes I forget how gruesome that movie can be, so if you are eating something, maybe it's not a good idea to watch this scene:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imhlc6C_704

Or maybe we are lucky and we'll finally get a boxset with ALL Flintstones movies.

[Show spoiler]

[captveg]

Originally Posted by regeyer

I'm still waiting for this classic.

I love how the real Spine #620 is La Promesse, because none of us got the Kindergarten Cop that was "promised".

[critterdvd]

Originally Posted by captveg

I love how the real Spine #620 is La Promesse, because none of us got the Kindergarten Cop that was "promised".

I remember when I first saw that trying to preorder it on Amazon... haha

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by Banned User

Seriously if they release this and Arsenic and Old Lace they could put together an amazing Cary Grant boxset.

Wonder if they could release a set with some of the WB owned Grant films that have yet to see a Blu release like Arsenic and Old Lace, Bringing Up Baby, Gunga Din.

Also speaking of Grant/Hitchcock films, I wonder what is going on with a release of Notorious? With the Deterich/Von Sternberg set Notorious and Roman Holiday are my two most coveted films at the moment.

[Thomas Irwin]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Criterion just posted they're taking My Criterion offline at the end of April to revamp it.

They posted an image that's probably not a clue for a new release but might be fun to guess one:

The excavator makes me think of demolition, and the lines sticking up sort of remind me of hairs.

Deconstructing Harry, maybe?

[javy]

Originally Posted by regeyer

I'm still waiting for this classic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3wc...ature=youtu.be

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by muchogris

It's not a clue, the email said they were simply removing one section off the website to later upgrade it...

Everything is a clue

[MJD64]

ShellOilJunior wrote it wasn't technically a clue when he posted the picture, but it's always fun to speculate. It could certainly be read as a clue for The Grand Budapest Hotel as another poster cited, but wouldn't it be cool if they were building...the horror!...the Overlook Hotel?!?

[Alex82]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Everything is a clue

Hey, that sounds like a really good slogan... maybe they should use it from now on.

[captveg]

Originally Posted by StarDestroyer52

Also speaking of Grant/Hitchcock films, I wonder what is going on with a release of Notorious? With the Deterich/Von Sternberg set Notorious and Roman Holiday are my two most coveted films at the moment.

Notorious (and Spellbound) are almost certainly getting re-issued in the future, similar to how Rebecca was.

[AaronJ]

Just ordered The Virgin Suicides and Elevator to the Gallows today. I could've SWORN that I pre-orded the Coppola film a long time ago. Then I checked today, and apparently I didn't Maybe I dreamt it or something. So weird, considering that it was one of a handful of films that was my most desired. The other is a blind buy, but it looks like it's right in my wheelhouse, and a very solid release.

Now if they can just get Marie Antoinette my life will be complete, dammit! Well, at least my Sofia Coppola collection will be, anyways.

[dwk]

Janus FIlms to tour new 4K restoration of Edgar G. Ulmers' Detour

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

Just ordered The Virgin Suicides and Elevator to the Gallows today.

I need to get Elevator to the Gallows. I was going to pick it up during the Feburary sale but it ended up being a film left out of my cart due to lack of money. I'm going to pick it up for sure during the next sale

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by dwk

Janus FIlms to tour new 4K restoration of Edgar G. Ulmers' Detour

This is superb news. It's one of the best noirs I've seen and the best B-movie I've seen. Whenever it comes out it will be a Day 1 purchase.

[StarDestroyer52]

On Sunday, April 29, the TCM Classic Film Festival will also feature TUNES OF GLORY (1960, d. Ronald Neame), another film restored through the collaborative efforts of the Academy Film Archive, The Film Foundation, MoMA and Janus Films, with generous support from the George Lucas Family Foundation.

From that same press release. I've yet to see Tunes of Glory and have long wanted to watch it.

[Dr. Pavel]

Originally Posted by Bronson13

If any sports film deserves a Criterion release it should be something like Bull Durham. I’d like to see Moneyball join the collection at some point. The only sports movies worth a damn to me are Baseball ones. They just work for some reason. There are occasional gems from other sports like Friday Night Lights but for the most part it’s just Baseball to me.

+ white men can't jump & any given sunday

[ThisKid]

Is anyone here already preparing for the July B&N sale yet?

I am, and for good reason.

I'll be away for most of July on holiday, so the window of opportunity for this sale is very slim for me.

And making that window smaller is the addition of currency exchange, as well as the "need" for GST on online shopping, courtesy of the Aussie Government.

But I'll get through. Just watch.

[Sifox211]

My participation will be limited, since many of the new titles I am interested in are getting UK releases (AMOLAD!!!), but I might consider picking up these:

• The Virgin Suicides
• Dead Man
• The Virgin Spring

However, my backlog of unwatched Criterions is getting embarrassingly large, so I might not partake... (who am I kidding)

Edit: It's worth putting stuff in your basket ahead of time, just in case there is one of those coupon overlaps that only last a couple of hours.

[ThisKid]

^Thanks for the tip, mate. My picks are-
-Bowling for Columbine
-Female Trouble
-Night of the Living Dead
-Silence of the Lambs
-Election
-Jabberwocky
-His Girl Friday
-Naked
-Paris, Texas
-Buena Vista Social Club
-The Virgin Suicides, and
-The Breakfast Club.

I always do get quite a lot in these sales, as I save up for them. Just purges at times for my Criterions. I'm already planning for November's sale, having to get more titles I can't afford but would like at this time. Since this site has put it in my Recommendations, I think I'll get Persona at the next sale.