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I. BLU-RAY - ANNOUNCED TITLES: [Officially confirmed titles that have been indicated under way for a immediate release in the coming months on Blu-ray through website, press release, newsletter or blog]
FISH TANK - newsletter/blog confirmation (Last Update: 04/14)
FOLLOWING - facebook, article confirmation (Last Update: 09/09)
STILL WALKING - facebook, article confirmation (Last Update: 09/09)
SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS - blog, facebook (Last Update: 06/10)
VIDEODROME - blu-ray.com listed (Last Update: 07/10)
Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN - facebook, article confirmation (Last Update: 09/09)
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II. BLU-RAY - DISTINCT CERTAINTIES: [Titles that has been announced, but is yet to be formally confirmed for a immediate release in the near future.]
ANDREI RUBLEV - upgrade possible in future, not on schedule
AU REVOIR LES ENFANTS - listed among several titles that Criterion considered for Blu
BRANDED TO KILL / TOKYO DRIFTER - new transfers available, possible new reissues coming soon (Last Update: 12/09)
CHAPLIN - THE CIRCUS, A KING IN NEW YORK, MONSIEUR VERDOUX, THE GREAT DICTATOR, CITY LIGHT, THE GOLD RUSH, THE KID, A WOMAN OF PARIS, THE PILGRIM, as well as several shorts including SUNNYSIDE, PAY DAY, A DAY'S PLEASURE, THE IDLE CLASS, A DOG'S LIFE, SHOULDER ARMS and possibly others... (Last Update: 02/10)
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)
DOWN BY LAW - listed among several titles that Criterion considered for Blu
KWAIDAN - When this is issued, Criterion will release with 183-minute version final cut along with the director’s. Last Update: 11/09)
M. HULOT'S HOLIDAY - Playing in NEW PRINT, may appear in a Blu-ray upgrade/reissue in the near future
MON ONCLE - Playing in NEW PRINT, may appear in a Blu-ray upgrade/reissue in the near future
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)
PANDORA'S BOX - Possible, according to response on Facebook
RASHOMON - Playing in NEW PRINT, may appear in a Blu-ray upgrade/reissue in the near future
THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC - Possible, according to response on Facebook
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)
THE RULES OF THE GAME - Playing in NEW PRINT, may appear in a Blu-ray upgrade/reissue in the near future
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III. ANNOUNCED TITLES: [Officially confirmed titles that have been indicated under way for a immediate release in the coming months on DVD or Blu-ray through website, press release, newsletter or blog]
BROADCAST NEWS - announced in Criterion newsletter, may be released as Blu (Last Update: 07/10)
CRONOS - newsletter confirmation, may be released as Blu (Last Update: 09/09)
RED RIVER - Criterion: “could be” (11/09) - Sources say Criterion is working on this - Note: may be released as Blu (Last Update: 06/10)
THE FOUR FEATHERS - (Last Update: 11/08)
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IV. DISTINCT CERTAINTIES: [Titles that has been announced, but is yet to be formally confirmed for a immediate release in the near future.]
ALDRICH, ROBERT -
KISS ME DEADLY ("maybe" coming, not confirmed yet) (Last Update: 10/09) - Playing at ATP festival with Criterion credits (Last Update: 8/20)
BRESSON, Robert -
LE PROCES DE JEANNE D’ARC ,
THE DEVIL PROBABLY , (Last Update: 08/09)
A MAN ESCAPED (Last Update: 09/09)
BUNUEL, Luis -
TRISTANA (Last Update: 08/09)
COSTA, Pedro -
NE CHANGE REIN - Playing at ATP festival with Criterion credits (Last Update: 8/20)
DARDENNE Brothers, The - (“some definite possibilities”) (Last Update: 10/09)
DEMME, Jonathan -
SOMETHING WILD - Playing at ATP festival with Criterion credits (Last Update: 8/20)
DREYER, Carl Th. - (“some in the works” regarding his silents) (Last Update: 11/09)
DUMONT, Bruno -
L’HUMANITE, LA VIE DE JESUS (Last Update: 09/08)
ERICE, Victor -
EL,
QUINCE TREE SUN (Last Update: 10/09)
FASSBINDER, R.W. -
LILI MARLEEN , (“more Fassbinder”) (Last Update: 02/09)
FELLINI, Federico - (“more Fellini coming up”) (Last Update: 10/09)
FRANJU, Georges - a title is coming according to Criterion (Last Update: 10/09)
GODARD, Jean-Luc -
WEEKEND (Last Update: 09/09)
GOSHA, Hideo - more films coming soon (Last Update: 12/09)
KAURISMAKI, Aki - ("yes") to more films from the director (Last Update: 11/09)
KUBRICK, STANLEY -
THE KILLING (“50-50% chance“, “ask again in a few weeks”) (Last Update: 10/09) - Playing at ATP festival with Criterion credits (Last Update: 8/20)
MALLE, Louis -
ZAZIE DANS LE METRO, BLACK MOON (Last Update: 10/09) - Regarding Malle in 2010... "maybe" (Last Update: 12/09)
MELVILLE, Jean-Pierre - ("more Melville on the way") (Last Update: 10/09)
MENZIES, William Cameron -
THINGS TO COME (Last Update: 08/09)
OSHIMA, Nagisa - '
YOUTH TRILOGY ’ featuring
NIGHT AND FOG IN JAPAN, CRUEL STORY OF YOUTH, THE SUN’S BURIAL and A TOWN OF LOVE AND HOPE (Last Update: 06/09)
