HarryArchieGus Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 2 hours ago, Contentious C said: I had $40 in gift codes saved up, so I got the Three Colors trilogy in 4K and The Night Porter. Wow, I didn't realize those could be combined. Excellent selections BTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted October 18, 2023 Author Share Posted October 18, 2023 Three Colors Trilogy is awesome along with Double Life of Veronique, which might be my favorite of Kieslowski's. I'm almost tempted to bite on the Flash Sale, because I haven't bought a Criterion release in years. I used to crush those sales, and got a point where I had almost everything I wanted. Then I started to branch out to other companies to round out the collection, a man cannot live on Criterions alone, I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 I'm surprised Trainspotting in particular hasn't had a Criterion yet. Even though I've seen it countless times I might buy it just for the extras. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 I’m intrigued by Arrow’s Coffin Joe boxset, but I’ve never heard if any of the films after the first two are worth the watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 Oh man. Awakenings of the Beast is an absolute mindfuck, one of the craziest films ever. I think I rented The Strange World of Coffin Joe too? It's been a long time. Embodiment of Evil was basically a modern version of the first two Coffin Joes IIRC, so just really disgusting. It took me forever to find it and I can't remember if I watched the whole thing either; it was snagged off Soulseek I think. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 Just thought about this: Joe Dante's Trailers from Hell site has a subsection called Cinesavant that reviews new DVD/BluRay/4K releases in case you're looking for current updates with some words about the features. Glenn Erickson does the majority of reviews and he's an old editor who's been around forever, so has some interesting stories and perspectives. There's a lot of genre stuff that gets reviewed. https://trailersfromhell.com/Author/dvd-savant/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Vinegar Syndrome now has a brick and mortar in Toronto Spoiler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Sheldon Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 I haven't done any woodwork in a long time, but damn if I don't want to make a coffin for some of my discs now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 Criterion sale at Barnes & Noble is live, friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Sheldon Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 Amazon has changed to release date for Inside the Mind of Coffin Joe to January 16, 2024. It was to be released next week. I was so looking forward to Coffin Joe for Thanksgiving break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 (edited) Sorry bud. With the elaborateness of the set, it'll be worth the wait, I'm sure. However I bet it scraps some people's Xmas purchases. That's also unfortunate, not just for them but for Arrow. Edited November 16, 2023 by Curt McGirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 https://www.fangoria.com/original/james-cameron-aliens-4k-release-in-2024/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 https://www.rogerebert.com/streaming/jackie-chan-emergence-of-a-superstar-is-essential-for-fans-of-the-legendary-star A review of Criterion's Jackie Chan boxset Emergence of a Superstar. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted December 3, 2023 Author Share Posted December 3, 2023 So for the first time I now have a catalogue of all my movies that I can search through. This week I discovered Tellico which is a collector's app that pulls metadata from online databases. It can be used for different mediums - books, music, comics and movies. And it's free. Adding movies was so easy and you can generate reports from the metadata you collect from The Movie Database or IMDB. So now I can see a bar graph that tells me what year has produced the most films in collection. My Top 5 Years of Production in my Collection 5. 1967 4. 1986 3. 1974 2. 1972 1. 1989 Which was kind of surprising. According to my bar graph I have a lot of late 60's early 70's, but dip between 75 and 1983. Then I peak again for the mid 80's and early 90's, before dipping again around 1995 until 2003. That's kinda funny that both lulls start in the middle of the decade and last the same amount of time. I don't know what it means, but it's fascinating to look at. Some of the other data is skewed by box sets. For example: My Top 5 Actors are.. 5. Lon Chaney Jr. (11 movies) 4. Sonny Chiba (13) 3. Meiko Kaji (13) 2. Takashi Shimura (14) 1. Shintaro Katsu. (26) Lon Chaney would be a result of the Universal Monsters set. Sonny Chiba and Meiko Kaji are legit favorites of mine and I look for their work. I also try to collect a lot of Japanese cinema in general which is why Takashi Shimura is there. That guy is in so many great films. And Shintaro Katsu is a result of the Zatoichi Criterion Box Set. Anyway, thought I'd share some of this stuff. Having it catalogued let's me really visualize my collection so that's not just a mass on the wall. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 https://thehardtimes.net/lists/45-best-criterion-movies-to-distract-you-while-we-rob-your-house/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contentious C Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 On 12/4/2023 at 6:09 PM, Curt McGirt said: https://thehardtimes.net/lists/45-best-criterion-movies-to-distract-you-while-we-rob-your-house/ But...what if your Criterions are what I want to steal? Whoever wrote that is an idiot. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 https://boxd.it/qT9UM Very cool that Radiance Films published this list of movies they failed to get the rights to. I’d be overjoyed if someone released DEMONS. It’s like a samurai chamber play, directed by David Lynch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 For a second there I thought you were talking about the other Demons and said to myself "well, that's an interesting way of describing it". There is a katana in it, at least, and it certainly feels like Lynch at times... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 Shame they couldn't get Visitor Q. I'd like to think that this means it will come out from another label soon. Meanwhile March Criterion releases are out. Only thing really catching my eye is To Die For. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 https://shop.a24films.com/collections/screenplays This is pretty cool. I think the only screenplay I've ever read was the one for From Dusk Til Dawn that I bought when I was a kid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 https://shop.umbrellaent.com.au/collections/coming-soon/products/karboy-dead-end-drive-in-big-collectors-edition-1986-4k-uhd-blu-ray-cd-book-rigid-case-slipcase-poster-artcards-keychain-tshirt-freshener-stickers?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=Facebook_Desktop_Feed&utm_campaign=March+Physical+-+Sales&fbclid=IwAR0GyHv6HE3PXz54NNDunhUswcryNcXaGAD_nE5ZM6Mxi5iEThATxRqohU8 Good lord. I don't think ANYONE is that big of a fan of Dead-End Drive In. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 On 12/18/2023 at 9:33 PM, Curt McGirt said: https://shop.a24films.com/collections/screenplays This is pretty cool. I think the only screenplay I've ever read was the one for From Dusk Til Dawn that I bought when I was a kid. I used to have that one too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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