Episode 76 – Michael Powell And Emeric Pressburger’s The Red Shoes

Ryan Gallagher — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 01:15:36 +0000

In Episode 76 of the CriterionCast, Ryan Gallagher, James McCormick, Travis George, and

Out Of The Vault! Disney And Criterion To Release Song Of The South

James McCormick — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 07:01:00 +0000

What started off as a rumor that in the world of films and rights negotiations, and usually would be scoffed at, has [...]

Catherine Reviews Peter Godfrey’s The Two Mrs. Carrolls [DVD Review]

Catherine Stebbins — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:51:26 +0000

Sometimes ideas are better left unfulfilled. A case in point; taking two of the biggest studio stars of all time, Humphrey Bogart [...]

Catherine Reviews Elia Kazan’s America, America [DVD Review]

Catherine Stebbins — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 07:05:05 +0000

Elia Kazan’s deeply personal and ambitious epic America, America is based on his uncle’s immigration to America from Turkey at the turn [...]

A Journey Through the Eclipse Series: Aki Kaurismäki’s Ariel

David Blakeslee — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 20:00:41 +0000

When it comes to ranking my favorite months of the year, there are none that I enjoy bidding good riddance to more [...]

Catherine Reviews Amy Hardie’s Edge of Dreaming [DVD Review]

Catherine Stebbins — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 07:37:32 +0000

How much stock do you put into your dreams? How much do you believe our reality impacts them? Do our [...]

Catherine Reviews Vincente Minnelli’s Two Weeks in Another Town [DVD Review]

Catherine Stebbins — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 07:14:39 +0000

Two Weeks in Another Town reteams key members from 1952’s The Bad and the Beautiful. These members are director Vincente Minnelli, actor [...]

Catherine Reviews George Cukor’s Two-Faced Woman [DVD Review]

Catherine Stebbins — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 23:29:21 +0000

“Garbo Laughs”: one of the most famous movie taglines of all time. In 1939, MGM paired up screen legend Greta Garbo, Melvyn [...]

Criterion Updates The Kes Cover Art

Ryan Gallagher — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 23:46:42 +0000

A couple days back, Criterion quietly updated the cover art for Ken Loach’s film, Kes, which is set to [...]

Criterion Announces New Solaris DVD & Blu-ray For May 2011, Selling Current Stock At 65% Off

Ryan Gallagher — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 05:01:41 +0000

This past Friday, Criterion dropped a nice little pre-announcement e-mail in all of our inboxes, letting us know that they will [...]

The Warner Archive Is Bringing The Herculoids And The Wonderful World Of The Brothers Grimm To DVD In 2011

Ryan Gallagher — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 07:26:45 +0000

As I’m sure you’re all well aware, we’re big fans of the Warner Archive here at the CriterionCast. They’ve managed to [...]

The Criterion Collection Has Three Reasons For Three Upcoming Releases

Ryan Gallagher — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:06:33 +0000

Over the past month, the Criterion Collection has been slowly releasing a series of minute long videos, highlighting “three reasons” why [...]

April 2011 Criterion Collection New Releases Announced!

Ryan Gallagher — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:16:02 +0000

It seems like only yesterday that I was writing about the amazing line-up that we’re getting from Criterion in March of [...]

Federico Fellini’s The Clowns Coming To DVD This February

Ryan Gallagher — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 23:19:25 +0000

While we all would like to see every film from Federico Fellini in the Criterion Collection, sometimes we just have to [...]

A Journey Through the Eclipse Series: Yasujiro Ozu’s Tokyo Chorus

David Blakeslee — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:00:30 +0000

Just a few days before the end of 2010, a great Japanese actress passed away. Hideko Takamine had spent the majority [...]

Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Inferno Coming To Blu-ray In March 2011, Thanks To Flicker Alley

Ryan Gallagher — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 19:34:08 +0000

One of the great, unfinished works of film history is Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Inferno. Last year director Serge Bromberg pieced together the [...]

David Fincher Confirms That The Game Is Returning To The Criterion Collection, Might Not Be Ready By Spring 2011

Ryan Gallagher — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 21:03:48 +0000

Earlier this week, Steve Weintraub over at Collider had the opportunity to sit down with Social Network director David [...]

Ryan’s Favorite Non-Criterion DVDs & Blu-rays Of 2010, Part 1: Box Sets

Ryan Gallagher — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 05:48:24 +0000

It was essentially one year ago, that our blog really started getting noticed around the internet, and it has been a [...]

America Lost And Found: The BBS Story DVD & Blu-ray Sets Currently 50% Off At Barnes And Noble

Ryan Gallagher — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 19:38:20 +0000

Break out those newly acquired Barnes and Noble gift cards, you now have something worth using them on! Books? Pshaw, I’m [...]