PASOLINI, Pier Paolo - ‘
TRILOGY OF LIFE: ’
ARABIAN NIGHTS, THE CANTERBURY TALES, THE DECAMERON (Last Update: 09/08)
RAY, Satyajit - (“we are trying”) (Last Update: 09/09) - regarding 'Apu Trilogy', ("patience is the name of the game") (Last Update: 12/09)
REISZ, Karel -
THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT’S WOMAN (Last Update: 08/09)
ROEG, Nicolas -
INSIGNIFICANCE (“working on them” (Last Update: 09/09)
ROSI, Francesco -
THE MOMENT OF TRUTH, (“more Rosi”) (Last Update: 10/09)
ROSSELLINI, Roberto - (INGRID)
BERGMAN-ROSSELLINI SET (Last Update: 09/09)
SIODMAK, Curt & Robert / Edgar G. Ulmer / Fred Zinnemann-
PEOPLE ON SUNDAY (Last Update: 09/07)
SJOSTROM, Victor -
THE PHANTOM CHARIOT (Last Update: 10/09)
SKOLIMOWSKI, Jerzy -
DEEP END (Last Update: 08/09)
STROHEIM, Erich von -
THE WEDDING MARCH (Last Update: 08/09)
TATI, Jacques -
JOUR DE FETE ,
PARADE (Last Update: 09/09)
VIGO, Jean -
L’ATALANTE, ZERO FOR CONDUCT (Last Update: 09/09)
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)
VISCONTI, Luchino - ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS[/b] (Last Update: 10/09)
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V. STALLED EX-CERTAINTIES: [Officially announced titles that have run into some kind of technical hitch and are now in limbo]
ANTONIONI, Michelangelo -
LA NOTTE - interview confirmation - “Problems finding elements for release” -
Source (Last update: 2007 -
IMDB Michelangelo Antonioni / 1961 / Italy / FranceCASSAVETES, 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)
SENSO (Last Update: 06/10) - Delayed (Last Update: 07/10)
VON 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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VI. UNOFFICIAL POSSIBILITIES: [Titles that haven't been officially confirmed or announced yet, but have been mentioned or linked to events/companies from various sources]
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)
Allen, Lewis -
THE UNINVITED ("maybe") (Last Updated: 12/09)
Bergman, Ingmar -
FARODOKUMENT 69/79 ("checking into these") (Last Update: 12/09)
Borzage, Frank -
HISTORY IS MADE AT NIGHT - (CC: "someday") (Last Update: 12/09)
Cavalcanti, Albero -
WENT THE DAY WELL - via Rialto Pictures
Clair, Rene -
I MARRIED A WITCH - (CC: "someday") (Last Update: 12/09)
Commencini, Luigi -
LO SCOPONE SCIENTIFICO - via Rialto Pictures
Davies, Terence - (“our first entry is not likely to be a big box“) (Last Update: 11/09)
De Palma, Brian - ("maybe a title" coming) (Last Update: 12/09)
Duvivier, Julien -
PANIQUE - via Rialto Pictures
Fincher, David -
THE GAME - "Outlook good" (Last Update: 01/10)
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)
Gainsbourg, Serge -
Je t'aime moi non plus - "someday" (Last Update: 06/10)
Gavras, Costa -
THE CONFESSION,
STAGE OF SIEGE (Last Update: 11/09)
Godard, Jean-Luc -
LE CARABINIERS, LE PETIT SOLDAT - via Rialto Pictures
Gremillion, Jean - ("good chance") (Last Update: 09/09)
Herzog, Werner - ("we'll see") (Last Update: 12/09)
Hellman, Monte -
RIDE IN THE WHIRLWIND, THE SHOOTING (Last Update: 09/09)
Hitchcock, Alfred -
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (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)
Kury, Diane -
ENTRE NOUS (a possibility) (Last Update: 09/09)
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)
Lang, Fritz -
MINISTRY OF FEAR ("maybe") (Last Update: 12/09)
Lean, David -
THE SOUND BARRIER - via Rialto Pictures
Leigh, Mike -
TOPSY-TURVY ("stay tuned") (Last Update: 12/09)
Linklater, Richard -
SUBURBIA (Last Update: 03/09)
Lubitsch, Ernst -
TO BE OR NOT TO BE (Last Update: 08/09)
Malick, Terence -
BADLANDS (Last Update: 01/10)
Melville, Jeanne-Pierre -
UN FLIC, LEON MORIN, PREIST - via Rialto Pictures
Ophuls, Max -
LETTER FROM UNKNOWN WOMAN (Last Update: 2009)
Polanski, Roman -
CUL-DE-SAC (“check back in few months”) (Last Update: 09/08)
Powell & Pressburger - more rarer films that have not been released (Last Update: 12/09)
Reed, Carol -
ODD MAN OUT (Last Update: 06/09)
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
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)
Sautet, Claude -
MAX ET LES FERRAILLEURS - via Rialto Pictures
Shima, Koji -
GOLDEN DEMON (Last Update: 11/09)
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
Soderbergh, Steven -
GRAY’S ANATOMY (Last Update: 11/08)
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 (maybe The Miracle of Morgan's Creek -- speculation) (Last Update: 01/10)
A TIME FOR DRUNKEN HORSES - Mentions by director’s
official website that the CC holds the rights to the film
Tavernier, Bertrand -
UN DIMANCHE A LA CAMPAGNE - via Rialto Pictures
Tsai Ming-Liang - ("looking into some") (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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LATEST AMENDMENTS / UPDATES:
(08/20/10) - Updated - SOMETHING WILD / KISS ME DEADLY / THE KILLING
(08/20/10) - Added - NE CHANGE RIEN
(08/16/10) - Deleted - announced November titles
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