Man, I just saw Criterion’s No Country for Old Men in 4K. It was stunning. Such a great movie and looked so good. Can’t wait to get to the extras.

I'm glad you mentioned this. Even though the email said they didn't expire, I had no idea you could stack them.

I just went through all of mine and have $110 worth of credit!

I dug through my emails and only found two unused codes. Still, it's free money. I'm gonna use em.

As well, since they don't expire, I can wait until the next 50% off sale!!

Coming in March:

Criterion grabbing a Warner Archive title (Night Moves) feels like kind of a big deal.

It seems like the start of a recent trend. Performance might've been the first, and I could've sworn an announcement from another boutique (possibly also Criterion) in the past month or two included another Warner Archive title.

Wages of Fear will only be 4K SDR. I believe the BFI edition is full 4K HDR/DV.

If CC is doing Thief on 4K I wonder if Arrow will handle the UK 4K? They released their own BD version that had different supplements than the domestic release like 10 years ago or so.

I guess BIOLLANTE getting a standalone release kills any chance of a boxed set with that run of Godzilla pictures. I presume something to do with different U.S. rights-holders for various films, in particular the first two?

Happy to see some special features on it. The box set was fairly lacking.

I think a larger collection (or series of collections) could still be in the cards. Criterion has preceded box sets by individual releases before (Godzilla, Bergman, Fellini...and yeah, one of these things is not like the others). Biollante is the only Heisei-era film that's been remastered and gotten a physical release in Japan to date. Toho is issuing a box set that includes (among others) Return of Godzilla, Mechagodzilla '93, and Final Wars next June.

The turnaround time has been pretty zippy, with Criterion's editions of '54 and Biollante following roughly a year after the Japanese UHD editions. Even after next summer's big box set, there are still gaps for Showa, Heisei, and Millennium as far as physical remastered releases go in Japan, so we'd probably be looking at 2026 or 2027 for a complete Heisei / Millennium set from Criterion.

Those rights have been expiring, and the last of what Sony holds expires pretty imminently, IIRC. The only title that's held in perpetuity is, I believe, King Kong vs. Godzilla, and Universal is very easy to work with.

Anyone have "Pamela Anderson, Cinephile" on their bingo card?
Have to be honest, I didn't expect her to have this level of knowledge with films - especially foreign films. Fellini, Godard, Bergman, Malle, Bellocchio, Kiarostami among her choices.
I'm impressed.

I have Thief on Criterion BD and on Arrow region B.

I don't think a 4K upgrade will really enhance the viewing experience.

I'd love it if they got Urgh! A Music War from the Warner Archives. For my money, still the best concert film ever made, and yes I've seen (and love) Stop Making Sense. There's a rumor that each band in the film had three songs filmed, and they only included the best one in the final print. But that means there's over four hours of incredible music on film if someone can dig deep into the vaults for them.

Even for those associated with trash cinema, they've taken acting classes and have studied film. Ultimately it doesn't surprise me at all. Like I once saw a one-man show starring Jeffrey "Herbert West, Reanimator" Combs and he commanded the stage for nearly two hours. You wouldn't think that considering all the schlock cinema he's done in his career.

Good Lord I've never been more attracted to her.

I really hate this giant fucking glasses trend. They look absolutely ridiculous.

Then I guess you're lucky they can't ask George Romero to do one of these Criterion Closet Picks...

Not unless they fix the horrible Director's Cut color grading, which is unlikely if they want to market it as being approved by Michael Mann.

There is a very short list of people that could/can get away with it.

George Romero - we're just used to it.
Dennis Taylor, purely for their functional purpose. He's a snooker player and needed them to be able to sight down the cue:

I wonder if Criterion could have pulled off a "Reiwa Era Vol 1" boxset by including, Shin Godzilla, the anime trilogy, the Singular Point series and Minus One. I would have bought the hell out of that.

Criterion posted the closet clip this morning. 1+1 = 2.

They’ve been doing press for a movie they’re currently in together.

My goodness, Juliette is still stunning. Can I elect to spend my time in the closet, with her?