Criterion Additions

so, Lena Dunham's Tiny Furniture in early 2012 apparently.

There's been alot of grumbling about that over @the ccforum. It's kind of weird that it'll take that long (the film went off IFC On Demand like six weeks ago). Maybe the 7d footage already needs an upgrade (ala Che, which was delayed because the RED software changed and Soderbergh made an all-new transfer using it).

Personally I enjoyed the movie, care fuck-all about whatever connections/silver spoons Dunham has, and hope the best for her in the future. However, something tells me getting her initial flick in the CC will do her no favors.

Also, I must thank her Twitter feed for my new display name.

is that really the big complaint with tiny furniture? that lena dunham is... rich?

One of the things. A lot of it boils down to "She's from New york and her parents are connected and she used those connections to finance & make a film about being from New York and having a family that's connected and how terrible that is because nothing's real anymore and nobody gets me, man."

The other big point of contention from the same leaked IFC info on the ccforum is that they won't* be doing Certified Copy, because Peter Becker feels it's "Minor Kiarostami."

On the bright side, it was also more or less confirmed that Errol Morris' Gates of Heaven, Vernon, Florida and The Thin Blue Line are in the pipeline.

*At least anytime soon.

there's a bunch of kiarostamis they shd do before 'certified copy' but that news on the same day as the lena durham thing is a bad look

Exactly. The Kiarostami thing is particularly incongruous in the context of the IFC deal because up til now that haven't exactly been that discriminating in what they put out by them. By that I mean in the cases of, say, White Material or Summer Hours (or Life During Wartime or...), they might not necessarily be ideal films to introduce their directors into the collection, but they were what was available to them via IFC. These films can provide a starting point for further investigation, and anyway the disc production shouldn't be too hard since these are new films and in many cases they've just ported the extras from R2 editions. They've already done some Kiarostami, but Certified Copy has certainly been as well-received as any other IFC acquisition they have made, and you would think on those grounds alone it would get picked up.

The guy who leaked that "minor Kiarostami" quote started backing off of it on the criterionforum when it got some attention. I find it extremely unlikely Becker would say something so laughably arrogant about a director they've revered in the past.

tiny furniture is pretty bad. i really wanted to like it! but man it's just shitty and charmless and lacks ~heart~. it gave me the impression that she got into directing just so she could make out with ~cute boys~

oh wow i really liked tiny furniture!! i dunno i saw it last month not knowing _anything_ abt her or her mom or her fam or anything and i was like, hey, what a nice little movie.

I thought the movie was pretty OK, but the boys in it were not cute.

I'm wondering if "minor"="not a priority at this time".

July: Life During Wartime, Leon Morin, Priest & The Music Room (all standard+blu), plus Beauty & The Beast, Naked & High & Low on blu.

No Eclipse announcement.

The Phantom Carriage confirmed in latest newsletter.

the sjostrom?

ja

The Phantom Carriage has already been uploaded to Criterion's Hulu channel, along with numerous other films that they've yet to brand on disc.

A list (taken from the Criterion Forum, natch):

2. The Plough and the Stars [Ford, John (1:07:09) 1936]
3. The Challenge [Rosmer, Milton (1:13:46) 1938]
6. The Plumber [Weir, Peter (1:17:18) 1979]
7. Wedding Rehearsal [Korda, Alexander (1:18:56) 1932]
8. The Spy In Black [Powell, Michael (1:22:18) 1939]
10. The Cars That Ate Paris [Weir, Peter (1:27:59) 1974]
11. Fire Over England [Korda, Alexander and William Howard (1:29:08) 1937]
12. The Europeans [Ivory, James (1:30:57) 1979]
13. The Divorce of Lady X [Whelan, Tim (1:31:14) 1938]
14. I Was a Teenage Zombie [Michalakis, John Elias (1:31:25) 1987]
16. An Ideal Husband [Korda, Alexander (1:32:59) 1947]
17. The Drum [Korda, Zoltan (1:33:24) 1938]
18. Cousin, Cousine [Tacchella, Jean-Charles (1:35:50) 1975]
19. Things To Come [Menzies, William Cameron (1:37:04) 1936]
20. Obsession [Dmytryk, Edward (1:37:51) 1939]
23. Jungle Book [Korda, Zoltan (1:45:20) 1942]
25. Samurai Saga [Inagaki, Hiroshi (1:51:26) 1959]
27. The Four Feathers [Korda, Zoltan (1:55:16) 1939]
28. Seance on a Wet Afternoon [Forbes, Bryan (1:56:12) 1964]
29. Spitfire (a.k.a. The First of the Few) [Howard, Leslie (1:59:15) 1942]
30. Madadayo [Kurosawa, Akira (2:14:20) 1993]
31. Hunter in the Dark [Gosha, Hideo (2:17:29) 1979]
32. Death Shadows [Gosha, Hideo (1:56:00) 1986]
33. Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice [Misumi, Kenji (1:29:36) 1972]
34. Hanzo the Razor: The Snare [Masumura, Yasuzo (1:28:51) 1973]
35. Hanzo the Razor: Who’s Got the Gold? [Inoue, Yoshio (1:23:46) 1974]
36. The Scarlet Pimpernel [Young, Harold (1:37:41) 1934]
39. Cruel Story of Youth [Oshima, Nagisha (1:36:28) 1960]
40. The 47 Ronin: Part 1 [Mizoguchi, Kenji (1:51:45) 1941]
41. The 47 Ronin: Part 2 [Mizoguchi, Kenji (1:50:59) 1942]
42. The Organizer [Monicelli, Mario (2:09:50) 1963]
43. Three Cases of Murder [Eady, David (1:39:51) 1955]
44. The Phantom Carriage [Sjöström, Victor (1:47:15) 1921]
45. Identification of a Woman [Antonioni, Michelangelo (2:10:08) 1982]
46. Kuroneko [Shindo, Kaneto (1:39:22) 1968]

