The Criterion Collection

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by regeyer

Hidden Fortress is a must have, as far as I am concerned. Not as good as Seven Samurai, but an excellent film nonetheless.

It's my favorite Kurosawa film

[willtopower]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Naruse will finally be getting some love on Blu-ray by way of Carlotta Films in France. They have a box set upcoming for five films of his.

[Show spoiler]

https://www.amazon.fr/Mikio-Naruse-G...=%5Bblu-ray%5D

Includes:

Sound of the Mountain (1954)
Flowing (1956)
When A Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
Yearning (1964)
Two in the Shadow (1968)

Hopefully Criterion follows suit and starts putting out some of his films too.

Went to the French sub-forum and carlotta thread. Didn't see anything. Chance of english subs on this?

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by willtopower

Went to the French sub-forum and carlotta thread. Didn't see anything. Chance of english subs on this?

Probably little chance unfortunately. Most of Carlotta's films cater to just their French customers, and only have subs for them.

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by regeyer

An update on FilmStruck:

I recently became a FilmStruck Member and I was originally delighted to have such easy access to so many Criterion releases, as well as other classic films.

Unfortunately, it's not a perfect service. For one, the PQ appears to be lacking with many of the films. Admittedly, some of these have not been released on Blu-Ray, so what I am seeing may be as good as it gets. But it appears that the PQ is lacking, even when compared to other streaming services, such as Netflix or Amazon Prime.

The service also has a number of technical glitches. They are hard to describe, but essentially something happens where the services stops and logs me out. When I return I can sometimes start watching where I left off. Sometimes I can't.

Last night, I was Watching Godzilla vs Mothra. I had never seen it before and I figured I'd give it a go. What a terrible film. Just terrible. But, as usual, I sat through the whole thing just hoping it would get better. It didn't.

With less than 2 minutes until the end the system crashed again - it had already crashed two times prior to that. When I logged back in I had to start the movie all over and fast forward to where I left off. I almost said, "screw it." But being the purist I am, who keeps a diary of every movie he watches, I needed to finish it. Then some errors came up saying that the film was not available in my area. So I had to start again and the glitch resolved itself, allowing me to watch the last two minutes of this dreadful film.

Anyway, I have mixed feelings on FilmStruck. I like the access to so many Criterion and classic movies, but the interface is terrible and doesn't work well. I'm not sure how long I'm going to remain a subscriber.

Just curious, what platform are you watching FilmStruck on? I watch FilmStruck on my Amazon Firestick (I bought it for FilmStruck) and have had very few technical problems. I can’t comment on the PQ, though, because my ISP sucks. Overall, I’m very happy with FilmStruck.

[regeyer]

Originally Posted by belcherman

Just curious, what platform are you watching FilmStruck on? I watch FilmStruck on my Amazon Firestick (I bought it for FilmStruck) and have had very few technical problems. I can’t comment on the PQ, though, because my ISP sucks. Overall, I’m very happy with FilmStruck.

I'm using an Amazon FireStick as well. I have no problems with Prime, Netflix, or YouTube Premium. The only service I have problems with is FilmStruck.

My ISP is pretty good. No problems there.

[Gacivory]

I am using an Amazon Firestick from about 2 years ago and Filmstruck works great!

[GuruAskew]

Newsletter hint

[Hoke Moseley]

Mr. Sandman?

Spider-Man 3 confirmed.

[KJones77]

To Sleep with Anger

[Scottie]

They're releasing Inside Out!

[demonknight]

Originally Posted by KJones77

To Sleep with Anger

Very clearly.

[Gambit1138]

Nice to see Charles Burnett entering the collection! I would’ve expected Killer of Sheep first.

[WrathOfHan]

Originally Posted by Scottie

They're releasing Inside Out!

It deserves to be in the collection tbh

[Jaymole]

I have no idea what that thing is supposed to be...an angry owl? Frog?

To Sleep With Anger?

Edit: I did not see the next page, so it looks like I guessed correctly for once.

[senseabove]

Originally Posted by Gambit1138

Nice to see Charles Burnett entering the collection! I would’ve expected Killer of Sheep first.

Milestone has the rights to Killer of Sheep: https://www.killerofsheep.com/

I'm hoping they get around to releasing it on BD soon, but in the meantime I'm definitely looking forward to To Sleep with Anger.

[Scottie]

Janus tweeted a still from Betty Blue a few minutes ago. I wonder if this is a teaser of a future release.

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by senseabove

Milestone has the rights to Killer of Sheep: https://www.killerofsheep.com/

I'm hoping they get around to releasing it on BD soon, but in the meantime I'm definitely looking forward to To Sleep with Anger.

I think they’re showing a 35mm print around, so I hope they get on a Blu-Ray release sooner rather than later!

[Gacivory]

Lee Kline on the new version of Tree of Life!

https://www.indiewire.com/2018/08/cr...ie-1201999468/

[blujazz]

Managed to get Terence Davies to sign my blu-ray. He’s a terrific Q&A subject.

[acroyear2]

Originally Posted by Scottie

They're releasing Inside Out!

No, don't say that! That's what the CriterionForum.com members are expecting us to say!