Huh?! As the reviewer, I too always thought the overall "bluish/green tint" was inherent to the source print and typical for the "cool" color scheme of particular this film.
Indeed, a can of worms...

I also like the Studio Canal version better, in the same way I preferred the BFI's tint to the Crit DVD. Along with the Tatis and Ozu titles with the exception of Early Summer, this is not a title that I'm going to double-dip for on the Criterion Blu.

looks like they struck a nice balance between the old version and the SC....so excited to see this!

By this point it's coming down to a matter of taste (if not the region one is in). I prefer the Optimum, as the greater bluishness seems to fit the wintry feel of the film. I think I recall the later UN FLIC being even bluer.

Well, yeah. And if you look at Le Samourai again, you'll see a blu-ish tendency in a lot of its scenes. Army of Shadows likewise. That's the way Melville apparently shot his color films.

And then, you look at the theatrical trailer for Un flic and find out it's not.

Same applies for Army of Shadows's trailer (at least on the BFI DVD) - you can see the pill in Jean Francois' bloodied hand and Gerbier in the restaurant swallowing paper. In the trailer, it's normal colour; but in the film, there's a blue/grey tinge.

What happened? Did the BFI Army of Shadows release go out of print, because I don't see it listed on the BFI website.

Yes, it went out of print and was reissued by Optimum/Studio Canal.

When Criterion released Pialat's L'Enfance-Nue in what appeared to be strange colors, far less pleasing than the MoC edition, a mjority of this forum readers showed a clear preference for the MoC version. Their views were not much altered when Criterion posted a justification for their choice as being closer to the "original intent". The argument is reversed when it comes to Le Cercle Rouge. Many have argued that they prefer the Sudio Canal version because it is closer to what they recall being Melville's intent. If no such information was brought into play, and the two versions were strictly evaluated based on which one seems to have a "better" image today (however an individual chooses to define that), I doubt if many would prefer the Sudio Canal image (my judgment - could be wrong). What I am bringing to attention here is more the consistency of criteria when evaluating competing versions than which one should be considered superior.

Not really, because lots of people have seen original prints of L'Enfance-Nue and regard Criterion's justification as crazy-in-the-coconut crazy (even the tattered, yellowed-with-age print I've seen was nowhere near as yellow as that). More than that Criterion's L'Enfance-Nue looks nothing like a film shot on Eastmancolor (MOC and the Gaumont's vivid red and blue look exactly like Eastmancolor) nor any other Pialat film. So it not a case of disregarding original intent, it is a case of disregarding Criterion's claim of recreating original intent.

On the other hand Studio Canal's Le Cercle Rouge steely blue bias is completely consistent with Melville's other films while Criterion's is merely consistent with reality.