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tolbs1010 wrote: Tue May 13, 2025 3:14 am Bad Company (1972)

I believe Fun City released a pretty good Blu-Ray of this one last year if haven’t heard already.

I missed this release. Been waiting a long time for a decent transfer of this great film. Immediate purchase. Thank you.

Buñuel in México box set
The Shrouds 4K
The Small Back Room 4K
Dog Day Afternoon 4K

Also because I have a weird feeling on this… a coveted MGM silent. My guess is either The Crowd or Greed

Isle of Dogs 4K
Jonathan Demme’s Common People: Citizen’s Band / Melvin and Howard / Who Am I This Time? / Swing Shift
Birth
She's Gotta Have It

Crooklyn
Mo' Better Blues
World Cinema Project 5 (including Eight Deadly Shots, Chronicle of the Years of Fire, The Night of Counting the Years, The Stranger And The Fog)
The Sweet Hereafter
What's Up, Doc? (as long as they're doing upgrades of Warner Archive releases)

Compensation
Thank You and Good Night
She's Gotta Have It
Naked 4K upgrade
High and Low 4K upgrade

O' Lucky Man!
I Know Where I'm Going!
Sleuth (1972)... (twentieth time's the charm)
Il Grido
Talk to Her
Flamenco (Saura)

DJBillyMac wrote: Tue May 13, 2025 5:13 pm Crooklyn
Mo' Better Blues
World Cinema Project 5 (including Eight Deadly Shots, Chronicle of the Years of Fire, The Night of Counting the Years, The Stranger And The Fog)
The Sweet Hereafter
What's Up, Doc? (as long as they're doing upgrades of Warner Archive releases)

I think Kummatty and Nidhanaya will be in the next WCP set as well as the ones listed.

Celluloid Nightmares (Blu-Ray)
Rossellini’s History Films Part 2 (Eclipse DVD)
Night at the Crossroads (UHD)
Salomé by Bene (UHD)
Crush Proof (Blu-Ray)

I know De Sica's Shoeshine is definitely coming in August along with another Edward Yang film..

Dog Day Afternoon
She's Gotta Have It
A Woman Is A Woman
Darling
Black Lizard
The Lives Of Others

Blutarsky wrote: Tue May 13, 2025 6:36 am
Also because I have a weird feeling on this… a coveted MGM silent. My guess is either The Crowd or Greed

Another coveted MGM silent, admittedly already available in a Warner Archive DVD, is getting a Blu-Ray upgrade from Flicker Alley at some point this year.

EDIT -- I meant to name the film forgot -- Sjostrom's HE WHO GETS SLAPPED.

Still crossing my fingers for that 15 disc Complete Children of the Corn box set

Any day now....

Floating Clouds 4k
Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence 4k
Mothra 4k
Profound Desires of the Gods 4k
Tora-San box set

Dog Day Afternoon 4K
Shoeshine Blu-Ray
Terrorizers Blu-Ray
Compensation Blu-Ray
High and Low 4K
The Killing/Killer's Kiss 4K

ryannichols7 wrote: Tue Apr 15, 2025 1:41 pm Luis Buñuel in Mexico
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors 4K
The Double Life of Veronique 4K
Flow 4K
High and Low 4K
Dog Day Afternoon 4K
Spellbound 4K

but swap one of those for The Sweet Hereafter cause I do think we'll see that. I randomly feel like august is gonna be the better month than July

I Shot Andy Warhol blu ray
Scarecrow UHD
The French Connection UHD
Bleak Moments blu ray
O Lucky Man! UHD

High and Low or Throne of Blood 4K
The Sweet Hereafter 4K
Flow 4K
A box set of Kira Muratova films, presumably The Tuner, The Asthenic Syndrome and Among Grey Stones
Salome's Last Dance 4K
A Wes Anderson 4K Box Set or an individual film's 4K upgrade.

Yakushima wrote: Wed May 14, 2025 5:53 pm A box set of Kira Muratova films, presumably The Tuner, The Asthenic Syndrome and Among Grey Stones
Salome's Last Dance 4K

If Criterion released one or both of these, especially if it was in the span of one month, then I would die happy.

TechnicolorAcid wrote: Wed May 14, 2025 6:38 pm

Yakushima wrote: Wed May 14, 2025 5:53 pm A box set of Kira Muratova films, presumably The Tuner, The Asthenic Syndrome and Among Grey Stones
Salome's Last Dance 4K

If Criterion released one of both of these, especially if it was in the span of one month, then I would die happy.

Ditto!

Yakushima wrote: Wed May 14, 2025 5:53 pm High and Low or Throne of Blood 4K
The Sweet Hereafter 4K
Flow 4K
A box set of Kira Muratova films, presumably The Tuner, The Asthenic Syndrome and Among Grey Stones
Salome's Last Dance 4K
A Wes Anderson 4K Box Set or an individual film's 4K upgrade.

Good lord do I want a Salomes Last Dance release so badly, Ken Russell’s best in my eyes.

Mr.DarjeelingLimited wrote: Wed May 14, 2025 7:42 pm

Yakushima wrote: Wed May 14, 2025 5:53 pm High and Low or Throne of Blood 4K
The Sweet Hereafter 4K
Flow 4K
A box set of Kira Muratova films, presumably The Tuner, The Asthenic Syndrome and Among Grey Stones
Salome's Last Dance 4K
A Wes Anderson 4K Box Set or an individual film's 4K upgrade.

Good lord do I want a Salomes Last Dance release so badly, Ken Russell’s best in my eyes.

I wouldn’t go that far (I personally find his works like The Music Lovers or The Devils and especially the sensory overload masterpiece that is Tommy to be a tad better though I still love Salome very much). However, given the presumably high sales of the 2 Vestron titles currently on Blu-Ray, I’m still surprised not even a company like BFI has bothered releasing it even on DVD as it’s gained quite a dedicated cult following over the years.

TechnicolorAcid wrote: Wed May 14, 2025 8:12 pm

Mr.DarjeelingLimited wrote: Wed May 14, 2025 7:42 pm

Yakushima wrote: Wed May 14, 2025 5:53 pm High and Low or Throne of Blood 4K
The Sweet Hereafter 4K
Flow 4K
A box set of Kira Muratova films, presumably The Tuner, The Asthenic Syndrome and Among Grey Stones
Salome's Last Dance 4K
A Wes Anderson 4K Box Set or an individual film's 4K upgrade.

Good lord do I want a Salomes Last Dance release so badly, Ken Russell’s best in my eyes.

I wouldn’t go that far (I personally find his works like The Music Lovers or The Devils and especially the sensory overload masterpiece that is Tommy to be a tad better though I still love Salome very much). However, given the presumably high sales of the 2 Vestron titles currently on Blu-Ray, I’m still surprised not even a company like BFI has bothered releasing it even on DVD as it’s gained quite a dedicated cult following over the years.

Such a shame that Mahler isn’t on Blu. I still think his 1969-1972 run is among the strongest in the history of cinema

Mahler is one that actually will be released by Criterion (alongside The Music Lovers)* so I assume that’s the holdup. Although I’d argue that his real golden run was from 68’s Delius: Song of Summer to 75’s Tommy (which even if you don’t like the film, is Russell at his most commercial, daring, and most idiosyncratic film).

*Can confirm this because when I saw Mahler on the Criterion Channel, it played with Criterion and Janus logos as did Russell’s The Music Lovers (allegedly).

Hope to see Raise the Red Lantern 4K!