Criterion Collection

If you think the cover art for The Criterion Collection films is as good as it gets, wait til you see their product shots.

More Kubrick and Polanski join the Collection, along with a great modern Korean film. They pay tribute to Jean Vigo and Koreyoshi Kurahara with a pair of box sets. Cocteau’s Orpheus, Battle of Algiers, and If… get Blu-ray upgrades. Read on for more details.

In May, Criterion is bringing us three more new titles paired with four Blu-ray upgrades, and one of the more eclectic mixes they’ve done in a while.

Get the old edition while it’s cheap (if you want it).

Brian De Palma’s masterpiece finally comes to Blu-Ray, thanks to the dapper folks at the Criterion Collection.

Maybe you hadn’t noticed, but I pay an awful lot of attention to what Criterion releases, announces, and teases each month. Here’s a rundown of the best things they released in 2010, including my favorite extras.

Criterion’s BROADCAST NEWS doesn’t hit the street for five weeks (January 25), but Badass Digest has already looked at it.

Criterion sent their monthly newsletter out today, which means another one of their “wacky drawings” that hints at an upcoming title. This one is a simple pun: the below image is a “pail” of “flour”, hence PALE FLOWER. Read on to find out why you should care about this badass Japanese gangster movie from the 60’s.

There are some movies that will never make the Criterion Collection…  but now they have Criterion Collection covers.

Criterion’s big box set release of the year hits the street tomorrow (Nov. 23rd), and it’s a tightly-packed journey through a particularly important period in American cinema. Everyone has heard of the big-name movies found here (EASY RIDER, FIVE EASY PIECES, THE LAST PICTURE SHOW, and THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS), but lesser-known pictures like HEAD (featuring The Monkees), DRIVE, HE SAID (Jack Nicholson’s directorial debut), and Henry Jaglom’s debut A SAFE PLACE (which co-stars Orson Welles) are all equally important parts of the story behind them all.

In February of next year, Criterion is upgrading two titles to Blu-ray, releasing a couple of long-awaited contemporary films, and bringing a couple of major classics into the Collection. Read on for the details that were just announced.