The Criterion Collection

[javy]

I really hope, too, that Criterion puts out I Know Where I'm Going, and preferably in the near future.

[JasonMichael]

Originally Posted by javy

I would sell my soul to the devil to have a release of Too Old to Die Young.

Also, I think it's bleh all these 4K upgrades and all the stuff that still needs a HD debut.

Where is Baby Face?!

Originally Posted by Matt89

I would commit murder for a blu-ray (or 4K) release of Baby Face.

I would let you guys do that if I could get a Blu-ray of Tom Schiller's Nothing Lasts Forever

[MifuneFan]

All That Money Can Buy (a.k.a. The Devil and Daniel Webster)

https://www.criterion.com/films/622-...daniel-webster

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• Audio commentary by film historian Bruce Eder and Steven C. Smith, biographer of composer Bernard Herrmann
• New restoration demonstration
• Reading by actor Alec Baldwin of the short story by Stephen Vincent Benét on which the film is based
• Episode of the Criterion Channel series Observations on Film Art about the film’s editing
• Comparison of the differences between the July 1941 preview version of the film, Here Is a Man, and the film’s 1943 rerelease as The Devil and Daniel Webster
• The Columbia Workshop’s radio adaptations of Benét’s short stories “The Devil and Daniel Webster” and “Daniel Webster and the Sea Serpent,” both featuring music by Herrmann
• Trailer
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by author Tom Piazza and a 1941 article by Benét

Illustration by Thomas Ott

[MifuneFan]

To Die For (1995) 4K UHD

https://www.criterion.com/films/32358-to-die-for

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

• New 4K digital restoration, approved by director Gus Van Sant and director of photography Eric Alan Edwards, 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
• Audio commentary featuring Van Sant, Edwards, and editor Curtiss Clayton
• Deleted scenes
• Trailer
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by film critic Jessica Kiang

New design by Tori Huynh

[MifuneFan]

The Runner (1984)

https://www.criterion.com/films/34099-the-runner

DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New 2K digital restoration, supervised by director Amir Naderi, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• New conversation between Naderi and filmmaker Ramin Bahrani
• Audio interview from 2022 with Naderi and actor Madjid Niroumand, moderated by curator Bruce Goldstein
• Waiting, a 1974 film by Naderi, featuring an afterword by the director
• Trailer
• English subtitle translation
• PLUS: An essay by filmmaker and critic Ehsan Khoshbakht

New design by Jillian Adel

[MifuneFan]

Saint Omer

https://www.criterion.com/films/34051-saint-omer

DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New 2K digital master, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• New interviews with director Alice Diop
• Conversation between Diop and author Hélène Frappat
• Conversation between Diop and filmmaker Dee Rees from a 2023 episode of The Director’s Cut – A DGA Podcast
• Trailer
• New English subtitle translation
• PLUS: An essay by critic Jennifer Padjemi

New design by Michael Boland

[MifuneFan]

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

https://www.criterion.com/films/3381...-the-bloodshed

DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New high-definition digital master, approved by director Laura Poitras and artist Nan Goldin, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
• New interview with Poitras
• Two conversations from the 2022 New York Film Festival, one featuring Poitras, Goldin, coproducer and PAIN activist Megan Kapler, PAIN activist Harry Cullen, and lawyer and PAIN member Mike Quinn discussing the making of the film, and the other featuring Goldin on art and activism
• Trailer
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing and English descriptive audio
• PLUS: An essay by author and activist Sarah Schulman

Photography by Nan Goldin

[RevolverOcelScott]

[Matt89]

To Die For is great but ngl, not a whole lot here that I'm particularly interested in.

My wallet will thank me.

[tama]

Only All That Money can buy for me. The Runner looks very interesting might blind buy that 1.

[mande2013]

I feel like a La Dolce Vita 4K would be a hard sell unless it’s a massive upgrade over their Blu-ray, and I don’t think a newer master exists than what’s on the Blu-ray. Despite being a 4K scan, it’s from the early 2010s, so it’s rather old. One could make the same argument about the Apu Trilogy, but those films are considered ‘cultural patrimony’ for the entire South Asian community, not just cinephiles, and…there are A LOT of South Asians in the world, so, in other words, a sizable market for such a release. Just my two cents…

I just don’t think a 4K SDR UHD of La Dolce Vita sourced from the same master as their Blu-ray would be really necessary.

Anyhow, there’s nothing I’d preorder this month.

P.S. The Runner does look interesting, but it’s something I’d probably watch on the Criterion Channel first.

[MifuneFan]

Nice line up. Great to finally have The Devil and Daniel Webster. To Die For 4K came out of nowhere. Not familiar with The Runner, but it sounds interesting.

[ilenewoodsfan99]

Well this explains the scarcity of the old blu ray of To Die For.

Glad to see The Devil and Daniel Webster, as Walter Huston is an absolute delight in his performance!


Even if I wish it was a different 1941 movie, which also had two titles. And starred Vivien Leigh.

[Wackotaco]

Tepid month for me, but they can't all be winners. I am sure I will pick up the Daniel Webster upgrade on a 50% sale at some point and I might get To Die For eventually.

[Shanghai Express]

Originally Posted by Shanghai Express

Waiting for the Trouble In Paradise and Pepe le Moko stills to be updated...

One more month

[CelestialAgent]

Not heard of The Runner before!

Saint Omer has a decent selection of extras, though Bloodshed is relatively barebones (both NYFF conversations are on YouTube), while the main extras on All That Money Can Buy and To Die For are commentaries.

[javy]

I have come to really enjoy Iranian cinema over the past couple of years and The Runner looks really great, so I will purchase that one.

Obviously The Devil and Daniel Webster.

[Cremildo]

Bloodshed was the best film of 2022, imo. Great acquisition by Criterion.

[fitprod]

Originally Posted by ilenewoodsfan99

Well this explains the scarcity of the old blu ray of To Die For.

Well that, and the fact that it was a licensed title at Image Entertainment (Now RJL Entertainment) way back in 2011, which likely never renewed the deal with Sony for the titles they distributed for them. Many have gone to other distributors.

fitprod

[lilboyblu]

Wonder if CC will reissue a 4K Blu-ray of Daniel Webster in a couple years? I’d presume they’d do it right out of the gate if they could (with it being from a 4K scan) since the upgrade has been requested for years, but I’ll be picking up the 1080p regardless.