Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

[Finch]

4k resto upgrade of Trouble in Paradise (I wish!)

[JakeStewart]

War and Peace
Swing Time
The Lusty Men
La Guerre est Finie
Pixote

[Bressonaire]

Ha, ha!! Frau Blucher and Movielocke, you slay me! Since it was suggested last month, before I could respond, that I am the (I thought mythical) Jon Mulvaney, I’ve done some soul-searching, and I’ve concluded that I read Criterion’s Instagram and Twitter threads too closely as well as scrutinize the New Year’s clue too much, and probably even mull over patterns in the announcements to an unhealthy degree. So this month I just have three guesses, and I’ll give you my reasons beforehand. Someone with a sharp eye observed a while back that Criterion is running through the New Year's Day clues quickly. That seems right, and that clue has two musicals, Swing Time and Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Now, what is Criterion’s history with musicals? They've pretty much ignored them. Box sets of Lubitsch and Demy; Threepenny Opera; and The Lure. All released far apart. For two to come along at the same time is extraordinary. I think they'll be released together, twinned as classic Hollywood musical/modern rock musical. My third choice is a Bergman upgrade, which I’ve guessed at before (Movielocke: I’ve been wrong on Bergman releases several times, in addition to The Gospel According to St. Matthew ). But the pattern since the Bergman box set announcement has been an upgrade almost every other month—the last ones came in December, February and March. Yet there were none announced for April or May, so the long stretch tells me a Bergman is likely. The rest of June is anybody's guess, so if I'm right about these, I'll still be only half right.

[domino harvey]

Come and See
King Lear
Klute
Koker Trilogy
Written on the Wind upgrade

+ Hedwig

[Omensetter]

Polyester
Clueless
Europa Europa
The Hour of the Wolf
War and Peace
Taste of Cherry

[Clarence]

• The Baker's Wife

• La Strada

• Until the End of the World

• Minbo

• The Cranes Are Flying

• The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice

[Close The Door, Raymond]

All About My Mother
An Angel at My Table
Happy Together
Klute
Polyester
War and Peace

[John Cope]

Koker Trilogy, please.

[domino harvey]

Considering it was supposed to come out in March, I wonder if it got folded into the rumored complete works box in the wake of the Bergman success

[domino harvey]

Ha, ha!! Frau Blucher and Movielocke, you slay me! Since it was suggested last month, before I could respond, that I am the (I thought mythical) Jon Mulvaney, I’ve done some soul-searching, and I’ve concluded that I read Criterion’s Instagram and Twitter threads too closely as well as scrutinize the New Year’s clue too much, and probably even mull over patterns in the announcements to an unhealthy degree. So this month I just have three guesses, and I’ll give you my reasons beforehand. Someone with a sharp eye observed a while back that Criterion is running through the New Year's Day clues quickly. That seems right, and that clue has two musicals, Swing Time and Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Now, what is Criterion’s history with musicals? They've pretty much ignored them. Box sets of Lubitsch and Demy; Threepenny Opera; and The Lure. All released far apart. For two to come along at the same time is extraordinary. I think they'll be released together, twinned as classic Hollywood musical/modern rock musical. My third choice is a Bergman upgrade, which I’ve guessed at before (Movielocke: I’ve been wrong on Bergman releases several times, in addition to The Gospel According to St. Matthew ). But the pattern since the Bergman box set announcement has been an upgrade almost every other month—the last ones came in December, February and March. Yet there were none announced for April or May, so the long stretch tells me a Bergman is likely. The rest of June is anybody's guess, so if I'm right about these, I'll still be only half right.

He did it again

[KJones77]

I think we should block everyone else from posting in this thread and only allow Bressonaire to guess.

[FrauBlucher]

[domino harvey]

Come and See
King Lear
Klute
Written on the Wind upgrade

+ Bengal Partition Trilogy

[yoloswegmaster]

Bengal Partition Trilogy
Bringing Up Baby
The Cameraman
Bamboozled
Irma Vep
Do The Right Thing (upgrade)

[soundchaser]

Klute
The Baker’s Wife
Bamboozled
The Cloud-Capped Star (skeptical it’ll be the whole trilogy)
Do The Right Thing (upgrade)

[Luke M]

Do the Right Thing
Come and See
Klute
Clueless
Cluny Brown

[KJones77]

Bamboozled
All My Good Countrymen
Klute
Dersu Uzala
Do the Right Thing (upgrade)
An Angel at My Table (upgrade)

[movielocke]

(Whoops edited instead of copied!)

[DeprongMori]

* Bamboozled
* Baron Munchausen
* Irma Vep
* Bengal Partition Trilogy (Cloud-Capped Star)
* Do the Right Thing (upgrade)
* Chungking Express (upgrade)

[Clarence]

• Do the Right Thing (upgrade)

• The Baker’s Wife

• 4 Films by Agnes Varda (upgrade)

• Minbo

• After-Life

• The Cameraman

[Blutarsky]

Do The Right Thing (upgrade)

Robinson Crusoe

The Baker’s Wife

The Cameraman

Random Upgrade/re-entry: Either Army Of Shadows, Z, Une Femme Est Une Femme or Viridiana.

Wishful thinking: Olympia stand alone

[dwk]

Do The Right Thing
Koker Trilogy
Mean Streets
1984
Klute

[Robespierre]

Whatever Bressonaire says.

[criterionsnob]

984: Four by Jia Zhangke
- 985: Xiao Wu
- 986: Platform
- 987: Unknown Pleasures
- 988: The World

989: Three by Leigh
- 990: High Hopes
- 991: Secrets & Lies
- 992: Career Girls

993: Claire Denis, Volume 1
- 994: Chocolat
- 995: No Fear, No Die
- 996: I Can't Sleep
- 997: US Go Home
- 998: Nenette and Boni
- 999: Beau Travail

[Toby Dammit]

I pray for a total surprise this month:
Pasolini's Teorema

Others titles
Koker Trilogy
Baron Munchausen
Klute
Polyester