March 2011 Criterion Collection Titles Announced! Topsy Turvy, The Mikado, Harvey Milk, Yi Yi & Au Revoir On Blu, Naruse Eclipse Set!

Ryan Gallagher — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 19:00:45 +0000

Now that we’ve all seen the newly released Tree Of Life trailer in high definition, we can move onto the next [...]

Ryan Picks Ten Criterion Titles From 2010 That You Need On Your Wish List This Holiday Season

Ryan Gallagher — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 04:39:46 +0000

As we move closer to the end of the year, we move closer to “Top Ten List” territory. We have several [...]

A Journey Through the Eclipse Series: Chester Erskine’s Androcles And The Lion

David Blakeslee — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 20:00:50 +0000

I can’t explain why, it’s probably just some kind of buzz in the air these days, but this weekend I had [...]

Episode 60.3 – America Lost And Found: The BBS Story Bonus Episode – Discussion With Moisés Chiullan And West Anthony

Ryan Gallagher — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 19:22:28 +0000

A couple weeks back, the Criterion Collection released their largest, and arguably most important release of 2010. The “

An Account Of The Cronos Screening At The ReRun Theater In Brooklyn

Angie Han — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 06:00:02 +0000

[From the editor: A few weeks back we asked our friend, Angie Han, to join us on the

A Journey Through The Eclipse Series: Yasujiro Ozu’s Tokyo Twilight

David Blakeslee — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:00:06 +0000

For the past six months I’ve enjoyed sharing my impressions of various films featured in Criterion’s Eclipse Series of [...]

Speculation Round-Up: What I’m Hoping To Have Announced Tomorrow, For February’s New Criterion Collection Releases

Ryan Gallagher — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 19:00:42 +0000

So I know that the last few days have been rather quiet here on the CriterionCast front, and I hope to [...]

Check Out This Trailer For Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times, Available On DVD And Blu-ray Next Week From Criterion

Ryan Gallagher — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 04:58:52 +0000

Earlier this year, Criterion revealed that Janus Films had acquired the theatrical distribution rights to the Charlie Chaplin catalog, thus hinting [...]

Five More MGM Films Likely To Find A Home In The Criterion Collection

Ryan Gallagher — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 03:33:55 +0000

With the recent Criterion Collection e-mail newsletter hinting at an upcoming release of Brian De Palma’s Blow Out, I thought it [...]

House Contest Winners Announced

Ryan Gallagher — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 05:05:05 +0000

This past Tuesday saw the culmination of a years worth of coverage here on CriterionCast.com: the Criterion release of Nobuhiko Obayashi’s [...]

A Journey Through The Eclipse Series: Toshio Masuda’s Rusty Knife

David Blakeslee — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:00:58 +0000

I’m getting near to the end of my first complete cycle of reviews from the 24 box sets released (so far) [...]

Criterion To Lower Retail Prices On Several Titles This November

Ryan Gallagher — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 03:43:23 +0000

[UPDATE 11/2/2010: Apparently the price change hasn't gone into effect yet, I'm now being told the prices will drop on the [...]

A Journey Through The Eclipse Series: Roberto Rossellini’s Cartesius

David Blakeslee — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:00:23 +0000

We’re just past the middle of October, so with the semester roughly half over, it’s time for our midterm exam. Please [...]

January 2011 Criterion Collection Titles Announced

Ryan Gallagher — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 18:16:50 +0000

Well here we are, the 15th of October, and finally able to talk about what the Criterion Collection will be releasing [...]

Criterion Teases At Kore-Eda Hirokazu’s Still Walking Release On Facebook

Ryan Gallagher — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 20:03:47 +0000

Earlier today on their Facebook page, Criterion dropped a nice little tease in the form of a behind the scenes picture. [...]

David Reviews Ingmar Bergman’s The Magician [Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review]

David Blakeslee — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 17:16:22 +0000

I don’t know about the rest of you, but for me the release of a new Ingmar Bergman film is a [...]

Wacky Criterion Collection Newsletter Drawing Hints At Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas Blu-ray

Ryan Gallagher — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 20:44:37 +0000

This past week saw the release of Criterion’s monthly newsletter, once again complete with a cryptic image for the fans to [...]

A Journey Through The Eclipse Series: Dušan Makavejev’s Innocence Unprotected

David Blakeslee — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 19:00:07 +0000

For the second consecutive year, my hometown of Grand Rapids MI is hosting ArtPrize, a citywide art festival that [...]

