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She's Gotta Have It
Los Olvidados
The Fire Within blu-ray upgrade
Pandora's Box blu-ray upgrade

Le Samourai 4k
Trouble in Paradise BD
Saint Omer BD
The Straight Story 4k & BD
High and Low 4k

Blast of Silence [upgrade]
Eyes Wide Shut
Los Olvidados
Trouble in Paradise [upgrade]
Twin Peaks: The Whole Bloody Affair

Blast of Silence is coming. The page has gotten updated with a video. I hope they keep the cove art

Buttery Jeb wrote: Wed Sep 13, 2023 3:41 pm Jeanne Dielmann, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (4K UHD)

There's no 4K master of this, though I have to think one is in the offing. But if it is, I imagine it would get a splashy festival premiere and a Janus tour before Criterion released it.

The Fanciful Norwegian wrote: Fri Sep 15, 2023 3:42 pm

Buttery Jeb wrote: Wed Sep 13, 2023 3:41 pm Jeanne Dielmann, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (4K UHD)

There's no 4K master of this, though I have to think one is in the offing. But if it is, I imagine it would get a splashy festival premiere and a Janus tour before Criterion released it.

Good to know. I saw the new re-release poster on the Jeanne Dielmann thread and though a restoration had been done recently.

Announcements on Monday, with a shot posted from The Red Balloon.

Is it foolish to hope for a Red Balloon / Flight of the Red Balloon combo?

As in, the Albert Lamorisse film? You'd think that would be paired with Crin blanc (White Mane).

So we know 2 from the most likely 4. Any of the insiders (you and we know who you are ) want to drop the full load before Monday?

goblinfootballs wrote:Is it foolish to hope for a Red Balloon / Flight of the Red Balloon combo?

They typically don’t like to pair films with different licensing situations. Janus owns the Lamorisse, but I think IFC still has the rights for the Hou.

Well, the other day I had nothing except Blast of Silence, obviously, but the posting of a Red Balloon photo changes things. Criterion released a box of Pasolini the year after the centenary of his birth (cleverly deflected by the umbrella title Pasolini 101), but has nobody noticed that Lamorisse was also born in 1922? Given the lag time on the Pasolini, isn't it possible that something more than an upgrade could be in the works? And the films would be an ideal Christmas gift for kids.

Lamorisse collection
Blast of Silence
Mudbound
The Roaring Twenties

Red Balloon / White Mane
Flight of the Red Balloon
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Danny Deckchair

I'd been hoping for a 4K upgrade of BRAZIL in December, what with it being a Christmas movie and all, but I'm doubting it's gonna happen.

justeleblanc wrote: Mon Sep 18, 2023 11:10 am Red Balloon / White Mane
Flight of the Red Balloon
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Danny Deckchair

Marco Ferreri's The Man With the Balloons would be a real hoot

mteller wrote: Mon Sep 18, 2023 3:01 pm

justeleblanc wrote: Mon Sep 18, 2023 11:10 am Red Balloon / White Mane
Flight of the Red Balloon
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Danny Deckchair

Marco Ferreri's The Man With the Balloons would be a real hoot

While I'd prefer Storefront Hitchcock, I'd settle for an easter egg.

Sleuth... not because I expect Bristol Myers to become altruistic, but because
if a drop of rain keeps falling on a stone for a thousand years (in this case around the
middle of each month) it just might happen.

Ugh. More Del Toro.

He keeps the lights on at Criterion HQ

Only three?

It appears so. They’ve already sent out the email announcing December’s releases, so they don’t seem to be adding anything else.

But isn't there a possibility of more Criterion Contemporaries? I think the previous two announcements were made independently of the spine numbers.

I might be wrong, but I think the six Janus Contemporaries titles coming out in October and November are all of the films on their 2023 slate according to the original announcement. Plus, I would think anything else would stream on the Channel for at least a few months before getting a disc release.

My January, 2024 guesses are all long standing WB rumors:

Adam’s Rib
Petulia
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid 4K
The Sheltering Sky
Eyes Wide Shut 4K

Victims of Sin
World Cinema Project No. 5
Water Lillies
Army of Shadows [UHD]
Peeping Tom [UHD]
Lone Star [UHD]