Oh geez. I can’t afford this. Nobody can afford this. This is an inordinate amount of awesomeness for one week. Three Criterion discs, three classics from Studio Canal , a Scorsese , an anime anthology, Audrey Tautou and faux-vintage blaxploitation. How’s a guy supposed to pick a top five out of all this greatness?! Sigh…I’m going to cheat, that’s how. 1. 3 New from Criterion: REVANCHE , LOLA MONTÈS , HUNGER Uh…yeah.... 

Here’s a great little promotional trailer for Studio Canal’ s new line of deluxe Blu-ray releases. Those of you lamenting the loss of some of these titles from the Criterion Collection will want to pay close attention here. There are a few titles like Godard ’s Breathless and Renais ‘ Last Year at Marienbad , currently still licensed to Criterion which will clearly be the next DVD and Blu-ray discs on the chopping block.... 

How can Blu-ray news be so amazing yet so damned tragic all at the same time? I’ll tell you how – when a bunch of films you love get announced for Blu-ray but not in the editions you were hoping and praying for. Case in point – the Studio Canal Collection distributed in North America by Lionsgate . On the surface this is an amazing idea. A collection of films already popular in France and the UK now making their way over to...