Story-wise is a Top 3 and just might end up being the best as we look back many years from now!

What do you think of Godzilla Minus One? Is it the best Godzilla film? Thanks for watching!

I think the Terminator looks stunning

In this video you stated that you own your disc, but that you do not own what is on your disc. This is technically incorrect. You do own the entire copy, which includes what is on the disc. You don't own the copyright to the work which was copied onto the disc. Minor but important distinction.

Did Woody Allen really kick the shit out of you an Opening?

The mask of Demetrius could be included but your selection good.

hello dear Elliot

Jonny Quest was the best!

Would a regular amaray case fit in that hard case too? ..i hate digi packs and would try to make a custom cover for it

Great List! You may like our supernatural mystery thriller film TRICKSTER. Heavily inspired by many of the great Film Noir classics of the past! Here's the trailer if you're interested. The film is available for free on all the major streaming platforms, kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHfUdqabd7eMfpYsi=d2rWzDBirbYsWO52

Excellent choice for an excellent list subject of so many endless discussions as there are 4 or 5 dozen more as stricking. 1950 D.O.A. directed by Rudolph Maté, starring Edmond O'Brien should be in any list as Tay Garnet's The Postman always rings twice , Huston's The Asphalt Jungle, Charles Vidor's Gilda, Siodmak's Criss Cross and Nicholas Ray, Robert Aldrich, Jacques Tourneur, Anthony Mann, Edgar Ulmer and Stanley Kubrick films. You could also made a list of European Noirs who have invented the concept (even if the name itself was coined first by the French critique especially for US movies in 1946 the very year when the prestigious french publisher Gallimard launched its Série Noire cheap paperbacks novels collection). Before WWII French Julien Duvivier was making noirs for instance with Pépé le Moko or The End of the Day, both starring Jean Gabin and immediately after the war, Panic. Marcel Carné Daybreak and Quai des Brumes both again with Gabin are 2 other milestones. Austrian Fritz Lang did not wait being in the US with M. Robert Siodmak as well. Do not forget the Brits ! Alfred Hitchcock of course but he was not alone in UK (he made noirs on the US as well such as Strangers on a train or Shadow of a Doubt). British noirs are very important. Some here have already mentioned postwar masterpiece The Third Man. Cast a Dark Shadow would deserve to be in it and Jules Dassin Night and the City (one of Richard Widmark's greatest role), Robert Hamer's It Always rain on Sunday etc. Then you could make a list of neo-noirs including the European again with French Jean-Pierre Melville and Louis Malle, Swiss Jean-Luc Godard with Breathless. Italy or Japan have also produced excellent noirs during the 1950/80s. At last I would like to mention the western noirs. Maybe noir is not only a genre but also a style that can be applied to any genre. There are private-eye crime noirs, like The Maltese Falcon, spy noirs (Jean Negulesco's The Mask of Dimitrios), social satire noirs (Sweet Smell of Success), love story noirs (Gilda). So why not Western noirs !? J-L Godard said once that all you need for a noir is a girl, a car and a gun. For a Western noir you don’t even need the car, maybe just a horse or two...! The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (John Huston 1948) has many hallmarks of noir. John Sturges' Bad Day at Black Rock is a modern western with noir tropes. Raoul Walsh Pursued, André de Toth Ramrod, Ray Enright Coroner Street, William Wellman Ox-Bow Incident and Yellow Sky, Allan Dwan Silver Lode, even Fred Zinnemann High Noon, Robert Wise Blood on the Moon again with Robert Mitchum, "THE" actor equally at ease in both genres. Sometimes a western is a noir remake like Colorado Territory with High Sierra. Dashiel Hammett novel Red Harvest (a noir set in Montana...) was adapted by Kurosawa in Japan and became Yojimbo. Then Sergio Leone plagiarized Yojimbo (though he denied it) for his spaghetti A Fistful of Dollars that became a standard spaghetti plot. Then, Walter Hill made it a noir story (though he once said that all his films were Westerns in a way) as Last Man Standing starring Bruce Willis, an other western "moderne". The DPs filming the Noirs were aldo filming westerns with their own style : John Alton, James Wong Howe, Edward Cronjager, Russell Harlan, Fred Jackman Jr, Joe MacDonald, Ted McCord, Sidney Hickox, and Nicholas Musuraca were black and white masters filming both genres.

This is essentially a holiday sampler. Maybe for people who aren't hardcore enough to pay and deal-surf individual discs (me). Maybe for people who want a premium "guided tour" of some great films (also me). Maybe for affluent friends giving a gift to other affluent friends. (not me)

I've noticed a pattern with Criterion not putting HDR on very old B&W films. If it's a newer B&W film then it might get one but again it's a case by case thing. Is there something to this or a coincidence?

Body Heat!!

So glad you're shouting out Chaplin's, A Woman of Paris. I first saw it in the 1970s and have always considered it a great film. Was always dismayed through the years to see so many writers casually dismiss it. There's a real feeling of an event, or a moment in cinema history about it to me. Hard to explain. The ending is wonderful and memorable.

I just picked up a new bluray release here in Australia from Madman films. It's a beautiful boxset too, but the cover art features Harry Dean Stanton. The bluray is from the new 4k restoration, so I think I'll be quite happy with it

Great list indeed. Some other movies i would like to mention are Pickup on South Street,Night and the City + Rififi by Dassin, Bob le flambeur and the greatest of all time Chinatown (although a neo noir if we're getting technical). Cheers!

