The Criterion Collection

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by belcherman

Do they ever do clues for upgrades? I wasn't going to guess A Kind of Loving, but I think Women in Love sounds right. It already has a region B release from BFI.

The Silence of the Lambs

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by iScottie

The Silence of the Lambs

I was thinking more of the case were there was already an existing in-print Criterion DVD of a title. That kind of upgrade.

[sawdustandtinsel]

It could be an upgrade of A Nos Amours (translation:To Our Loves).

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by belcherman

I was thinking more of the case were there was already an existing in-print Criterion DVD of a title. That kind of upgrade.

Hmm. I'm stumped.

Originally Posted by sawdustandtinsel

It could be an upgrade of A Nos Amours (translation:To Our Loves).

Janus Films tweeted this picture of it the other day so that could be a possibility.

[The Great Owl]

My first thought when I saw the Criterion email hint was, "Please don't let this be Battle of the Sexes."

It's probably not fair for me to judge a film that I haven't yet watched, but the presence of Steve Carell in a movie is the mother of all red flags.

[shadedpain4]

Didn't they used to put something blue in the picture of they were teasing an upgrade, or am I imagining that?

[thatguamguy]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

It's probably not fair for me to judge a film that I haven't yet watched, but the presence of Steve Carell in a movie is the mother of all red flags.

Last Flag Flying is worth watching, although Carell is definitely the weak link.

[javy]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

My first thought when I saw the Criterion email hint was, "Please don't let this be Battle of the Sexes."

It's probably not fair for me to judge a film that I haven't yet watched, but the presence of Steve Carell in a movie is the mother of all red flags.

Comedic actors like him can be excellent in films outside their normal genre. Sandler in Punch Drunk Love, Carrey in Eternal Sunshine, and Ferrel in Everything Must Go as a few examples. And speaking of Carell I think he looks like he's going to be great in Last Flag Flying.

[The Sovereign]

Originally Posted by thatguamguy

Ken Russell's "Women In love"

I was thinking Michael Haneke’s Amour, but I think you’re right.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by The Sovereign

I was thinking Michael Haneke’s Amour, but I think you’re right.

I was sort of hoping for an offbeat clue to Haneke's Funny Games (1997), which I suspect will be coming down the Criterion pipes at some point, but the guesses from others here seem to fit the drawing more.

[thinredline]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I was sort of hoping for an offbeat clue to Haneke's Funny Games (1997), which I suspect will be coming down the Criterion pipes at some point, but the guesses from others here seem to fit the drawing more.

How psychologically draining movie. I don't think I can watch it again!

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by thinredline

How psychologically draining movie. I don't think I can watch it again!

Yes. It was not a pleasant family film in the slightest. I get the urge to revisit such movies once a decade or so, however.

[mja345]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

My first thought when I saw the Criterion email hint was, "Please don't let this be Battle of the Sexes."

It's probably not fair for me to judge a film that I haven't yet watched, but the presence of Steve Carell in a movie is the mother of all red flags.

I have to agree. I'm not a fan of Carell as a dramatic actor. He's fine in comedic roles, but there's something about him that just bugs the hell out of me when he tries to do drama. I thought his performance in "The Big Short" was laughably bad and it felt like he was doing a serious version of an SNL character in "Foxcatcher". Speaking of tennis films, I saw "Borg vs. McEnroe" in theaters and it is really damn good. If you can look past the Shia LaBeouf factor, and he's actually very good in it, it's fantastic.

[ticktock60]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

My first thought when I saw the Criterion email hint was, "Please don't let this be Battle of the Sexes."

It's probably not fair for me to judge a film that I haven't yet watched, but the presence of Steve Carell in a movie is the mother of all red flags.

The clues always involve some play on words.

[SammyJankis]

Originally Posted by mja345

I have to agree. I'm not a fan of Carell as a dramatic actor. He's fine in comedic roles, but there's something about him that just bugs the hell out of me when he tries to do drama. I thought his performance in "The Big Short" was laughably bad and it felt like he was doing a serious version of an SNL character in "Foxcatcher". Speaking of tennis films, I saw "Borg vs. McEnroe" in theaters and it is really damn good. If you can look past the Shia LaBeouf factor, and he's actually very good in it, it's fantastic.

He's absolutely fantastic in Linklater's Last Flag Flying. Far and away the best dramatic work he's given, and the MVP of the film.

[mja345]

Originally Posted by SammyJankis

He's absolutely fantastic in Linklater's Last Flag Flying. Far and away the best dramatic work he's given, and the MVP of the film.

I've been planning to see that in theaters, hopefully in the next week or two.

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by mja345

I have to agree. I'm not a fan of Carell as a dramatic actor. He's fine in comedic roles, but there's something about him that just bugs the hell out of me when he tries to do drama. I thought his performance in "The Big Short" was laughably bad and it felt like he was doing a serious version of an SNL character in "Foxcatcher". Speaking of tennis films, I saw "Borg vs. McEnroe" in theaters and it is really damn good. If you can look past the Shia LaBeouf factor, and he's actually very good in it, it's fantastic.

To me Carrell always comes off as trying too hard. His acting doesn't seem effortless.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by sawdustandtinsel

It could be an upgrade of A Nos Amours (translation:To Our Loves).

I think that's what it is. 2018 is the film's 35th Anniversary too.

[mja345]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

To me Carrell always comes off as trying too hard. His acting doesn't seem effortless.

That's true. Carell is like the anti Steve McQueen or Paul Newman or Robert Mitchum, guys who made acting just look easy.

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

It's Love is a Racket. A 1932 William Wellman/Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Pre-Code. That's all I could come up with. All kidding aside, whatever became of that rumored Pre-Code title Criterion was working on?