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Criterion's newly announced titles for August range from "well, finally" to "thanks, but..." The most obvious "...

It's going to be hard for Criterion to deliver a more exciting month in 2010 following their March releases. Firstly, we have a Pedro Co...

After both Criterion Blu-ray editions of Akira Kurosawa's Ran and Jean-Luc Godard's Contempt [ Le mépris ] were canceled, many (my...

In foreign DVD news, Artificial Eye has announced Andrea Arnold's Fish Tank for 25 January. After a May delay, M6 Vidéo in France has s...

As promised, Criterion will be releasing a box-set to coincide close with what would have been Akira Kurosawa's 100th birthday (which ha...

On the surface, September would seem to be a disappointing month for Criterion, with only two official releases, David Mamet's Homicide ...

Despite the bad news that Criterion's planned Blu-rays of Jean-Luc Godard' Contempt [ Le mépris ] and Akira Kurosawa's Ran wer...

Ryko's release schedule for July features two exciting re-issues and a new-to-DVD title from Italy. Elio Petri's The 10th Victim [ ...

I have what could be the hottest collection of famous people to share a birthday with: Akira Kurosawa, Michael Haneke, Amanda Plummer, Damon...

Criterion announced their slate for March, which includes Akira Kurosawa's Dodes'ka-den which I thought was the last Kurosawa film ...

It's officially 2008, and of the surplus of titles I listed for MIA in 2008 on Region 1 disc, only nine have so far been announced. I al...

Paramount has officially announced the long-overdue documentary Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse for the 20th of November. ...

In addition to today being my golden birthday (23 on the 23rd), don't forget to wish Amanda Plummer, Chaka Khan, Catherine Keener, porno...