Please, no more Kurosawa for at least another 6 months.

I love Kurosawa, but got to admit that Criterion has a big hard-on for him.

I'd imagine Leon Morin (Melville) will eventually see a release-- maybe later in the year or early next year. I saw a terrific Rialto print of it last year and enjoyed the film a lot. Belmondo and Riva are outstanding together. Loved seeing Belmondo in an atypical role.

I can't remember seeing it mentioned on these boards so I thought I'd share that bit of information.

JUNE 2010:
Mystery Train DVD & BR
Red Shoes BR
Cronos or Following DVD & BR
AND
Kurosawa (Madadayo?)
IFC film (Everlasting Moments?)
(Japanese) Eclipse set?

Argh! Have you ever seen any watchable "Madadayo"-disc outside the Ak100-set? This is my most desired CC title for this year for sure, even if I wouldn't mind an Eclipse set with those unreleased early films either.

Red Desert and I'll be happy.

Isn't Leon Morin controlled by StudioCanal? That makes a Criterion release a lot to hope for.

not to mention they've pretty much promised Mystery Train and Red Desert for summer releases too

Can someone confirm/deny this?

I hope to God Studio Canal doesn't own this one. It already pains me that they own some Melvilles

The BFI issue of Leon Morin has a Studio Canal logo on the back cover.

Studio Canal definitely own "Leon Morin". It's in their Melville box set, and the disc and extras are identical to the BFI.
There's probably no chance of any more Melville from Criterion in the near future, because, aside from the ones they have already released, the rest are owned by Studio Canal.
Why worry anyway? The SC Melville's are all good transfers with plenty of extras, featuring commentaries by the excellent Ginette Vincendeau.

Le Samurai on blu would be quite welcome!

I asked specifically about Leon Morin and Mulvaney said no dice. This was about 6 months ago. There wasn't even a "keeps your fingers crossed" or anything like that.

Seconded. The whole Criterion-Studio Canal upheaval on this forum (see thread StudioCanal Snatches It All Away) is very 'emotional attached'.

Even though I despise blu ray very, very much this is a wonderful idea and at most I would definitely a blu of samourai to watch at my friend's who owns a PS3

Um, what?

Those discs are too blue!

I presume a picture of a thin red lion in Criterion's latest newsletter can be considered official confirmation that The Thin Red Line is coming soon, and in Blu.

More emoticon-only posts, please

Not only that, but the Short Cuts reissue is actually just a new translucent keep case and Wacky C adorned liner. The disc is the same as the first printing.

Up until today, IMDB had Criterion as having the 2010 distribution rights to The Four Feathers, but now no it's no longer listed on there But they do have Von Sternberg's Underworld and The Docks of New York as CC titles

They also have The Last Command.

Keep watching.