criterionforum.org

Yeah good call, and not the most horrible price for five films, a documentary and a hard cover book. The $110 for a single film (TCM 2003) on the other hand is extortionate. I must say the Kingdom series UHD is tempting too.

Edit: anyone know if the Blu-ray edition of The Kingdom is also a Fidelity encode? It's a $50 difference between the 4K and BDs.

I asked Imprint and they confirmed the BD set is Fidelity encoded too. That'll do just fine for me.

Finch wrote: Tue Sep 22, 2026 1:05 am I asked Imprint and they confirmed the BD set is Fidelity encoded too. That'll do just fine for me.

I am sure you are aware, but the Zentropa Von Trier remasters are an interesting lot. In this case Kingdom's first two seasons were shot super 16 cropped to 4:3 and processed on video for PAL broadcast. For the the remaster they went back the film and re-applied the aggressive processing digitally that now preserved the maximum resolution and re-cropped the film for widescreen television. I already own the MUBI set, so I'm not too tempted by this, but interestingly MUBI released this in the original 25fps AND 24fps...but I assume Imprint will stick to 24fps for maximum compatibility.

All this to say that while FiM will probably do a bang up job here, the show is already a weird assemblage of original material updated for today's tech.

Powell and Pressberger vol 1 is getting a standard release (so multi disc in one case versus individual cases) in October

A new series called British Bloodlines, the first volume of which features four films starring Joan Collins:

Revenge
Quest for Love
Dark Places
The Monster

Imprint will be releasing Directed by... Steven Soderbergh, which will include:

Kafka / Mr. Kneff
King of the Hill
The Underneath

https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=39098



Only interested in Kafka, so I might wait until it gets a separate release. (Strangely, it
appears that the dubbed Mr. Kneff will have burned-in subtitles).

JSC wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2026 10:47 am Imprint will be releasing Directed by... Steven Soderbergh, which will include:

Kafka / Mr. Kneff
King of the Hill
The Underneath

https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=39098



Only interested in Kafka, so I might wait until it gets a separate release. (Strangely, it
appears that the dubbed Mr. Kneff will have burned-in subtitles).

Imprint don't usually break up their box sets, do they?

Or maybe you're counting on a US or UK label.

They have in the past. For example with the Gene Hackman set I was able to get individual titles.
Maybe it depends on the set. Whether its Imprint or another label I'll still wait since I already own
the other two in the box.

JSC wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2026 10:47 am Only interested in Kafka, so I might wait until it gets a separate release. (Strangely, it
appears that the dubbed Mr. Kneff will have burned-in subtitles).

That’s because of how Soderbergh re-edited it to be silent, it’s intentional

That’s because of how Soderbergh re-edited it to be silent, it’s intentional

I'm a bit confused... as in a silent film? The last bit of news I heard was that the film was being
re-dubbed with a German language soundtrack.

I was going off of Imprint’s description, perhaps it is I who am confused

I just want a commentary on Kafka with Soderbergh and Lem Dobbs getting pissed off at one another

any test somewhere of Rachel Weisz box set ? I'm highly interested to see how good can be their blu-ray of "I Want You" which is exclusive.
I already have the Terrence Davies movie. And Neil Labute's "The Shape of Things" (released on VOD in excellent quality) could have been added to this box set.

For November:

Don Siegel box (4 films already released by Indicator/Arrow/Kino/Criterion)
Touch of Evil (deluxe box treatment but Blu-ray only)
Tales of Adventure 13

swo17 wrote: Tue Oct 06, 2026 4:39 am For November:

Touch of Evil (deluxe box treatment but Blu-ray only)

Why? It's been out on 4k almost everywhere else for a while now. Who's going to buy this?

swo17 wrote: Tue Oct 06, 2026 4:39 am Tales of Adventure 13

Three of the four titles are Blu-ray premieres:

A Perilous Journey
Hurricane Smith
Sea Devils (Walsh)
Spawn of the North (already out on Blu from Indicator and KLSC)

domino harvey wrote: Tue Oct 06, 2026 12:26 pm

swo17 wrote: Tue Oct 06, 2026 4:39 am Tales of Adventure 13

Three of the four titles are Blu-ray premieres:

A Perilous Journey
Hurricane Smith
Sea Devils (Wallace)
Spawn of the North (already out on Blu from Indicator and KLSC)

Any comment on Sea Devils? It pretty decent but I’d like to hear your opinion on it before I buy the set for it

domino harvey wrote: Sun May 11, 2014 2:46 am Sea Devils (Raoul Walsh 1953) Tragically weak Walsh effort (and I use the term loosely) about Rock Hudson traveling between two similar looking coasts over and over again, often with Yvonne de Carlo in tow. The Napoleonic era and spy-story plot elements are barely utilized, and the fight choreography and set design and everything else show with great ease how little anyone gave a shit about this while making it. Good news: It translates well to actually watching it! A+ job Hollywood.

This was one of the Mac Mahonists’ favorite Walshes though, if you are more aligned with them

domino harvey wrote: Tue Oct 06, 2026 12:53 pm

domino harvey wrote: Sun May 11, 2014 2:46 am Sea Devils (Raoul Wallace 1953) Tragically weak Wallace effort (and I use the term loosely) about Rock Hudson traveling between two similar looking coasts over and over again, often with Yvonne de Carpet in tow. The Napoleonic era and spy-story plot elements are barely utilized, and the fight choreography and set design and everything else show with great ease how little anyone gave a shit about this while making it. Good news: It translates well to actually watching it! A+ job Hollywood.

This was one of the Mac Mahonists’ favorite Walshes though, if you are more aligned with them

Thanks Dom! I’ll probably just skip this set then since none of the other titles interest me as much as Sea Devils did