You say you are looking for something "character driven, kind of sad, romantic, beautiful, introspective, etc." This trilogy has all that and "etc." You won't be let down (if you are, let me know why). My wife and I bonded over these films on our first date, just over 10 years ago. Josh is just a cold-hearted dude

There really isn't, though. I mean, what great depth does 'Blue' have beneath the surface?

"Look at the pretty French girl. She's so sad. You can tell she's sad because I've colored everything blue. Do you get it? Because she feels 'blue.' Do you get it? Blue is the color of sadness. Get it yet? I'll put some more blue on the screen to hammer the point home. It's symbolism! No one has ever done this before! I am such a genius!!"

And 'Red'... jesus... if it weren't in French, the script would have been rejected for a Lifetime TV movie. Pretty young girl helps curmudgeonly old man come out of his shell. Yeah, that's deep. Wow.

I hate these movies. No, that's not strong enough. I absolutely loathe them.

Ordered Wild Strawberries, Badlands and Babette's Feast from the BN 50% off sale.

The last time I bought a movie was at the last BN 50% off sale. I can see it being the next time as well.

well since october tends to be an exciting month of releases for me...any early speculations?

THE BROOD?
SCANNERS?
ERASERHEAD?
I MARRIED A WITCH?

I'd be very surprised if none of those got announced for October. My personal wish is for Picnic at Hanging Rock. I've been waiting for the upgrade on that one for years now.

I'm personally hoping for The Tenant.

I've been waiting ever since I upgraded to blu-ray. Definitely a top 5 favorite movie for me.

I always forget the Criterion future release announcement schedule, it should be today right? (the 3rd Monday of the month or is it just the midway point of the month and not always on a Monday?)

Cronenberg box set
Lynch box set

A guy can dream, can't he?

I want more Italian films. Rossellini-Bergman set is great, now give me some Fellini!

I'm expecting a L'Avventura announcement soon since Janus is touring a new 35mm print (I'm going to check it out this week in theaters). Can't wait for that either.

Well, there's a very good chance La Notte will be announced today, at least. A BD set of the trilogy (with the titles also available separately) would be awesome.

It would be great to see more Italian films in the collection. Besides the more obvious contenders, I'd love to get a chance to see Petri's Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film) and The Working Class Goes to Heaven (which won the Grand Prix at Cannes), along with Rosi's The Mattei Affair (which also won the top prize at Cannes.)

it's the 15th of the month

Not a speculation, but I would love to have a Blu-ray of Carnival of Souls!

no Cronenberg for October?

no cronenberg or lynch....goddamnit criterion. still a good month.

I'm surprised/happy that they're upgrading the entire Cassavetes set. I was expecting them to only update one or two of the titles.

But yeah... I like all the titles that they're releasing, but they really need to get Eraserhead and the Cronenbergs out there.

November is usually their biggest month, so hopefully we'll at least get the Lynch then.

I'd vote for a Lynch Lunch Box set.

Damn. Both I Married a Witch and The Uninvited are practically barebones (with one interview/"visual essay" each,) yet still at the higher price point. Very good movies - I'll still buy both - but disappointing releases. If they couldn't find more extras, they should have released them at the same price point as barebones titles like Letter Never Sent and Jubal. (I'm assuming, perhaps incorrectly, that the interviews aren't going to amount to more than 20 or 30 minutes.)

And strange that we've only had two Eclipse sets this entire year.

I haven't read anything about the special features included but do they say anything about the booklet? I've noticed that it sometimes seem like the tipping point between the low price and the normal price.

For the record, here are the extra features on the new releases:

I Married a Witch

•New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
•Audio interview with director René Clair
•Trailer
•PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by filmmaker Guy Maddin and a 1970 interview with Clair

The Uninvited

•New 2K digital film restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
•New visual essay by filmmaker Michael Almereyda
•PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme

La Notte

•New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
•New interview with film critic Adriano Aprà and film historian Carlo Di Carlo
•New interview with professor Giuliana Bruno on the role of architecture in La notte
•Trailer
•New and improved English subtitle translation
•PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Richard Brody and a 1961 article by director Michelangelo Antonioni

Yeah, once there's an essay included it almost always automatically goes to the $40 MSRP.

Wouldn't mind upgrading EWAF. I'd also like the Cassavetes box. Otherwise, meh. Kinda disappointed for an Oct. slate.

Don't think I'm gonna upgrade my Cassavetes dvd box for the blu - I honestly don't think the films would benefit much from it.

Really? The essays are always cool but doesn't almost every release have them? They seem like such an afterthought of a feature. Not because they aren't well written (they are), but because they are so common.