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Febuary predictions:

The Devils Backbone
Badlands
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Pierre Etaix Eclipse Set

Upgrades

Tokyo Story
Au hasard Balthazaar
Picnic at Hanging Rock

On the Waterfront 2 disc bluray
Badlands
The Soft Skin
Jules and Jim (upgrade)
Tokyo Story (upgrade)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (upgrade)
some eclipse that isn't Pierre Etaix

Ministry of Fear will be April, Devil's Backbone middle of the year, and no way Emigrants/New Land comes before Badlands

Life of Oharu
Sansho (upgrade)
Y Tu Mama Tambien
another IFC title (probably Dumont's Hadewijch)
Etaix
Richard III (upgrade)

I just bought the French "Godard politique" box, so if a Dziga Vertov Group set is announced I'll take at least partial credit.

Badlands
On the Waterfront
Monsieur Verdoux
Madadayo
Y tu Mama Tambien
etaix eclipse

Oliver Twist new edition
Great Expectations new edition
Summertime new edition

I'm going to say...

Badlands
The Complete Pierre Étaix
The Kid with a Bike
Bicycle Thieves
Tokyo Story
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

vertovfan wrote:I just bought the French "Godard politique" box, so if a Dziga Vertov Group set is announced I'll take at least partial credit.

Thank you good sir.

Also Lili Marleen and Limite. I can hope.

Will they be releasing Dumont's Hadjewich at some point? I had not read about it earlier. It's a very good film, powerful. Underrated too, narrative of the film is quite different from Dumont's other work.

Hadewijch is:
- IFC, released originally about 3 months before Forgiveness of Blood
- a director who we know Criterion has rights to other titles
- has not been released by any other company yet (MPI, Zeitgeist, etc...)
...so I think that it is a pretty safe bet that it will be coming eventually

My predictions:

Jour de fete (+ Parade as bonus) (BD/DVD)
M. Hulot's Holiday (BD upgrade)
Mon Oncle (BD upgrade)
On the Waterfront (BD/DVD)
Tokyo Story (BD upgrade)
Y tu mama tambien (BD/DVD)

ryannichols7 wrote:no way Emigrants/New Land comes before Badlands

Because they both have "land" in the title? I guess the Troell films every month because they sit atop my wishlist and they've never been on DVD in North America. They've alluded to Troell getting something released, but remains uncertain if it really will be this pair - though I assume it has to be.

Was there confirmation on Kid with a Bike? I was starting to wonder why that hadn't been released here yet.

HistoryProf wrote: Because they both have "land" in the title?

I think it would be more for the reason that they're (at least last I heard) Warner titles and that Badlands is figured to be the first of any possible wave.

Does anyone know the chances of Criterion releasing any more early Ang Lee, specifically The Wedding Banquet or Eat Drink Man Woman? I thought MGM had EDMW, but I'm not sure.

For no reason at all, I predict a big month:

On the Waterfront
Paris nous appartient
The 47 Ronin
The Blob BD
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp BD
And God Created Woman BD

Eclipse: Pearls of the Czech New Wave Vol. 2

Edit: I'm feeling lucky. Let's also call for To Be Or Not To Be

I'm digging the optimism for Badlands

rwiggum wrote:Does anyone know the chances of Criterion releasing any more early Ang Lee, specifically The Wedding Banquet or Eat Drink Man Woman? I thought MGM had EDMW, but I'm not sure.

MGM does still have US rights for both, but I don't know if their deals with the Asia rights holders would preclude them outsourcing to Criterion.

Personally I'd rather see Yimou's Raise the Red Lantern licensed from MGM.

Predictions-

The Life and Death of Col. Blimp
The Thief of Bagdad
Badlands
The Naked Island
Y Tu Mama Tambien

Raise your expectations?

Criterion on Facebook wrote:Just wait until you see what we’re unveiling today...

The complete Joe D'Amato collection.

Badlands and Apu Trilogy?

The Complete Lost Films by Every Filmmaker Ever, including the one that Hollis Frampton left on the subway.

It'd be nice to see PTA announcement(s) to coincide with Oscar season and the home video release of The Master. But that could just be wishful thinking...

Apu Trilogy for sure. and Badlands. and Kid With A Bike.

"The Complete Gerard Butler Collection"

From the way they spoke about it at the Wexner talk, the Apu Trilogy may not make 2013 so I'd be stunned if it was announced today.

EDIT: Of course I didn't mean 2012