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I. CERTAINTIES: [Officially confirmed titles that have been indicated under way for a release on DVD]
AMERICAN CINEMA
Borzage, Frank -
HISTORY IS MADE AT NIGHT - (CC: "someday") (Last Update: 12/09)
Brakhage, Stan -
ANTHOLOGY VOL.II (3-disc set according to widow of Brakhage, featuring THE WONDER RING, THE DEAD, TWO:CREELEY/MCCLURE, 23RD PSALM BRANCH, SCENES FROM UNDER CHILDHOOD (PART ONE), THE MACHINE OF EDEN, STAR GARDEN, DESERT, THE PROCESS, BURIAL PATH, THE DOMAIN OF THE MOMENT, MURDER PSALM, DUPLICITY III, ARABIC 12, VISIONS IN MEDITATION 1-4, UNCONSCIOUS LONDON STRATA, BOULDER BLUES AND PEARLS AND, THE MAMMALS OF VICTORIA IN MEDITATION 1-4, FROM: FIRST HYMN TO THE NIGHT - NOVASLIS, I TAKE THESE TRUTHS, THE CAT OF THE WORM‘S GREEN REALM, YGGDRASILL: WHOSE ROOTS ARE STARS IN THE HUMAN MIND, ELLIPSIS #5, PERSIANS 1-3, CHINESE SERIES) (Last Update: 05/09)
Soderbergh, Steven -
GRAY’S ANATOMY (Last Update: 11/08)
Von Sternberg, Josef -
UNDERWORLD, THE DOCKS OF NEW YORK (“not on schedule”) (Last Update: 08/09)
Chaplin, Charles - “in talks” for his film library for future releases (Last Update: 09/09)
Clair, Rene -
I MARRIED A WITCH - (CC: "someday") (Last Update: 12/09)
Ford, John -
STAGECOACH Hellman, Monte -
RIDE IN THE WHIRLWIND, THE SHOOTING (Last Update: 09/09)
Hitchcock, Alfred -
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (Last Update: 12/09)
Jarmusch, Jim -
MYSTERY TRAIN (Last Update: 08/09)
Linklater, Richard -
SUBURBIA (Last Update: 03/09)
Lubitsch, Ernst -
TO BE OR NOT TO BE (Last Update: 08/09)
Ophuls, Max -
LETTER FROM UNKNOWN WOMAN (Last Update: 2009)
Stroheim, Erich von -
THE WEDDING MARCH (Last Update: 08/09)
ASIAN CINEMA
Gosha, Hideo - more films coming soon (Last Update: 12/09)
Koreeda, Hirokazu -
STILL WALKING (Last Update: 09/09)
Obayashi, Nobuhiko -
HAUSU (coming in 2010) (Last Update: 09/09)
Oshima, Nagisa -
MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR. LAWRENCE , (“working on them”) (Last Update: 09/09) ‘
YOUTH TRILOGY ’ featuring
NIGHT AND FOG IN JAPAN, CRUEL STORY OF YOUTH, THE SUN’S BURIAL (Last Update: 06/09)
Ozu, Yasujiro - more coming "soon" (Last Update: 12/09)
Shima, Koji -
GOLDEN DEMON (Last Update: 11/09)
BRITISH CINEMA
Davies, Terence - (“our first entry is not likely to be a big box“) (Last Update: 11/09)
Korda, Zoltan -
THE FOUR FEATHERS (Last Update: 11/08)
Menzies, William Cameron -
THINGS TO COME (Last Update: 08/09)
Nolan, Christopher -
FOLLOWING (Last Update: 09/09)
Powell & Pressburger - more rarer films that have not been released (Lsat Update: 12/09)
Reed, Carol -
ODD MAN OUT,
NIGHT TRAIN TO MUNICH (“next year” (2010)) (Last Update: 06/09)
Reisz, Karel -
THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT’S WOMAN (Last Update: 08/09)
Roeg, Nicolas -
INSIGNIFICANCE (“working on them” (Last Update: 09/09)
Skolimowski, Jerzy -
DEEP END (Last Update: 08/09)
EASTERN EUROPEAN CINEMA
Kusturica, Emir - (“better than average chance” for a title from him) (Last Update: 10/09) - ("we agree it's time" regarding Kusturica) (Last Update: 12/09)
FRENCH/BELGIAN CINEMA
Bresson, Robert -
LE PROCES DE JEANNE D’ARC ,
THE DEVIL PROBABLY , (Last Update: 08/09)
