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Except that there are no such things as Criterion Contemporaries and they usually don’t get announced on the same day anyway.

andyli wrote: Tue Jul 15, 2025 1:49 pm Except that there are no such things as Criterion Contemporaries and they usually don’t get announced on the same day anyway.

he's gotta throw us off the scent a little bit, come on now

either way it's best guessing these for the 15th cause they get tossed off randomly as it is. fittingly..

Salo 4K with special scratch and sniff cover art

unironically they do need to upgrade that, it does have a newer restoration

I really dont want to have to buy that one again.
I'm tired, boss.

omegadirective wrote: Tue Jul 15, 2025 2:51 pm I really dont want to have to buy that one again.
I'm tired, boss.

Bressonaire wrote: Tue Jul 15, 2025 12:18 pm Eraserhead upgrade
Eyes Without a Face upgrade
The Night of the Hunter upgrade
A History of Violence (and The Shrouds on Criterion Contemporaries)
Bacurau
The Wicker Man

Seconding ryan in hoping that Wicker Man doesn't turn out to be true. I already imported Umbrella's Eyes Without A Face UHD since Criterion and BFI took too long, so I'm unlikely to offload the Australian disc. The Lynch, Laughton and Cronenberg would be easy pickups in the 50% sale next February/March if the October titles end up narrowly missing the fall sale.

I'm probably the only person here that wouldn't mind Wicker Man.
That's a blind spot for me.
Never seen it and down currently own a copy of it.

Trouble in Paradise upgrade
Shoplifters
L'amour fou
West Indies
Year of 13 Moons

Except that there are no such things as Criterion Contemporaries and they usually don’t get announced on the same day anyway.

You're right, of course. I don't post much now because all the changes keep my head spinning, so it's easiest to focus on June, when a lot of gay-related titles are announced, and October, with its established pattern of horror and violence and monsters. And maybe February, when romantic movies might be in the mix.

Anyway, I meant Criterion Premieres, and I threw it in because it seemed very likely from the recent closet video with Cronenberg that he was in the office for more than just The Shrouds. Criterion's relationship with him goes way back. And I only guessed A History of Violence because I'm not a fan of Cronenberg's otherwordly stuff, so it's a personal wish.

Salo is more timely than ever (pedocon is a theory like gravity is a theory)

Bressonaire wrote: Tue Jul 15, 2025 3:34 pm And I only guessed A History of Violence because I'm not a fan of Cronenberg's otherwordly stuff, so it's a personal wish.

And I hope it's the only one you're right about!

Finch wrote: Tue Jul 15, 2025 3:20 pm Seconding ryan in hoping that Wicker Man doesn't turn out to be true. I already imported Umbrella's Eyes Without A Face UHD since Criterion and BFI took too long, so I'm unlikely to offload the Australian disc. The Lynch, Laughton and Cronenberg would be easy pickups in the 50% sale next February/March if the October titles end up narrowly missing the fall sale.

I'm surprised Eyes Without a Face has taken so long, but the others seem very right. I do really hope Night of the Hunter is the next MGM/KLSC comeback 4K, especially since the Kino was poorly reviewed, didn't have much in the way of exclusive extras, and I didn't pick it up

I'm sure much to my behest there will be a Lynch title, but that's shooting fish in a barrel in terms of which one is next. they have The Elephant Man and Fire Walk With Me with releases elsewhere, but also new spine The Straight Story (the one I actually want released!) and a potential Eraserhead upgrade. as long as I see The Sweet Hereafter at last (on the 3 year anniversary of the Exotica release, mind you)...

dwk wrote: Tue Jul 15, 2025 3:36 pm Salo is more timely than ever (pedocon is a theory like gravity is a theory)

for real. for all the memes and "I dare you to watch it", people forget what the movie is really about

EDIT: woof, total worst case scenario month for me. have fun kids!

They are up
Deep Crimson
Nightmare Alley
Altered States
A History of Violence
The Shrouds
Eyes without a Face
Twin Peaks FWWM

Did anyone have Altered States on their bingo card?

Excited about Deep Crimson, a film I hadn't heard of before (I do have the Film Movement BD of Ripstein's Time To Die). Frustrated that they keep upgrading Del Toro's absolutely tedious late career work ahead of The Devil's Backbone (though maybe Sony wants to have exclusivity a little bit longer on that film) and it's a pity Lynch didn't appear to have supervised a Dolby Vision grade of FWWM before his passing (again frustrating because it's my favorite of his).

Lolita 4K
House Party 4K
The French Connection 4K
Dog Day Afternoon 4K
Boyhood 4K
The Game 4K
Eclipse Series 47: Early Kiarostami

In addition to the already announced Kiarostami Eclipse set:
House Party
Eyes Wide Shut
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
The Man Who Wasn't There
Birth
Empire of the Sun
3 by Leos Carax

- The English Patient 4K
- Dog Day Afternoon 4K
- Network 4K
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 4K
- The Sweet Hereafter 4K
- House Party 4K
- Stanley Kubrick in Black & White 4K Box Set: Killer’s Kiss, The Killing, Paths of Glory, Lolita and Dr. Strangelove
- In a Year of 13 Moons BD
- Atlantics + Dahomey BD
- Kiarostami Eclipse set

Lolita
Eyes Wide Shut
French Connection
House Party
Throne of Blood
Atlantics

House Party
Bad Timing 4K
Eyes Wide Shut 4K
In A Lonely Place 4K
Sweet Smell of Success 4K
The Man Who Wasn't There 4K

I mean, sans House Party, that would be a dream month for me.

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore 4K
House Party 4K
Juliet of the Spirits [standalone Blu-ray]
The Killing 4K upgrade
Paths of Glory 4K upgrade
The Sweet Hereafter 4K

Abbas Kiarostami Eclipse Set

I'm not sure I'll ever get The Man Who Wasn't There, which I've been predicting for a while now.

Memento 4k
Dog Day Afternoon 4k
Pee Wee's Big Adventure 4k
12 Angry Men 4k
Eclipse Series 47 set
House Party 4k
Lolita 4k

Dragon Inn & A Touch of Zen 4Ks
The French Connection 4K
The Sweet Hereafter 4K
Volver 4K
The Getaway 4K
Trouble in Paradise BD

Again....

I Know Where I'm Going!
Sleuth... oh, almighty god Bristol-Myers Squibb... let this film go (and the others, if you've got time)
Chaplin: The First National Films - This might end up with the new Eclipse line, but I hope not.
Talk to Her
Madadayo
Passion Fish

Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors
Time Masters
Hairspray
The English Patient
House Party
Eclipse: Kiarostami