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Chaplin's Modern Times (1939) will be released on both Blu-ray and standard DVD on Nov. 16th with plenty of extras.

http://www.criterion.com/films/27526-modern-times

Also coming on Blu-ray and DVD on 11/16 is The Night of the Hunter (1955)

http://www.criterion.com/films/27525-th ... the-hunter
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MichiganJ, thank you for the heads-up on the Night of the Hunter release.

I know of some Laughton fans who should be mighty pleased.

I think I'll add it to my own wish list. I'm not a huge admirer of the film, but the additional content sounds very interesting.
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Also for November (blu-ray)/December (standard DVD), this jaw-dropping box set:

America lost and Found: The BBS Story

http://www.criterion.com/boxsets/769-am ... -bbs-story

Like the rest of America, Hollywood was ripe for revolution in the late sixties. Cinema attendance was down; what had once worked seemed broken. Enter Bob Rafelson, Bert Schneider, and Steve Blauner, who knew that what Hollywood needed was new audiences—namely, young people—and that meant cultivating new talent and new ideas. Fueled by money made from their invention of the superstar TV pop group the Monkees, they set off on a film-industry journey that would lead them to form BBS Productions, a company that was also a community. The innovative films produced by this team between 1968 and 1972 are collected in this box set—works created within the studio system but lifted right out of the countercultural id, and that now range from the iconic (Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, The Last Picture Show) to the acclaimed (The King of Marvin Gardens) to the obscure (Head; Drive, He Said; A Safe Place).


With tons of extras

I think The Last Picture Show is the only one that Jack Nicholson wasn't involved with in some way ;)
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pvitari wrote:Also for November (blu-ray)/December (standard DVD), this jaw-dropping box set:
America lost and Found: The BBS Story
It's gonna be a very Criterion holiday in my household this year!
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January's Blu-Ray and Standard DVDs from Criterion

Jan 11:
Army of Shadows (1969)
Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)

Jan 18:
Shock Corridor (1963)
The Naked Kiss (1964)

Jan 25:
Broadcast News (1987)
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I know it's late, but just wanted to let members know that there's a big sale on Criterion titles at Barnes and Noble's website (I only recently found out about this myself).

Now that I'm making some money, I ordered the new edition of Modern Times, as well as the blu-rays of The Red Shoes and Black Narcissus (and I don't even have a Blu-Ray player...guess that'll be my Christmas wish). I also finally got the special editions of Trouble in Paradise and My Man Godfrey, which are prohibitively expensive if you're not buying on sale.

Essential Art House titles are marked down to $9.99 each, and shipping is free with a $25 order (though be prepared to pay tax on your order).

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On Blu-Ray and standard DVD in March

March 15:
Au revoir les enfants
Yi Yi (2000)

March 22:
The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)

March 29:
The Mikado (1939)
Topsy-Turvy (1999)

Also on March 22:
Eclipse Series: Silent Mikio Naruse
Includes:
Flunky, Work Hard (1931)
No Blood Relation (1932)
Apart From You (1933)
Every-Night Dreams (1933)
Street Without End (1934)
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Coming in June from Criterion on Blu and Standard DVD:

Black Moon (1975) Louis Malle--June 28
Insignificance (1985) Nicolas Roeg-- June 14
Kiss Me Deadly (1955) Robert Aldrich--June 21
The Makioka Sisters (1983) Kon Ichikawa--June 14
People on Sunday (1930) Robert Siodmak & Edgar G. Ulmer--June 28
Zazie Dans Le Métro (1960) Louis Malle--June 28
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MichiganJ - Great Idea for a thread. Thanks for starting it. I'm going to do heavy reading later on. Keep this up :!:
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Lots of great titles coming from Criterion in the next few months. Biggest surprise is Island of Lost Souls on both DVD and Blu-ray:
http://www.criterion.com/films/27861-is ... lost-souls

Don't forget that Barnes and Noble is having their 50% Criterion titles sale:
http://video.barnesandnoble.com/u/DVD-T ... 2Pid=32128
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I've been waiting for Island of Lost Souls for years! 8)

Cul De Sac (1966), my favorite Polanski, is also on its way in August!

http://www.criterion.com/films/27658-cul-de-sac
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Island of Lost Souls, a day after my birthday: It's a VERY good day! :D

I've already put in my order from B&N: Got The Great Dictator, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, and High and Low (Blu) coming soon!

Some Criterions I've managed to snag for a steal over the last few months from sites like Amazon, Half.com, Deep Discount, etc.:

*Pickup on South Street
*The Importance of Being Earnest
*Mr. Hulot's Holiday
*Magnificent Obsession
*Floating Weeds
*All That Heaven Allows
*Eisenstein: the Sound Years (with Alexander Nevsky and Ivan the Terrible)
*The Horse's Mouth
*Pandora's Box

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srowley75 wrote:Island of Lost Souls, a day after my birthday: It's a VERY good day!
Mr. Arkadin wrote:I've been waiting for Island of Lost Souls for years!
DVDBEAVER has a rave review of Lost Souls complete with screen-caps.

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film3/blu-ray_ ... lu-ray.htm
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I've taken a break from DVD buying for a bit, but when Christmas comes around (which won't be much longer- yikes), I'll definitely be looking at the sales and hoping that some of the newer Criterion discs are marked down. I'm not sure if the new Seijun Suzuki Blu-rays will be on sale by then, but hopefully they will be. I'll also be hoping I can finally snag The Night of the Hunter and 8 1/2 on Blu, as well as the new Island of Lost Souls. Doubt I'll spring for the Three Colors trilogy - I'd like to see it on Blu-ray, but I'm not sure about owning it, especially at that price.
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I highly recommend Night of the Hunter. The film looks gorgeous, and it includes the documentary Charles Laughton Directs "The Night of the Hunter", which is likely the best documentary on the making of a movie ever, and made me appreciate Laughton even more than I already did.

8 1/2 is also a great blu. Brief as her appearance is, Barbara Steele is stunning in HD.

For what it's worth, the word is that Barnes and Noble will be having their half off Criterion sale beginning the second week of November.
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