Godzilla vs biolante is a huge surprise, and even better: it is one of the best in the Heisei era. I‘d have loved to see a Box like the Sowa era set for the heisei as well though.

This is one of the best release slates for a while.

Hopefully Arrow upgrade their Thief too, with their usual superior encode

Thanks for the reminder on the Wages of Fear I forgot about the BFI! They’ve been killing it, I’ve been importing them over buying the new criterion titles in the U.S. on and off since Seventh Seal I think.

I'm really glad to see the Godzilla legacy films being respected and elevated in recent years. Growing up in the 90s, I was exposed to many hideously-dubbed English Godzilla films, and they were often seen as a kind of joke. Rubber suits, horrible dub syncing, bad transfers (before consumers had any idea of what 'bad transfers' meant), it was the stuff of derision or, at best, fringe support of Gozilla (the brand) instead anything about the films themselves. But hey, it's a whole new world of film now, and I'm glad to see it come.

Night moves is the best of the bunch imho. The others........🙄 wages of fear is a masterpiece, but already available in various releases, like you said.

finally i can sell off my dvd copy of Godzilla vs. Biollante!!

i will 100% get Thief and Night Moves, already own the BFI version of WAF. Might go for Godzilla, but i haven't seen it yet.

HDR is extremely overrated and only a sales gimmick as the viewing difference of HD vs UHD SDR is not noticable on TV screens at a normal vieving distance.

I've suspected that Criterion's decision to release a 4K in SDR sometimes just comes down to cost-benefit across their entire portfolio plans. Older films benefit a lot from HDR, but I'm assuming Criterion sometimes assesses how much time/money it would take to further convert to HDR...and sometimes weigh out that it's worth the time/cost and sometimes not. I'd be curious to get more visibility on their decision-making process. Just how much longer does an HDR encode take to master and author over an SDR one? Do they sometimes not have physical access to do a rescan of the film themselves? Do they assess the condition (e.g., inherent contrast and dynamic range) of the film print available and presume, rightfully so or not, that HDR wouldn't do but so much for it without fear of being revisionist if they tweak it too much? I'm really curious about these things.

Is HDR true to the original films? Or is it an enhancement, a bit like colorizing black and white (but not as severe)? I remember reading that movies normally project at low brightness, like 80 nits? But resolution is more like 4K with 35mm. Or do I misunderstand and film captures light levels that can only now be revealed with HDR playback?

Quick question will Thief on 4K get a UK release?

Key to remember that Criterion doesn't equate to perfected best edition available. Love them and all, but sometimes their name sells more than the restoration or lacktherof at times. Lots of people sleeping on many other boutique labels if they only look for Criterion.

The Godzilla vs Biollante blu ray has been out of print for years so this 4k is a big deal.

I will pick some of these upcoming releases on the next big sale.

'Conflict' is one of the most underrated Bogart films, along with 'The Enforcer'. Good to hear about 'Journey into Fear' too.

Maybe a bit off-topic of blu-ray/physical media but you may find interesting talk about the Daft Punk's Interestella 5555 AI restoration debacle

Thanks for the heads-up on the BFI version of “Wages of Fear.” Dolby, HDR and available now. A no-brainer!

Yes! I have been waiting for Choose Me! Fantastic movie and one I thought might never be released.

If a film has a nice release that isn't by Criterion, I will not buy the Criterion release. They've been outclassed by every other major boutique label.

I'm definitely picking up Godzilla

I’m not an expert on these matters, but I think CC have stated they will not use HDR on any film where the film makers are not available (or still around) to supervise. I rather appreciate this sentiment myself, however that didn’t stop me from importing BFIs Seven Samurai. That disc looks phenomenal, and with HDR.

I am so excited about Thief! I wanted to get the Blu-ray during the sale, but it was not available from Amazon.

I went with the BFI 4K release of "Seven Samurai" due to the inclusion of HDR10/Dolby Vision. I have compared it directly to the Criterion 4K release which does not have HDR feeling that the BFI release is superior.

I’m happy about Godzilla, I’m the UK it’s impossible to watch any of the classic Godzilla films aside from the criterion box set, hopefully more to come 😀

I wish the cover art was stronger but I’m so excited that Godzilla vs Biollante is getting such a nice release. A Top 5 G film!

I already have the blu-ray of Wages of Fear from Criterion so will get the BFI 4k as an uprgade!

Definitely picking up Thief, I have the Arrow release and have been waiting for a 4K release. Never seen Night Moves so it'll be a blind buy for me.

Dolby vision should be standard on every disc

Godzilla’s late work really showed his range as an actor, I feel. Another good vid EC, keep it up:)

I'd love the resolution with all yhe extra gimmicks that come with 4k that makes it so much darker then requal blu rays over all

Night Moves is the most exciting for me. Love the film. Very underrated. The Warner Archive disc has an excellent presentation already from a 4k restoration but no extras. I'm excited to get a package with extras. The new art is pretty underwhelming though. I love Thief BUT I am really hoping that arrow revisits this one again in the UK. The Arrow blu ray put the Criterion to shame including both the Directors cut AND the Theatrical cut with both colour grades and the new directors surround remix and original stereo audio. Criterion caters to Directors whims too much. I'm cool with director revisionist cuts but keep the original intact. That's not Criterions' way of doing things unfortunately.

Hdr is a gimmick like 3d, and honestly is a big part why if have off, that 4k discs are so much darker over all then a requalr blu ray disc over all, even with hdr on