Contest: Win A Copy Of The Upcoming Criterion Collection Release Of Obayashi’s House (Hausu)

Ryan Gallagher — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 19:32:37 +0000

As you all are well aware, we have been talking about the upcoming Criterion Collection release of Nobuhiko Obayashi’s 1977 film, [...]

Ryan’s DVD And Blu-ray Picks For The Week Of Tuesday, September 21st 2010

Ryan Gallagher — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 07:00:57 +0000

Another Tuesday has passed, another week of awesome DVD and Blu-ray releases to help relieve you of all of [...]

Guillermo Del Toro Visits The Criterion Collection Offices, Causes Mass Jealousy

Ryan Gallagher — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:00:31 +0000

While examining the supplemental materials for the upcoming Criterion Collection release of Cronos, Guillermo Del Toro was treated to [...]

The Criterion Collection, A Year In DVD And Blu-ray Artwork [UPDATED]

Ryan Gallagher — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 05:19:53 +0000

[Update! I forgot to include the Darjeeling Limited art from the collage, so look for an updated image later tonight. - [...]

A Journey Through The Eclipse Series: Alexander Korda’s The Private Life of Henry VIII

David Blakeslee — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:00:16 +0000

It’s a poor thing, to command in love.

Have you ever been to a Renaissance Faire? I’ve been to [...]

High Resolution Look At Guillermo Del Toro’s Cronos Criterion Collection Release

Ryan Gallagher — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 23:50:23 +0000

This past week Criterion announced the release of a long rumored title, Guillermo Del Toro’s Cronos. We’ll [...]

December 2010 Criterion Collection Titles Announced: Guillermo Del Toro’s Cronos, David Cronenberg’s Videodrome On Blu-ray, And The BBS Box Set On DVD

Ryan Gallagher — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:21:02 +0000

Here we are with the last Criterion Collection new release announcement for 2010, and there are a couple amazing releases to [...]

Ryan’s DVD & Blu-ray Picks For Tuesday, September 14th 2010

Ryan Gallagher — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:00:44 +0000

This week has a pretty impressive collection of DVDs and Blu-rays hitting the market, and instead of devoting individual reviews to each release, [...]

Joshua Reviews Scandar Copti And Yaron Shani’s Ajami [DVD Review]

Joshua Brunsting — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:00:36 +0000

Going into any year’s respective Oscar season, one area of Academy Awards is often unknown to the general public: the foreign [...]

Image Entertainment & Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Sign Multi-Year DVD/Blu-ray Distribution Deal

Joshua Brunsting — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:28:16 +0000

In the wake of the recent announcement of the upcoming Criterion Collection release of the “New Hollywood” box set, [...]

A Journey Through The Eclipse Series: Hiroshi Shimizu’s Mr. Thank You

David Blakeslee — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:00:05 +0000

Though I won’t assume anyone took special notice of the fact, I took last Monday off from writing a new installment [...]

Criterion New Release Tuesday: David Reviews Maurice Pialet’s L’enfance nue [DVD Review]

David Blakeslee — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:00:51 +0000

Greetings, CriterionCast readers. I’m writing to you today from outside my usual routine of blogging in the comfort of my own [...]

For All Mankind Wins Best Nonfiction Title From The Sixth Annual DVD Critics Awards

Joshua Brunsting — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 04:17:57 +0000

If there is one thing that anyone reading this website can get behind, it’s a special series of awards promoting the [...]

New DMCA Decisions Affects Online Video Usage

Joshua Brunsting — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:00:38 +0000

With the expansion of online video outlets like YouTube, and parody videos like the famous “Hitler reacts to”/Downfall videos, the U.S. [...]

Robert Altman’s Brewster McCloud: A Journey of Flight and Fowl [Warner Archive DVD Review]

Rudie Obias — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 04:34:16 +0000

The 1970s was the start of a golden age of American Cinema. Filmmakers like Martin Scorsese, Brian DePalma and Francis Ford [...]

James Reviews Joe Dante’s Piranha [Roger Corman's Cult Classics DVD Review]

James McCormick — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 03:56:23 +0000

If anyone has known me for many years, they’ll know that I’m an avid Joe Dante lover. And who can deny [...]

Joshua Reviews Science Is Fiction: 23 Films by Jean Painlevé [Criterion Collection # 467]

Joshua Brunsting — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 03:48:53 +0000

There are many things one could say about the Criterion Collection.

One could say that they are the single most important [...]

Criterion Collection New Release Tuesday: David Reviews Eclipse Series 23: The First Films of Akira Kurosawa

David Blakeslee — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:00:28 +0000

Today is the day that a select group of Criterion loyalists have been anxiously awaiting for nearly a year now – [...]

