dwk wrote: Mon Jun 09, 2025 3:47 pm
Kino still has Diva, and i think there was word/rumor that StudioCanal is doing a UHD of it, so I imagine that a US one from Kino will follow.
And the Kino Insider confirmed that they will be releasing Diva on UHD and re-releasing a new Blu-ray using the new 4K master.
You're all welcome, because I just bought the existing 2020 Kino, so it follows they would do this
kekid wrote: Wed Jun 11, 2025 7:35 pm
Who has rights to "Z"? Has this been released on UHD anywhere? (Region A does not even have it on Blu Ray - Don't understand what the holdup is)
Criterion's DVD was licensed from Roissy Films, but Roissy Films has since been sold to Gaumont. However, The Criterion Collection is still listed as the distributor for streaming versions on Apple TV and Amazon Prime Video, and the film is still available to rent or own that way. And it's streaming on Max. No idea why their DVD should have gone out of print, no BD issued, but they still appear to have the streaming rights.
Big Ben wrote: Sat Jul 27, 2024 3:09 am
It has the some of the most batshit insane Cinematography you'll ever see. Roger Ebert once described the experience as requiring a seatbelt. It rules. Criterion should absolutely be releasing it.
This was pretty cool. I'm not sure I've ever seen the camera capture the subjectivity of a hyper-vigilant child's anxious POV in a tumultuous environment so well as in the first short act. And then it goes on to emulate the romanticism, trauma, pain, serenity, spiritual friction, etc. throughout adulthood quite horrifically yet beautifully. I wouldn't say I loved it, but still can't wait to see what a 4K transfer can do to make this pop even more
Edit: LB tells me I already watched this and found it mediocre, sometime before creating an account four-plus years ago.. What a difference watching it in HD makes, I guess!
Responding to this a year late but I managed to catch a cinema screening of the new restoration and if you get the chance to watch it in the theater, please take it without hesitation. The images themselves are stunning to look at on the big screen but experiencing the film for the first time with the theater’s speakers turned the film into a sensory overloading masterpiece. I genuinely don’t know if any other film has sound design like this one and hearing it in a large theater only amplified its power into an almost spiritual experience even amidst all of the sorrow of the story.
Big Ben wrote: Sat Jul 27, 2024 3:09 am
It has the some of the most batshit insane Cinematography you'll ever see. Roger Ebert once described the experience as requiring a seatbelt. It rules. Criterion should absolutely be releasing it.
This was pretty cool. I'm not sure I've ever seen the camera capture the subjectivity of a hyper-vigilant child's anxious POV in a tumultuous environment so well as in the first short act. And then it goes on to emulate the romanticism, trauma, pain, serenity, spiritual friction, etc. throughout adulthood quite horrifically yet beautifully. I wouldn't say I loved it, but still can't wait to see what a 4K transfer can do to make this pop even more
Edit: LB tells me I already watched this and found it mediocre, sometime before creating an account four-plus years ago.. What a difference watching it in HD makes, I guess!
The rapturous experience of seeing SHADOWS OF FORGOTTEN ANCESTORS for the first time drove me to seek out more Parajanov films and eventually write a book on him...
I am slightly confused. We have tracks for Janus Films (which I gather mostly refer to films for theatrical release), Janus Contemporaries (now discontinued), and Criterion Premiers. If I am interested only in physical media, is Criterion Premiers the only place I should be looking at? Is there any place where Janus Films that are expected to show up either as mainline Criterion or Criterion Premiers are listed? Thanks!
Here’s the thread for speculation on future Criterion titles, but no one knows for sure what they’ll actually release until they announce it. Minkin keeps track of likely future Criterion releases, including Janus Films acquisitions, in this other thread.
For Criterion Premieres, you can expect that any contemporary film announced as an acquisition by Janus in this here thread will be released on that sub-label. But still, nobody knows for sure what they’ll release until Criterion themselves announce it.
beamish14 wrote: Wed Jul 23, 2025 10:24 pm
A decent poster, but I genuinely love the French one, which was actually painted by Juliette Binoche.
Agree 100%, Binoche's poster is a million times better. But Criterion have zero instinct or judgment when it comes to deciding which original artwork to use and which to discard.
domino harvey wrote: Thu Jul 24, 2025 1:52 am
I’m pretty sure they were being offered as a package deal. Now, whether Criterion rereleases the other ones, who knows
I hope they have the good sense to do Boy Meets Girl and Mauvais Sang as well, those both have a cultural cache and commercial quality to work as standalones, and the trio hangs well together. But I've given up trying to second guess this stuff. New poster is naff (what is with the weird chroma noise and digital blocking, are they trying to brace us for a shitty encode?). Old poster is fire (did not know Binoche did it.) Unpopular opinion: I'd rather Pola X than the first two, but I think that is still in fashionable 90's purgatory.
domino harvey wrote: Thu Jul 24, 2025 1:52 am
I’m pretty sure they were being offered as a package deal. Now, whether Criterion rereleases the other ones, who knows
I hope they have the good sense to do Boy Meets Girl and Mauvais Sang as well
To me it's a no-brainer in light of the Beineix and Audiard that they've released. But I also thought the Pialats meant Mes petites amoureuses was a lock. Hopefully the presence of Denis Lavant is a deciding factor.
