The Criterion Collection

[MovieDood]

Originally Posted by MovieDood

I wonder if there will actually be an announcement today or if Criterion will make everyone wait until after 5pm EST and then post on their Facebook page that announcements are delayed.

Never mind. Announcements just went live

[BigDmo531]

Blood Simple and Lone Star!

[BigDmo531]

And trainspotting!

[Brad1963]

Wow! Criterion's 2024 is starting off as the best month in a while. I want them all!

[MifuneFan]

Trainspotting 4K UHD

https://www.criterion.com/films/29627-trainspotting




Glow in the Dark cover

FILMMAKER-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director Danny Boyle, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
• Alternate 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• Audio commentary featuring Boyle, producer Andrew Macdonald, screenwriter John Hodge, and actor Ewan McGregor
• Nine deleted scenes with commentary from the filmmakers
• Off the Rails: The Making of “Trainspotting,” a documentary featuring archival interviews with cast and crew and behind-the-scenes footage
• Memories of “Trainspotting,” a documentary from 2008 featuring the filmmakers and actors McGregor, Kelly Macdonald, Ewen Bremner, and Robert Carlyle
• Reflections from soundtrack artists Iggy Pop, Jarvis Cocker, Bobby Gillespie, Damon Albarn, Leftfield, Underworld, and more
• Theatrical teaser and trailer
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• More!
• PLUS: Essays by critic Graham Fuller and author Irvine Welsh, Welsh’s glossary of terms from the film and book, and glow-in-the-dark packaging

New cover by Mark Blamire

[DukeTogo84]

Probably will get Lone Star and Mudbound, so not too bad of a month.

[xxnomad]

Wow and Apu Trilogy on 4k!

[MifuneFan]

Lone Star 4K UHD

https://www.criterion.com/films/29021-lone-star

DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director John Sayles and director of photography Stuart Dryburgh, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• 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 Sayles and filmmaker Gregory Nava
• New interview with Dryburgh
• Trailer
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by scholar Domino Renee Perez

New cover by Jacob Phillips

[MifuneFan]

Blood Simple 4K UHD

https://www.criterion.com/films/28852-blood-simple

DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
Restored 4K digital transfer, approved by cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld and filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
Conversation between Sonnenfeld and the Coens about the film’s look, featuring Telestrator video illustrations
Conversation between author Dave Eggers and the Coens about the film’s production, from inception to release
Interviews with composer Carter Burwell, sound editor Skip Lievsay, and actors Frances McDormand and M. Emmet Walsh
Trailers
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: An essay by novelist and critic Nathaniel Rich

Cover by Michael Boland

[Axl Rose]

A Chantal Akerman boxset!!!!!!

[BigDmo531]

I really expected a weaker month given it's January. This is stacked

[MifuneFan]

The Apu Trilogy 4K UHD

https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/1145-the-apu-trilogy

SPECIAL FEATURES
4K digital restorations of all three films, undertaken in collaboration with the Academy Film Archive at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and L’Immagine Ritrovata, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks on the 4K UHD and Blu-ray editions
In the 4K UHD edition: Three 4K UHD discs of the films and three Blu-rays with the films and special features
Audio recordings from 1958 of director Satyajit Ray reading his essay “A Long Time on the Little Road” and in conversation with film historian Gideon Bachmann
Interviews with actors Soumitra Chatterjee, Shampa Srivastava, and Sharmila Tagore; camera assistant Soumendu Roy; and film writer Ujjal Chakraborty
Making “The Apu Trilogy”: Satyajit Ray’s Epic Debut, a video essay by Ray biographer Andrew Robinson
“The Apu Trilogy”: A Closer Look, a program featuring filmmaker, producer, and teacher Mamoun Hassan
Excerpts from the 2003 documentary The Song of the Little Road, featuring composer Ravi Shankar
The Creative Person: “Satyajit Ray,” a 1967 documentary short by James Beveridge, featuring interviews with Ray, several of his actors, members of his creative team, and film critic Chidananda Das Gupta
Footage of Ray receiving an honorary Oscar in 1992
Programs on the restorations by filmmaker Kogonada
PLUS: Essays by critics Terrence Rafferty and Girish Shambu, as well as a selection of Ray’s storyboards for Pather Panchali

Cover by F. Ron Miller

[MifuneFan]

Chantal Akerman Masterpieces, 1968–1978

https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/70...ieces-19681978

THREE-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
New 4K digital restoration of Les rendez-vous d’Anna and 2K digital restorations of Saute ma ville; L’enfant aimé, ou Je joue à être une femme mariée; La chambre; Hotel Monterey; Le 15/8; Je tu il elle; Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles; and News from Home, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks
Hanging Out Yonkers, an unfinished film from 1973 by Chantal Akerman
Film-school tests
New program on Akerman featuring critic B. Ruby Rich
New visual essay on Akerman featuring archival interviews with the director
Autour de “Jeanne Dielman,” a documentary made during the filming of Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, shot by actor Sami Frey and edited by Agnès Ravez and Akerman
Interviews with Akerman, cinematographer Babette Mangolte, actors Aurore Clément and Delphine Seyrig, and Akerman’s mother, Natalia
Appreciation by filmmaker Ira Sachs
PLUS: An essay and notes on the films by critic Beatrice Loayza

New cover by Century

[MifuneFan]

Mudbound Blu-ray

https://www.criterion.com/films/33829-mudbound

DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
New 2K digital master, supervised by director Dee Rees and director of photography Rachel Morrison, with Dolby Atmos soundtrack
New audio commentary featuring Rees
New documentary featuring Rees, composer Tamar-kali, editor Mako Kamitsuna, and makeup artist Angie Wells
New documentary made on set, featuring members of the cast and crew
Interview with Morrison
New interview with production designer David J. Bomba
Trailer and teaser
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing and English descriptive audio
PLUS: An essay by critic Danielle Amir Jackson

New cover by Prinston Nnanna

[MifuneFan]

How is this for all for January ..Crazy stacked month.

[Mr. Kino]

January, a typically light mon… holy funk!
Greatest month in a while!
Also, is blood simple a Fox title? would make it the first Disney/Fox 4K upgrade, correct?

[tonylopez]

HOLY SH!T. I'm speechless. Lone Star finally and in 4K! Upgrade for Blood Simple! The Apu trilogy in 4K! Another Netflix film Mudbound. And my top laserdisc I've wanted upgraded now for years from Criterion TRAINSPOTTING in 4K!!!!!!! What a great month.

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by mr. Kino

also, is blood simple a fox title? Would make it the first disney/fox 4k upgrade, correct?

It's MGM

[albert_m2]

Lone Star finally on blu ray.

[Mr. Kino]

Kinda crazy Jeanne Dielman isn’t getting a 4K upgrade though… controversial or not, it was Sight and Sound’s #1 film. A 4K restoration at the very least. Likely not Criterion’s call, but still.