A MAN ESCAPED (Last Update: 09/09)
Dardenne Brothers, The - (“some definite possibilities”) (Last Update: 10/09)
Dumont, Bruno -
L’HUMANITE, LA VIE DE JESUS (Last Update: 09/08)
Franju, Georges - a title is coming according to Criterion (Last Update: 10/09)
Gavras, Costa -
THE CONFESSION,
STAGE OF SIEGE (Last Update: 11/09)
Godard, Jean-Luc -
WEEKEND (Last Update: 09/09)
Gremillion, Jean - ("good chance") (Last Update: 09/09)
Kechiche, Abdel -
SECRET OF THE GRAIN (Last Update: 09/09)
Kury, Diane -
ENTRE NOUS (a possibility) (Last Update: 09/09)
Malle, Louis -
ZAZIE DANS LE METRO, BLACK MOON (Last Update: 10/09) - Regarding Malle in 2010... "maybe" (Last Update: 12/09)
Melville, Jean-Pierre -
LEON MORIN, PRESTRE, ("more Melville on the way") (Last Update: 10/09)
Pialat, Maurice -
NAKED CHILDHOOD (not on schedule), (“more on tap“) (Last Update: 09/09)
Renoir, Jean -
THE CRIME OF MONSIEUR LANGE , (Last Update: 06/08)
A DAY IN THE COUNTRY (Last Update: 09/08)
Rivette, Jacques -
PARIS BELONGS TO US, FOOL‘S MATE,
OUT 1 (“not out of question“), (“overdue… We know. We really do. And we want you to by happy”) (Last Update: 09/09)
Tati, Jacques -
JOUR DE FETE ,
PARADE (Last Update: 09/09)
Vigo, Jean -
L’ATALANTE, ZERO FOR CONDUCT (Last Update: 09/09)
GERMAN/AUSTRIAN CINEMA
Fassbinder, R.W. -
LILI MARLEEN , (“more Fassbinder”) (Last Update: 02/09)
Siodmak, Curt & Robert / Edgar G. Ulmer / Fred Zinnemann-
PEOPLE ON SUNDAY (Last Update: 09/07)
Wenders, Wim - ‘
ROAD MOVIE TRILOGY ‘:
ALICE IN THE CITIES (confirmed earlier),
WRONG MOVE, KINGS OF THE ROAD (“no fun trying to keep secrets from you people“) (“we’re on a Wenders bender, and this isn’t the end of it”) (Last Update 10/09)
INDIAN CINEMA
Ray, Satyajit - (“we are trying”) (Last Update: 09/09) - regarding 'Apu Trilogy', ("patience is the name of the game") (Last Update: 12/09)
ITALIAN CINEMA
Antonioni, Michelangelo -
RED DESERT (Last Update: 11/08)
Fellini, Federico - (“more more Fellini coming up”) (Last Update: 10/09)
Pasolini, Pier Paolo - ‘
TRILOGY OF LIFE: ’
ARABIAN NIGHTS, THE CANTERBURY TALES, THE DECAMERON (Last Update: 09/08)
Rosi, Francesco -
THE MOMENT OF TRUTH, (“more Rosi”) (Last Update: 10/09)
Rossellini, Roberto - (INGRID)
BERGMAN-ROSSELLINI SET (Last Update: 09/09)
Visconti, Luchino -
SENSO, ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS (Last Update: 10/09)
LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA
Cuaron, Alfonso -
Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN (coming late 2010) (Last Update: 09/09)
Del Toro, Guillermo -
CRONOS (Last Update: 09/09)
MIDDLE EASTERN CINEMA
Kiarostami, Abbas -
CLOSE-UP (Last Update: 09/09)
SCANDINAVIAN CINEMA
Bergman, Ingmar -
FACE TO FACE (Last Update: 2009)
Dreyer, Carl Th. - (“some in the works” regarding his silents) (Last Update: 11/09)
Kaurismaki, Aki - ("yes") to more films from the director (Last Update: 11/09)
Sjostrom, Victor -
THE PHANTOM CHARIOT (Last Update: 10/09)
Troell, Jan -
EVERLASTING MOMENTS (Last Update: 09/09)
Von Trier, Lars - (“more von Trier” coming) (Last Update: 10/09)
SPANISH CINEMA
Bunuel, Luis -
TRISTANA (Last Update: 08/09)
Erice, Victor -
EL,
QUINCE TREE SUN (Last Update: 10/09)
