Sisters #89
New 4K digital restoration, approved by director Brian De Palma, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
New interview with actor Jennifer Salt
Interviews from 2004 with De Palma, actors William Finley and Charles Durning, and producer Edward R. Pressman
Audio from a 1973 discussion with De Palma at the AFI
Appearance from 1970 by actor Margot Kidder on The Dick Cavett Show
More!
PLUS: An essay by critic Carrie Rickey, excerpts from a 1973 interview with De Palma on the making of the film, and a 1973 article by De Palma on working with composer Bernard Hermann

The Naked Prey #415
Restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Audio commentary from 2007 by film scholar Stephen Prince
“John Colter’s Escape,” a 1913 written record of the trapper’s flight from Blackfoot Indians—which was the inspiration for The Naked Prey—read by actor Paul Giamatti
Original soundtrack cues created by director Cornel Wilde and ethnomusicologist Andrew Tracey, along with a written statement by Tracey on the score
Trailer
PLUS: An essay by film critic Michael Atkinson and a 1970 interview with Wilde

Eight Hours Don't Make a Day #946
New 2K digital restoration by the Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
“Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day”: A Series Becomes a Family Reunion, a 2017 documentary directed by Juliane Maria Lorenz, featuring interviews with actors Hanna Schygulla, Irm Hermann, Wolfgang Schenck, and Hans Hirschmüller
New interview with film scholar Jane Shattuc
New English subtitle translation
PLUS: An essay by scholar Moira Weigel

Shampoo #947
4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Alternate 5.1 surround soundtrack, presented in DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray
New conversation between critics Mark Harris and Frank Rich
Excerpt from a 1998 appearance by producer, cowriter, and actor Warren Beatty on The South Bank Show
Trailer
PLUS: An essay by Rich

The Princess Bride #948
New 4K digital transfer, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Audio commentary from 1996 featuring director Rob Reiner, screenwriter William Goldman, producer Andrew Scheinman, and actors Billy Crystal and Peter Falk
Edited 1987 audiobook reading of Goldman’s novel The Princess Bride by Reiner
New program about Goldman’s screenplay
New program about Goldman’s tapestry based on the film
Archival interviews with Reiner, Goldman, and actors Crystal, Cary Elwes, Christopher Guest, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Fred Savage, and Robin Wright
New interview with art director Richard Holland
Programs about makeup, fencing, and fairy tales
On-set video diary filmed and narrated by Elwes
Five behind-the-scenes videos with commentaries from 1996 by Reiner, Scheinman, and Crystal
Trailer
PLUS: An essay by author Sloane Crosley and, for the Blu-ray edition, Goldman’s introduction to his Princess Bride script from the 1995 collection Four Screenplays, in a lavishly illustrated, clothbound book

Aside from the stuff clearly marked as NEW, are there any other goodies not on any current DVD or Blu?

I've still got my old DVD that's not looking too great on the 60" screen, so this is probably an easy buy either way.

Shampoo? Are you kidding me? I am 100% getting that.

I have Princess Bride on Blu and like Breakfast Club, don't really think we needed a Criterion version (though I look forward to seeing the Cover art at least).

Shampoo is one of my biggest Criterion wants. One of Ashby's best.

Wish Shampoo were a little more flush with extras, especially vintage stuff, but I'll happily take the from 4K transfer.

Have never been into Princess Bride, but I'll be picking that up too and reassessing it.

Already have Naked Prey from Eureka. Great movie.

Sisters is the only pre 1982 DePalma movie that left me nonplussed.

Excellent month...and not too hard on the wallet.

Anybody else read that last bit on the Princess Bride as it coming in a package that's like clothbound book? Could Criterion be getting into the custom packaging game?

Good eye. I bet the keepcase will be typical Criterion, but the booklet will be cloth covered.

That would seem tough to pull off. Maybe a digipak with a book alongside the blu-ray case. BUt my first though was actually a clothbound digibook for the whole package.

The packaging is an actual cloth bound book. There's a picture of it floating around online somewhere.

If there are any pink Floyd fans out there, it looks like it's similar to the 40th anniversary Piper At The Gates Of Dawn cd re-release.

If you believe Peter Biskind and what he wrote in Easy Rider's Raging Bulls, Shampoo was basically directed by Beatty.

This looks cloth covered to me.

I remember a Lawrence of Arabia DVD packaging that was similar in design.

I have that set and it's exactly what I pictured when I read that. Difference being there will be actual book pages instead of just the plastic trays to hold the discs.

Normally I would be super excited about TPB, but with a pretty good edition already out there, I’m not just not that eager for some reason. I love the movie. Seen in its entirety 2-3 times, not in a long time, but I’m really not sure, for some reason on this one...

edit...who am I kidding I’ll preorder at amazon as soon as it goes up. I’m so weak.

an actual digibook. haven't seen those in awhile. i guess apropos? still looks nice...

Yeah, I got it today at B&N. Pretty disappointed that it’s a digipack. Seems like kinda flimsy packaging for a Criterion, though the outer clear slipcover seems pretty sturdy. Overall I don’t like it and just wish it was packaged like the others.

Besides the new stuff, it looks like they're bringing over all the old Criterion stuff from the laserdisc.

But, there also appears to be a lot of stuff missing. It looks like the Criterion will not have this stuff which is available on the 25th Anniv. Blu-ray:

2 solo audio commentaries by Rob Reiner and William Goldman
True Love: The Princess Bride Phenomenon - 30 min., 2012 HD retrospecitve featurette
As You Wish: The Story of The Princess Bride - 27 min. making-of featurette

and possibly 3 or 4 other 10-minute featurettes

Probably those were created exclusively for the MGM release

Not sure how to paste images on here, but the cartoon in the latest CC letter must be hinting at "On the Beach at Night Alone" by Hong Sang-soo!

Hence the blazing sunshine?

In the Heat of the Night.

Dammit. He does look hot, with his gesture. I thought the book made him alone on the beach. Plus, Hong is so overdue at CC!

That didn't stop a lot of the MGM material from making its way onto the Criterion BD of Silence of the Lambs. It must be something else. Space issues, maybe?

November 2018

The Magnificent Ambersons
Some Like it Hot
True Stories
A Story From Chikamatsu

also the Ingmar Bergman’s Cinema Collection which is 30 discs.