I took the liberty of dumping a couple films that appear as extras on other CC dvds, and the original poster omitted the Zatoichi titles already. Also note that some of these titles are availible under the Home Vision banner, but since Pale Flower crossed over, these too can be considered in play.

damn

what are the transfers like?

i've seen "11. Fire Over England [Korda, Alexander and William Howard (1:29:08) 1937]" on an absolutely appalling dvd

doubt criterion's hulu channel is available here :/

haha while im on -- u seem to know what's going on at criterion -- dyou know why 'the third man' is oop?

they lost the rights to lionsgate

August: Cul-De-Sac, The Killing*, Secret Sunshine, The Complete Jean Vigo & a remaster of Orpheus (all standard & blu), plus The Battle of Algiers & If... on blu.

Also: Eclipse Series 28: The Warped World of Koreyoshi Kurahara (five films)

*w/Killer's Kiss as an extra.

wonder when carlos is coming

I'm wondering too. Hopefully they are whipping up some awesome supplements.

Anyhoo, here's what's left from the New Years cartoon:

Wild Strawberries blu
Sunday Bloody Sunday (which may have been wishful thinking)*
Carlos
Kuroneko
Bitter Rice or Summer With Monika
Y tu mama tambien

*I kept this on since it is an important MGM title that one would think Criterion would be interested in putting out.

Sunday Bloody Sunday wasn't the clue. It was People On Sunday + Le Cercle Rouge.

I know that, but something tells me it could still be in play, even if it wasn't really the clued title(s) (FWIW, in the linked upthread Criterion Cast spec list, they thought it was SBS, and it seems highly likely it's one of the MGM titles in the pipeline. Triple clue anyone?).

Looks like a confirmation for Island of Lost Souls in the latest newsletter.

Criterion shared a still from Three Colors: Red on FB this morning. Color that a confirmation on the trilogy.

three "collars" in the email newsletter

September: Le beau serge, Les cousins, The Phantom Carriage and Carlos (all standard & blu), plus My Life As A Dog and 3 Women on blu.

No Eclipse announcement.

Wow. Rolling out the early Chabrols! And Sjostrom (sp)! Niiice.

fyi Barnes and Noble 50% off sale is on.

Gonna preorder "The Music Room" today. One of my favorite Satyajit Ray's.

I know I must be done with physical media when I'm not even remotely tempted by this anymore.

does criterion do streaming now or

yeah, on hulu+

not criterion but kino released a 3-disc buster keaton shorts collection today.

October: The Four Feathers, Kuroneko, Identification of A Woman & Island of Lost Souls (which for some reason is on the main page but not the "Coming Soon" page)--all standard & blu, plus Harakiri & Salo on blu.

Also: Eclipse Series 29: Aki Kaurismäki’s Leningrad Cowboys

D'oh! Silly me missed the tiny "page two button", where Island... & a Dazed and Confused blu are listed.

Belle de jour hinted in the newest email newsletter.

my god the double disc Sweet Smell of Success is a thing of beauty.

Alright, today was the end of my B&N Criterion sale run. 12 is way past my original limit.

Hey, Kino is fixing to release David Holzman's Diary.

I'm making a run tomorrow before the sale ends to pick up Jubilee and an undetermined blu-ray. Maybe the Solaris reissue, who knows.

promised myself i would only get 6. got 16. :(

though I got the Pierrot Le Fou off the website, which is oop.

Got Jubilee off the website, and spent way too much at my local shop: Solaris and Vivre Sa Vie on blu-ray, Night and Fog and Eyes Without a Face on dvd.

They shared a piece of what is believed to be the cover for Three Colors: Blue on FB this morning, so expect that set come next annoucment.

Also World on a Wire apparently.

They shared artwork from White today.

...and Red completed the set today.

Just dropped on FB:

We will soon be announcing revised Blu-ray and DVD editions of Jean Renoir's masterpiece The Rules of the Game as part of our November lineup—we are replacing one supplement and creating new packaging.

Our original DVD edition will then be officially out of print. However, at this time we are offering it at a 65% discount from the suggested retail price at Criterion.com. (Use the promotion code REGLE at checkout.) We have a limited supply. We will fulfill orders as soon as we can.

Rushmore Blu-Ray coming in November