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Lowry_Sam wrote: Tue Sep 15, 2026 10:25 pm I think that titles that WB released on digibook have a higher probability for a Criterion release:

Bonnie and Clyde
How The West Was Won
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Next
Shawshank Redemption
Amadeus
The Right Stuff
Cabaret
The Killing Fields
Sorcerer
Deliverance
The Killing Fields
Hamlet
Who's Afraid Of Virginia Wolf
A Star Is Born
Citizen Kane
Dr. Strangelove
Full Metal Jacket
A Clockwork Orange
All The President's Men
Bladerunner
Rebel Without A Cause
The Color Purple
Empire Of The Sun
King Kong
A Streetcar Named Desire
Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?
Doctor Zhivago

Calvin wrote: Tue Sep 15, 2026 11:20 pm I'm a little surprised that a licensor can (apparently) just 'pull' a license if the licensee hasn't done anything to breach their terms.

Calvin wrote: Tue Sep 15, 2026 11:20 pm I'm a little surprised that a licensor can (apparently) just 'pull' a license if the licensee hasn't done anything to breach their terms.

I'm holding out for a film I expected to come from Criterion if they ever a deal with Warner (aka 10-15 years ago now): Nicholas Ray's The Lusty Men. Would also not be surprised to see Criterion pick up Running On Empty, Prince of the City, Eastwood's Bird, Honkytonk Man, Some Came Running, An American in Paris, and the other two Tsui Hark films, The Lovers and Love in the Time of Twilight

beamish14 wrote: Wed Sep 16, 2026 6:26 am Multiple Peter Weir films held by WB seem like obvious candidates (The Year of Living Dangerously, The Mosquito Coast, Fearless)

James Stock wrote: Thu Sep 17, 2026 3:43 pm Criterion has supposedly had Mosquito Coast and Year of Living Dangerously for several years now.

domino harvey wrote: Thu Sep 17, 2026 7:17 pm Considering three of the four new Eclipse sets are directed or co-credited to women, that does seem to be a contributing factor in this revival. What other multi film collections of female-directed movies do Janus/CC hold?

Lowry_Sam wrote: Thu Sep 17, 2026 7:19 pm

James Stock wrote: Thu Sep 17, 2026 3:43 pm Criterion has supposedly had Mosquito Coast and Year of Living Dangerously for several years now.

And Amazon has been selling the YOLD blu-ray for $8.99 for several years now & I've held off from buying it up until a week ago, so I expect it'll get released in January. Since it looks to be a slow seller, I'm sure there's no rush to release it though.

domino harvey wrote: Thu Sep 17, 2026 7:17 pm Considering three of the four new Eclipse sets are directed or co-credited to women, that does seem to be a contributing factor in this revival. What other multi film collections of female-directed movies do Janus/CC hold?

MovieBuff647 wrote: Thu Sep 17, 2026 7:40 pm There is no YOLD BD that isn't a bootleg.

dwk wrote: Thu Sep 17, 2026 7:46 pm They have a ton of Catherine Breillat.

Matt wrote: Fri Sep 18, 2026 12:49 am

dwk wrote: Thu Sep 17, 2026 7:46 pm They have a ton of Catherine Breillat.

I would hope for something along the lines of the Pasolini set for Breillat. Her films cry out for contextualizing supplements and essays. But if an Eclipse set is what we get, it's better than the nothing we have right now.

domino harvey wrote: Thu Sep 17, 2026 7:17 pm Considering three of the four new Eclipse sets are directed or co-credited to women, that does seem to be a contributing factor in this revival. What other multi film collections of female-directed movies do Janus/CC hold?