The Criterion Collection

[MifuneFan]

Sound of Metal 4K UHD

https://www.criterion.com/films/32169-sound-of-metal

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
4K digital master, supervised by director Darius Marder and cinematographer Daniël Bouquet, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray and 4K UHD editions
For the 4K UHD edition: One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
New conversation between Marder and filmmaker Derek Cianfrance, who share a story credit on the film
New program about the film’s sound, featuring Marder and sound designer Nicolas Becker
Music video for Abraham Marder’s song “Green,” featuring outtakes from the film
Featurettes
Trailer
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: An essay by critic Roxana Hadadi

New cover by William Laboury

[MifuneFan]

Le Corbeau (1943)

https://www.criterion.com/films/684-le-corbeau

SPECIAL FEATURES
New 4K restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Interview with filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier
Excerpts from The Story of French Cinema by Those Who Made It: Grand Illusions 1939–1942, a 1975 documentary featuring director Henri-Georges Clouzot
Trailer
PLUS: An essay by film scholar Alan Williams

New cover by Jic Clubb

[sacekubrick]

Knew Blow Out is going to be on 4K UHD. Totally grabbing that.

[chase3001]

We need more Atom Egoyan in the collection. This is an excellent start

[Gacivory]

For sure purchases

Blow Out 4K
Sound of Metal 4K
Exotica

Sounds interesting/hadn't heard of

Le Corbeau

[MifuneFan]

Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 4

https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/61...a-project-no-4

SPECIAL FEATURES
New 4K digital restorations of Sambizanga, Prisioneros de la tierra, Chess of the Wind, and Muna moto, and 2K digital restorations of Two Girls on the Street and Kalpana, all overseen by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project in collaboration with the Cineteca di Bologna, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks on the Blu-rays
New introductions to the films by World Cinema Project founder Martin Scorsese
New and archival interviews featuring Indian film historian Suresh Chabria and filmmaker Kumar Shahani (on Kalpana); Argentine film historians Paula Félix-Didier and Andrés Levinson (on Prisioneros de la tierra); Two Girls on the Street director André de Toth; and Sambizanga director Sarah Maldoror and Annouchka de Andrade, Maldoror’s daughter
New program by filmmaker Mohamed Challouf featuring interviews with Muna moto director Dikongué-Pipa and African film historian Férid Boughedir
The Majnoun and the Wind (2022), a documentary by Gita Aslani Shahrestani, daughter of Chess of the Wind director Mohammad Reza Aslani, featuring Aslani, members of the film’s cast and crew, and others
New and updated English subtitle translations
PLUS: A foreword and essays on the films by critics and scholars Yasmina Price, Matthew Karush, Ehsan Khoshbakht, Aboubakar Sanogo, Chris Fujiwara, and Shai Heredia

Covers by Century.Studio

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by chase3001

We need more Atom Egoyan in the collection. This is an excellent start

According to Atom in a Criterion Cast podcast, they own most of, if not all his early stuff. So we should seem them being released over time.

[mca213]

Thought they were supposed to release a box set of Egoyan films

[MifuneFan]

Exotica (1994)

https://www.criterion.com/films/29270-exotica

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Atom Egoyan and director of photography Paul Sarossy, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray
Audio commentary featuring Egoyan and composer Mychael Danna
New conversation between Egoyan and filmmaker and actor Sarah Polley
Calendar, a 1993 feature film by Egoyan, with a new introduction
Peep Show, a 1981 short film by Egoyan
En passant, a 1991 short film by Egoyan featuring Maury Chaykin and Arsinée Khanjian
Artaud Double Bill, a 2007 short film by Egoyan, commissioned for the sixtieth anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival
Audio from the film’s 1994 Cannes Film Festival press conference, featuring Egoyan, Khanjian, actor Bruce Greenwood, and producer Camelia Frieberg
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: An essay by author and filmmaker Jason Wood

New cover by David de las Heras

[MifuneFan]

Blow Out 4K UHD

https://www.criterion.com/films/27561-blow-out

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
New 4K digital restoration, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
In the 4K UHD edition: One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
Interview with director Brian De Palma, conducted by filmmaker Noah Baumbach
Interview with actor Nancy Allen
Murder à la Mod, a 1967 feature by De Palma
Interview with cameraman Garrett Brown on the Steadicam shots featured in the film within Blow Out
On-set photographs by Louis Goldman
Trailer
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: An essay by critic Michael Sragow and, for the Blu-ray and 4K UHD editions, Pauline Kael’s original New Yorker review of the film
New cover by Eric Skillman

[dvining]

Le Corbeau...

nice.

[MifuneFan]

Take Out (2004)

https://www.criterion.com/films/30084-take-out

IRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by directors Sean Baker and Shih-Ching Tsou, with uncompressed stereo soundtrack
Audio commentary featuring Baker, Tsou, and actor Charles Jang
New interviews with Baker, Tsou, Jang, and actors Wang-Thye Lee and Jeng-Hua Yu
Program about the making of the film
Deleted scenes
Screen test
Trailer
New English subtitle translation
PLUS: An essay by filmmaker and author J. J. Murphy

New cover by Slang Inc.

[DukeTogo84]

First month in awhile where I'm not getting anything. Was really hoping for Heroic Trio. Also surprised that Lost Highway wasn't one of the titles.

[dvining]

Originally Posted by Gacivory

Sounds interesting/hadn't heard of

Le Corbeau

You need more Henri-Georges Clouzot in your life, my friend.

[iamnoone]

Originally Posted by Gacivory

According to Atom in a Criterion Cast podcast, they own most of, if not all his early stuff. So we should seem them being released over time.

Good to hear about Atom Egoyan. I am especially fond of THE ADJUSTER. Love early Egoyan.

This is a GREAT month. I'm in for EVERY title.

I was going to skip TAKE OUT as I hadn't heard of it, but then realized it's one of Sean Baker's early films, so that's a must buy as well!

And finally, SOUND OF METAL, what a fantastic film.

Clouzot, and a 4K of Blow Out, and even another Scorsese presents box.

I don't think I've ever wanted every title in a month.

[MifuneFan]

Thought Chess of the Wind got enough attention to warrant a solo release, but I'm glad to see another WCF set come out, and it looks like a strong set too.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

First month in awhile where I'm not getting anything. Was really hoping for Heroic Trio. Also surprised that Lost Highway wasn't one of the titles.

When word came out that it would be announced for Sept, I thought it was a little odd, as Criterion tends to schedule their bigger titles around sales, so if it is coming this year, I would guess October or November.

[Shanghai Express]

Feb 15 Love Affair
Mar 15 Le Cercle Rouge
May 10 Mr. Klein
May 31 Double Indemnity
Jul 12 Raging Bull
Aug 23 Hôtel du Nord
Sep 20 Le Corbeau

Criterion might have their best year yet in my library. A couple more and I think 2022 will have the record for most Criterions from one year.

[jshaide]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

When word came out that it would be announced for Sept, I thought it was a little odd, as Criterion tends to schedule their bigger titles around sales, so if it is coming this year, I would guess October or November.

Thought they’d try to nab this one for their own sale. But it could still come out right at the start of October.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by jshaide

Thought they’d try to nab this one for their own sale. But it could still come out right at the start of October.

The earliest Criterion sale that would qualify would be October.