Upcoming UK releases
December 2023:
The Circus (Blu-ray)
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (Dual-format UHD/Blu-ray and Blu-ray editions)
January 2024:
La Bamba (Blu-ray)
Thelma and Louise (Dual-format UHD/Blu-ray and Blu-ray editions)
February 2024:
Mudbound (Blu-ray)
Lone Star (Dual-format...
Criterion really has avoided double dipping on Blu-ray. Setting aside a few titles in the Bergman and Fellini sets, Monterey Pop is the only time they have re-released a Blu-ray with a new transfer. So it is a pretty safe bet that if they are going to re-release something like Breathless or Le...
The Virgin Suicides and Night of the Living Dead are the 4K upgrades that are closest to the original Blu-ray release (about 4 years for both.) I think about 5 years is enough time to not be upset at an upgrade, especially if those releases happened before a company started releasing UHDs...
The Channel is available in Canada (though there tends to be a number of titles that aren't available to stream - usually stuff from IFC or Sony or Canadian films.)
Salo and The Trilogy of Life are owned by MGM, and I believe the 9 titles in this set are all now with Janus. So the omission of Salo & The Trilogy of Life's is likely licensing related. (Although they did duplicate the Fellini MGM titles in their Fellini box.)
In addition to the rights issue with Bullet in the Head (the film's non-HK rights are owned by a company that is no longer in the film business and they have no interest in licensing the film), rumor has it that the elements for Woo's preferred cut no longer exist.
Unfortunately those are with a property management company and rumor has it that they aren't interested in licensing out titles, they want to dump the entire Golden Princess catalog. Which is likely too much money for any boutique. Add to that there are a lot of titles in the catalog that just...