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II. STALLED EX-CERTAINTIES: [Officially announced titles that have run into some kind of technical hitch and are now in limbo]
Cassavetes, John -
LOVE STREAMS (Criterion wants to work on, not confirmed yet) (Last Update: 10/09) - (“We're trying to free it up, but there is some kind of obstruction, and we haven't been able to get detailed information about precisely what it is, yet. Maybe music clearances... Stay tuned.”) Last Update: 11/09)
Feyder, Jacques -
CARNIVAL IN FLANDERS (“materials are stuck”) (Last Update: 10/09)
Kenton, Erle C. -
ISLAND OF LOST SOULS (“problem from mastering propective, don’t hold your breath just yet”) (Last Update: 10/09)
LA NOTTE - interview confirmation - “Problems finding elements for release” -
Source (Last update: 2007 -
IMDB Michelangelo Antonioni / 1961 / Italy / FranceVon Sternberg, Josef -
SHANGHAI EXPRESS (Last Update: 06/08) - Missing footage issues (Last Update: 11/09)
Yang, Edward -
A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY (Last Update: 06/09) - Permission/Licensing problems (Last Update: 11/09)
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III. DISTINCT POSSIBILITIES: [Titles that haven't been officially confirmed yet, but have been mentioned or linked to events/companies from various sources]
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4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, 2 DAYS, ("we'll see") (Last Update: 12/09)
1991: THE YEAR PUNK BROKE - Screened by Criterion at the ATP festival in New York - According to private source, this is under negotiations and too early to assume a release at the moment (Last Update: 05/08)
Aldrich, Robert -
KISS ME DEADLY ("maybe" coming, not confirmed yet) (Last Update: 10/09)
Allen, Lewis -
THE UNINVITED ("maybe") (Last Updated: 12/09)
Bergman, Ingmar -
FARODOKUMENT 69/79 ("checking into these") (Last Update: 12/09)
De Palma, Brian - ("maybe a title" coming) (Last Update: 12/09)
Ford, John -
THE QUIET MAN (“no immediate plan”) (Last Update: 09/09)
Forman, Milos -
BLACK PETER,
TAKING OFF (CC: "yes") (Last Update: 12/09)
Fuller, Samuel -
PARK ROW (“we’re trying” (rights that is)) (Last Update: 10/09)
Hawks, Howard -
RED RIVER - regarding Criterion picking this up for release, (“could be”) (Last Update: 11/09)
Herzog, Werner - ("we'll see") (Last Update: 12/09)
Hou Hsiao-hsien - ("possibility, yes") (Last Update: 12/09)
Huston, John -
THE MISFITS (“50-50% chance”) (Last Update: 10/09)
Khan, Mehbook -
MOTHER INDIA (Criterion is trying to get this) (Last Update: 10/09)
Kubrick, Stanley -
PATHS OF GLORY (“50-50% chance“),
THE KILLING (“50-50% chance“, “ask again in a few weeks”) (Last Update: 10/09)
Lang, Fritz -
MINISTRY OF FEAR ("maybe") (Last Update: 12/09)
Laughton, Charles -
NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (“it’s high on our list, but not 100% sure thing yet”) (Last Update: 09/09)
Leigh, Mike -
TOPSY-TURVY ("stay tuned") (Last Update: 12/09)
Malick, Terence -
BADLANDS (Last Update: 10/09)
Polanski, Roman -
CUL-DE-SAC (“check back in few months”) (Last Update: 09/08)
Potters, Sally -
ORLANDO ("patience") (Last Update: 12/09)
