Huh? is it just me or is every studio upping the amount of catalog titles they are releasing?

Volver is available on Blu-ray from Sony.

So is Broken Embraces.

The Skin I Live In will also most like come from Sony considering Sony is putting it out.

I think PopcornTreeCt is onto something. I don't have hard statistics one way or the other as to numbers of recent catalog releases, but at five years into the format, I have real concern about how much pre-1970's catalog is ultimately going to make it out on BD. (Some might well argue that even the 1970's could end up underrepresented).

Universal (admittedly far from the model of excellence in catalog BD) has not released a single pre-1960 film under their control to Blu-ray disc.

Somewhere earlier in the thread, I mentioned Warner, probably with a better track record at getting catalog titles out than anybody. And even they haven't put many of their black and white library titles out, above and beyond those films named Citizen Kane or which are prominent titles starring Humphrey Bogart. There's Kong and Mutiny on the Bounty and...what else?

Criterion won't be able to obtain and release all the catalog titles one might like, but independent labels like them are our best hope right now for getting whatever we can get.

Waltz of the Toreadors?

Can you recommend The Killing as a blind buy? I like alot of Kubrick but not all. But, im ready to pull the trigger. thanks

do you like film noir? if so then YES. otherwise if you're expecting THE SHINING or 2001 or CLOCKWORK ORANGE then i'd suggest a rental. regardless it's an awesome heist film.

The Killing is an awesome movie and as a bonus you get a 2nd Kubrick movie in HD as well (which is pretty good itself).

Blu-ray.com review of If

ummmm criterion just posted a GOJIRA film canister on their facebook...

That's not a big shocker - they did release it on laserdisc, and the Burr version is on their Hulu page. I'd buy it for sure - a Criterion DVD of Gojira would be an improvement on the Classic Media Blu-ray.

was about to post that. I...I don't know how to react to this. That's pretty damn awesome. Considering Sony didn't really show off this title. OMFG. The image was in bad shape on the BD from the looks of it. The DVD was good...but it was DVD. Can't wait to see this from CC.

The good folks over at badassdigest.com are starting a regular Criterion Collection feature, and their first entry features some interesting topics (including a little ridicule for all the TINY FURNITURE haters that came out of the woodwork when it was announced as an upcoming Criterion title). My favorite topic was the speculation on what title Criterion will be honoring with their #600 spine. Give it a read, its pretty cool. Hope they keep it up!

http://www.badassdigest.com/2011/08/...-and-spine-600

It would certainly be awesome if Criterion managed to release Gojira on Blu. It would HAVE to be better than the current Blu-Ray for it...

Pants have just been shit.

I very much want Gojira on BD from them.

I haven't bought a Criterion in years, and none on Bluray. I would be all over this.

RE The Three Colors triology, came across this review preview:

"The Three Colors Trilogy had a fair amount of extras on its previous Miramax DVD release, most of which are carried over (including cinema lessons from the director, interviews, and docs), with the exception of the old commentaries with Annette Insdorf. Added in Criterion’s new box set are freshly-recorded interviews, video essays, and vintage Kieślowski shorts (as well as one he acted in but didn’t direct)."

Has anyone heard these commentaries and is this a significant loss, or a tolerable one in light of the upgrade? TIA

I haven't listened to the commentaries but I loved the interviews with Kieslowski. I'll definitely have to check them out soon as I planned on selling my box set.

The Insdorf commentaries are very good as she seems to be the biggest authority on Kieslowski. This is something you would expect on a Criterion release and ignored by Miramax - so it's odd that it winds up being the othe way around.

I doubt I'd listen to the commentaries again anyways, so it's not a major loss to me. I think the upgrade in quality far outweighs the absence of the commentaries - as supplements aren't very important to me. You can always rent the DVDs to hear the commenataries anyways - would you need to listen to them more than once?

Although Criterion announced a Laserdisc edition of Gojira, there was a rights dispute with Toho at the last minute, and the release was canceled.

First off, I have to acknowledge that I'm not a fan of the Three Colors Trilogy to begin with. So keep that in perspective. With that said, I found the Insdorf commentaries to be insufferably awful from start to finish. When I reviewed the DVD set back in the day, this is what I wrote:

So, which camp were you in?

Ah, interesting. Apparently Criterion was set to release a six-film Godzilla box.

First mentioned back in '08, but it looks as if Criterion will finally be issuing Hellman's The Shooting and Ride in the Whirlwind. From this interview: