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La Jetee/Sans Soleil: BD Review

The movie that famously inspired Gilliam's 12 Monkeys gets the Criterion Blu-ray treatment....

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Tiny Furniture: BD Review

This mumbling polarizer of a movie arrives on Criterion Blu-ray, and it's true: You'll know whether you love or hate it before it hits the five-minute mark....

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Three Outlaw Samurai: BD Review

Criterion brings Hideo Gosha's first film to high-definition, proving that these on-screen outlaws aren't as rough-and-tumble as they should be....

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World on a Wire: BD Review

Thirty years before The Matrix came this epic three-hour sci-fi head trip from Rainer Werner Fassbinder, one of the more intriguing Blu-ray titles of recent months....

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Disc News Update 02.17

Unless you're a die-hard fan of Being John Malkovich or Putney Swope, Criterion's May announcements are pretty disappointing....

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Anatomy of a Murder: BD Review

The James Stewart/Lee Remick courtroom classic gets a lovely Blu treatment from Criterion....

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Vanya on 42nd Street: BD Review

Criterion gives some high-def love to Louis Malle's final film - one starring Julianne Moore and Wallace Shawn, among others - but is it worth the Blu-ray investment....?

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The Last Temptation of Christ:: BD Review

The controversial - and widely acclaimed - Martin Scorsese picture gets some high-definition love from Criterion....

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Letter Never Sent: BD Review

Criterion goes Blu with this rare Soviet import, but is it worth shelling out cash for a movie-only high-def edition....?

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The War Room: BD Review

As 2012 presidential campaigns begin hitting fever pitches, Criterion reaches back and offers up this intriguing, damning, and revealing doc on Bill Clinton's 1992 race to Washington...

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Disc News Update 03.19

Criterion's June Blu-ray lineup will be of particular import to Charlie Chaplin and Spalding Gray fans....

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David Lean Directs Noel Coward: BD Review

The first big Criterion Blu-ray box set of the year is a technical and cultural marvel, though these four David Lean pictures aren't exactly mandatory viewing....

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A Night to Remember: DVD Review

Criterion offers up a sensationally accomplished DVD edition of a Titanic movie that is so-so at best....

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The Best BDs of 2012 (So Far)

The first quarter of the year is behind us - let's geek out about its high-definition highlights so far....

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Disc News Update 04.17

Criterion's July announcements are its worst in months....

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The Organizer: BD Review

The Marcello Mastroianni labor drama is technically magnificent on Criterion Blu-ray, but is it worth its $30 price tag....?

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Late Spring: BD Review

Yasujiro Ozu's high-def Criterion debut is a knockout, a movie that remains as impressive - and heartbreaking - as ever...

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Eclipse Series 32 - Pearls of the Czech New Wave: DVD Review

A six-film collection of movies made in the swinging Czechoslovakian 1960s? Yeah, we're excited, too....

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Alambrista!: BD Review

"A prime reason ¡Alambrista! was important then - and is now - is because it balanced, deepened, and enriched our national conversation about immigration." - from Charles Ramirez Berg's BD booklet essay

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Being John Malkovich: BD Review

The brain-bending Spike Jonze curio gets the Criterion high-def treatment. Malkovich Malkovich, Malkovich MALKOVICH!

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La haine: BD Review

The gritty Vincent Cassel import gets a high-def scrubbing thanks to Criterion....

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A Hollis Frampton Odyssey: BD Review

"Come on, guys! Let's get a keg, some pizza, and a few girls, and... watch four and a half hours of experimental films from the 1960s and 70s...."

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Disc News Update 04.17

August looks to be another lackluster month from Criterion....

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Certified Copy: BD Review

Say what you will about the cinematic merits of this 2010 Juliette Binoche drama, but it looks and sounds gorgeous in high-definition....

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Summer Interlude: BD Review

A Criterion Blu-ray without a single bonus feature included? You must be joking....

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Summer With Monika: BD Review

The movie with the American tagline "Naughty and nineteen! The devil controls her by radar!" gets the Criterion Blu-ray treatment....

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The Gold Rush: BD Review

Another Chaplin classic gets the CC Blu-ray treatment, and the results are unsurprisingly exceptional.....

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Harold and Maude: BD Review

The 1971 Hal Ashby cult favorite with Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort finally rides its hearse onto Blu-ray....

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Shallow Grave: BD Review

This early Danny Boyle thriller starring Ewan McGregor is a trusty, almost giddily Hitchcockian treat in high-def....

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Disc News Update 06.18

Criterion's September slate: Fincher, de Sica, and a double-dose of Marcel Carne....

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Gray's Anatomy: BD Review

This acclaimed Spalding Gray monologue film is one of director Steven Soderbergh's more oblique and powerful efforts, especially in Criterion high-definition....

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And Everything Is Going Fine: BD Review

Steven Soderbergh's fifth film to receive the Criterion treatment is a brash, sad portrait of monologist Spalding Gray....

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The 39 Steps: BD Review

The early-career Hitchcock masterpiece hits Blu-ray and has never looked or sounded better....

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The Samurai Trilogy: BD Review

Based on the novel called Japan's Gone With the Wind, The Samurai Trilogy gets a long-awaited high-definition Criterion upgrade. But where are the bonuses....?

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Down by Law: BD Review

Jim Jarmusch heads to Criterion Blu-ray once again with this cult-adored jailbreak fable starring Tom Waits, John Lurie, and Roberto Benigni....

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Metropolitan: BD Review

The debutante world of Whit Stillman's directorial debut comes to life - for better and for worse - on this Criterion high-def edition....

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Disc News Update 07.18

Mia Farrow and a bad, bad baby head Criterion's list of October DVD/Blu-ray releases....

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Le havre: BD Review

The critically-acclaimed Aki Kaurismaki drama gets a zippy high-def debut from Criterion....

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Rosetta: BD Review

The Palme d'Or-winning drama by the Dardenne brothers gets a superb high-def Criterion release....

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La promesse: BD Review

The Dardenne brothers' first dramatic feature is an unassuming marvel on Blu-ray....

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Disc News Update 08.16

Criterion in November: Pasolini, Rashomon, and a forgotten Michael Cimino western.....

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Quadrophenia: BD Review

"Inside, outside, where have I been? / Out of my brain on the 5:15...."

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Eclipse Series 35 - Maidstone and Other Films by Norma Mailer: DVD Review

Norman Mailer proves to be adept at boxing, barking orders, and heavy petting with young Hollywood starlets on this new Eclipse box set....

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Lonesome: BD Review

Criterion gives some serious high-def sheen to Paul Fejos' long out-of-print silent-era melodrama....

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Umberto D.: BD Review

The Vittorio de Sica neorealist masterpiece gets a high-def brush-up....

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Disc News Update 09.18

Criterion's December Blu-ray line-up includes titles by Terry Gilliam and even Christopher Nolan....

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Les visiteurs du soir: BD Review

A lesser-known Marcel Carne melodrama gets the Criterion treatment, but how does it stand up compared to Children of Paradise....?

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Eating Raoul: BD Review

The Paul Bartel/Mary Woronov cult comedy classic finally gets the Criterion high-def presentation it deserves...

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The Game: BD Review

Michael Douglas goes through the ringer on this irresistible new Criterion Blu-ray edition of the David Fincher thriller....

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In the Mood For Love: BD Review

This Wong Kar-wai drama is perhaps the most astoundingly gorgeous (and boring) movie made in the last twenty years....

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