REGGIO’S “QATSI” TRILOGY (Koyaanisqatsi / Powaqqatsi / Naqoyqatsi) - The director said the Criterion plans to release this at an showing of the films (Last Update: 05/08
Siodmak, Robert -
CRY OF THE CITY and
THE FILE ON THELMA JORDON- According to an issue of
The Sentinel, 2Oth Century Fox says these are coming from Criterion
Stillman, Walt -
BARCELONA - (CC: "maybe" ) (Last Update: 11/09)
Sirk, Douglas - regarding more Sirk, ("hope so") (Last Update: 12/09)
Sturges, Preston - a Sturges title (Last Update: 01/10)
A TIME FOR DRUNKEN HORSES - Mentions by director’s
official website that the CC holds the rights to the film
Tsai Ming-Liang - ("looking into some") (Last Update: 12/09)
Van Sant, Gus -
PARANOID PARK - ("we'll see") (Last Update: 12/09)
Welles, Orson -
MACBETH - ("possible") (Last Update: 12/09)
Wexler, Haskell -
Medium Cool - ("medium") (Last Update: 12/09)
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IV. REMASTERS: [Titles that are in the CC that is said to be re-issued because new, better materials have come to light in the years since initial release]
ANDREI RUBLEV - blog, email to member confirmation - “No one is currently assigned to these, so we shouldn’t expect them anytime soon, earliest over a year from now (2006)” -
CriterionBLACK NARCISSUS - email to member confirmation - Still in-talks/consideration for special edition, no confirmed street date (Last Update: 09/08 -
Criterion BLACK ORPHEUS - May come in the future (Last Update: 11/09)
DAVID LEAN SET - According to a strong private academic source, Criterion is working on a David Lean set, no details on the contents, but the former Criterions are likely to get re-issued (Last Update: 09/08
DIABOLIQUE - email to member confirmation - Release on schedule, no sure street date yet (Last Update: 02/09) -
Criterion KWAIDAN - When this is issued, Criterion will release with 183-minute version final cut along with the director’s. Last Update: 11/09)
PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK - director confirmation (Source:
DVD Talk Radio), email to member confirmation - “We do plan to re-release this title at some point, but a specific date has not yet been scheduled” (Last Update: 09/08 -
Criterion RASHOMON - email to member confirmation - “I suspect at some point we may revisit it, but it’s not on the schedule” - new restoration has been done (Last Update: 05/08 -
Criterion SAMUEL FULLER -
NAKED KISS / SHOCK CORRIDOR - email to member confirmation - “There’s no specific date schedules for the re-release at this time (and those two titles haven’t been taken out-of-print yet), but it is something that’s in the works” - “Both are in works for a 2008 re-release“ (Last Update: 09/07 -
IMDB Naked Kiss /
Shock CorridorSUZUKI, SEIJUN -
BRANDED TO KILL/TOKYO DRIFTER - new transfers available, possible new reissues coming soon (Last Update: 12/09)
TATI, JACQUES -
MON ONCLE/M. HULOT'S HOLIDAY - new transfers available, possible new reissues coming soon (Last Update: 12/09)
WALKABOUT - newsletter confirmation - “Will re-issue this in all new anamorphic edition with new supplemental material” - ALSO COMING IN BLU-RAY
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