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[A Tempted Christ]

Kojima in the closet

[FrauBlucher]

Yo La Tengo threatens to never leave the closet

[therewillbeblus]

Yo La Tengo threatens to never leave the closet

Based on what they’ve been busting out, wouldn’t be surprised to see a Carrie Nations cover tonight

[jazzo]

Could be signalling the long-rumoured Adventureland release

[therewillbeblus]

Could be signalling the long-rumoured Adventureland release

Ha - well Junebug would be great, but they just left Boston and had a day before playing in NY tonight so I wouldn't make anything out of it

[dustybooks]

If there is a YLT-related release coming it could also potentially be a Painleve upgrade, or a collection of Hubley short films (especially since the latter was already prepped, with extras, on the Channel).

[FrauBlucher]

While we're suggesting guesses for their visit I'll throw out a long shot, I'm Not There

[brundlefly]

Roger Corman, bagging free footage.

[Maltic]

Roger Corman, bagging free footage.

Worthwhile closet clip, for once.

[Matt]

Somebody let swo17* into the Criterion Closet



*Jason Schwartzman, who has great taste and seems very charming in real life

[swo17]

Yes, those are the two ways you can tell us apart

[FrauBlucher]

Gael Garcia Bernal in the closet

[FrauBlucher]

Nuri Bilge Ceylan in the closet

[dwk]

Criterion posted a pic of Tim Blake Nelson in the closet. I know these usually don't correspond to a release, but hopefully that isn't the case this time and he was there to shoot an interview for The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.

[FrauBlucher]

That would be great. But it could also be for a b&w cut of Del Toro's Nightmare Alley which has been rumored

[Finch]

Oh God please, anything but Nightmare Alley. Buster Scruggs would be a nice rescue from the Netflix vault and it's not had any physical disc release unlike the Del Toro.

[therewillbeblus]

Let the tastes diverge! I'd take either Heavyweights or Leaves of Grass over both of those getting announced, even if as an extra sixth title

[CSM126]

del Toro already said Nightmare Alley is forthcoming, didn’t he? Could be that.

[Matt]

Tim Blake Nelson is barely in Nightmare Alley, right? He’s just credited as “carny boss.” Anyway, they let anybody in that closet now. It’s just a mutual promotion gimmick and probably should no longer be considered an indicator of anything.

[mteller]

A UHD of O Brother Where Are Thou would be quite welcome

[CSM126]

A UHD of O Brother Where Are Thou would be quite welcome

O Brother had a fairly low-resolution digital intermediate, didn’t it? I doubt Criterion would want to upscale that. They get enough flack for the encoding of movies with true 4K masters.

[therewillbeblus]

I don't think they care, it'd sell so many copies to Coen and Criterion and general UHD format acolytes

[dwk]

... It’s just a mutual promotion gimmick and probably should no longer be considered an indicator of anything.

Yeah, as I said, it almost never has anything to do with releases, except when it does. Which is almost never. I really miss when it was a hint at titles in the works, since we get no clues anymore, it would be cool if it went back to being that.

[Grand Wazoo]

If Criterion gave us The Grey Zone they can release as many Nightmare Alleys as they want.

[willoneill]

That would be great. But it could also be for a b&w cut of Del Toro's Nightmare Alley which has been rumored

This is already available to watch on Disney+. It's been there for a while, I think.