Lionsgate Acquires The Rights To Distribute Francis Ford Coppola Releases, Including A New Edition Of Apocalypse Now

Joshua Brunsting — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:22:21 +0000

Along with re-releasing older films in the ever growing library known as The Studio Canal Collection (which includes several previous Criterion [...]

BFI To Release Dual Format (DVD & Blu-ray) Ozu Titles, First Up: Early Summer, Late Spring, And Tokyo Story

Joshua Brunsting — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:28:07 +0000

Over the next three years, BFI is set to release one of the most extensive collection of films from one filmmaker [...]

A Journey Through The Eclipse Series: Yasujiro Ozu’s Early Spring

David Blakeslee — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:32:18 +0000

The world today isn’t very interesting.

Everyone’s dissatisfied.

You ought to try and have a good time.

Following last weekend’s general release of Christopher Nolan’s Inception, those of us who’ve seen it (and perhaps many who haven’t yet) [...]

Joshua Reviews Roger Corman’s Galaxy Of Terror And Forbidden World [DVD Reviews]

Joshua Brunsting — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:00:50 +0000

When people think of Roger Corman, they think of two things: camp filled films with copious amounts of blood and skin, [...]

First Look At The Paths Of Glory Criterion Art, Darjeeling Limited Artwork Not Final

Ryan Gallagher — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:55:41 +0000

Here we are again. For the second month in a row, Criterion has apparently gone forward with releases that it does [...]

Ten Criterion Collection Releases We’re Still Waiting For

Ryan Gallagher — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:00:44 +0000

With yesterdays announcement of the October releases, I thought it was about time to evaluate what has been hinted at over [...]

October 2010 Criterion Collection New Releases Announced: Seven Samurai Blu-ray, Ingmar Bergman’s The Magician, Stanley Kubrick’s Paths Of Glory, Nobuhiko Obayashi’s Hausu, And Wes Anderson’s The Darjeeling Limited

Ryan Gallagher — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:29:05 +0000

Here we are again: another mid-month Criterion Collection new release announcement, with some incredible titles to talk about. Many of today’s [...]

James Reviews Karen Shakhnazarov’s The Vanished Empire [DVD Review]

James McCormick — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:00:05 +0000

‘The Vanished Empire‘ came out of left field to this viewer, especially when it comes to a part of youth that [...]

James Reviews Aleksandr Sokurov’s The Sun [DVD Review]

James McCormick — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:00:34 +0000

A film that came out in 2005 to rave reviews during the Berlin Film Festival and is finally out on DVD [...]

Criterion Collection Newsletter Teases At Release of James L. Brooks’ Broadcast News

Ryan Gallagher — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 05:44:57 +0000

It seems like only yesterday, we were talking about Criterion’s e-mail newsletter hinting at an upcoming release of Charles [...]

Will Hulu Plus Affect DVD Sales? Not Quite Yet.

Joshua Brunsting — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:00:06 +0000

Being the go to name for anyone interested in the world of television, some have begun speculating that Hulu’s [...]

Criterion Hints At A Release Of Luchino Visconti’s 1954 Film, Senso, In A Post Remembering Peter Brunette

Joshua Brunsting — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 18:36:45 +0000

If there is particular area of writing that Criterion does better than just about 99% of other outlets, it’s the sort [...]

James Reviews Jim Jarmusch’s Mystery Train Criterion Collection Blu-ray New Release

James McCormick — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:42:45 +0000

“Was that a gun?”

“Probably. This is America.”

Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Mystery Train’ and I have had a tumultuous relationship with one [...]

James Reviews Pablo Larrain’s Tony Manero [DVD Review]

James McCormick — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:58:29 +0000

A man determined to not just emulate the character of Tony Manero portrayed by John Travolta in the 1977 film ‘Saturday Night [...]

As The Chain Video Rental Store Slowly Fades, A Redbox Amalgam Emerges In The Form Of MovieQ

Ryan Gallagher — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 03:28:17 +0000

Over the last several months, we have attempted to cover the unfortunate collapse of the chain video rental store, as well [...]

International DVD And Blu-ray Sales Dropping

Joshua Brunsting — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:27:40 +0000

With International markets seeming to do quite better than domestic markets when it comes to cinema, it appears as though that may [...]

Oscilloscope Laboratories To Release William Burroughs Documentary On DVD, Will Air On PBS’ Independent Lens

Joshua Brunsting — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 23:01:39 +0000

If there is ever a literary figure that has needed a documentary, it’s one William S. Burroughs, the author of such films [...]

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70 Criterion Collection DVDs And Blu-rays On Sale At Amazon.com

A Journey Through the Eclipse Series: Yasujiro Ozu’s I Was Born, But…