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I was about to buy "Trouble in Paradise" but held off, thinking it would be announced. Guess I was wrong. I've been doing that for almost a year now. I put it in my shopping cart, about to pay, when I think, for sure they'll announce it this month, so I wait. I think when I finally buy the DVD...

I made it Profanto on purpose, as I didn't want to be accused of going rough on the feminine. But since it's ritrovata, it should probably be profanata.

...though some of us might want to rename the company "L'immagine profanato".

Thank Goodness Allen, that you still have retained most of your memory (or at least, you realize you might be mistaken, and look it up.) Of course FAIL SAFE was based on the novel of the same name, which I read when it came out, but that was so long ago. Somehow RED ALERT was stuck in my brain...

FAIL SAFE was made first, produced independently outside the studio system, based on the same novel, "Red Alert" as DR. STRANGELOVE. While DR. STRANGELOVE was in production, or so I recall, Columbia bought FAIL SAFE promising to release it right away; but then held it back for almost a year...

My favorite scene is where they can't find the green room. I worked box office many years ago in a small concert hall and that actually happened.

Well, Criterion caters to two audiences; the classy and the culty. The classy is mostly due to the fact that Criterion was started as an home video adjunct of Janus; whose specialty was European Art cinema (Fellini, Bergman, Antonioni) & Classic Hollywood and British films ("Citizen Kane", "The...

What I found especially interesting in John Waters' comments about "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" was how he credited Roger Ebert's screenplay with setting the tone stylistically, as well as philosophically, for the film, and how Mr. Ebert's criticism was more or less the antithesis of that...

Hey Gang! The new Criterion Closet Picks is up, with John Waters. Thought I'd paste a link here for those who haven't seen it. Mr. Waters tells a great Shirley Stoller story (I can confirm that's exactly how she behaved in public to everyone she met); and at the end, Mr. Waters states...

PEANUTS FOR TED KOPPEL is the original version. YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, TED KOPPEL was the 80's remake, with a cameo by Pia Zadora.

THE CLOUD CAPPED STAR is one amazing film.

I saw WAR & PEACE in 70mm at the DeMille on B'way & 45th, where Hitchcock's PSYCHO originally played. Before the Walter Reade chain bought the theater, it was part of the Loew's chain & called the Mayfair. Anyway, as I recall it was all reserved seats & one was given the option to see it either...

It's possible that some Ebay sellers have bought the box set and are selling individual items from it.

"3:10 To Yuma" happens to be what I consider the finest black & white Blu ray currently in my collection, if that helps any. If you are a big fan of the film--as I am--you'll probably enjoy the interview with Elmore Leonard, who wrote the original story the film is based on. I'm assuming...

It's ok. I know plenty of people who buy the same albums & movies over again because they forgot they had bought it a few years before. I do it myself occasionally, which presents the opportunity of giving it to a friend as a gift.

Well, of course, we'd all like a Criterion Blu Ray edition of GREAT EXPECTATIONS, with lots of extras--the DVD was bare-bones--but I thought in the meantime, you might enjoy the lovely quality of the UK Blu Ray.

I just checked out the GREAT EXPECTATIONS Blu-ray again, as I remembered it not having any grain. Actually, it has a nice pattern of fine grain, which is heavier during the credits and also opticals. There's almost no dirt to speak of. I did notice a tiny sliver of white during one dissolve...

What I actually own is from Amazon.uk. I'm assuming the one for sale on Amazon.com is the same master, as the box is almost exactly the same. In any case, keeping in mind that I have a 32 inch widescreen television, I think it looks fantastic. There are no flaws that I could discern. The grey...

Warren, there's an excellent Region Free UK Blu-ray of GREAT EXPECTATIONS available at Amazon.com . https://www.amazon.com/Great-Expectations-Blu-ray-John-Mills/dp/B01A9R67IW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1518800069&sr=8-2&keywords=great+expectations+blu+ray

Thanks so much for your comments! Actually, I was simultaneously dealing with two different phenomena in terms of the Toho produced Sc-Fi Monster films of the 1950's & 60's, which might have been confusing. 1) the transformation of the explicit anti-war and pro-environmental content in the...

GODZILLA & RODAN (the Japanese, not the US versions) were serious--and pretty scary--Sci-fi monster movies that were also about important subjects; in the case of GODZILLA, the necessity of stopping nuclear testing, and in the case of RODAN, the exploitation of miners and the importance of...

Well, it IS a bit too obvious & NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD doesn't account for the male symbol on Jerry Garcia's tie-dye t-shirt. I think Ron is correct & it's Jim Jarmusch's DEAD MAN.

That's an excellent guess, Ron. The Blu ray recently went out of print & Criterion has been collaborating with Jim Jarmusch for quite some time..

Yeah, I guessed "Night of the Living Dead" also, though that seems a bit too easy, as an announcement that Janus is going to be distributing a new 4K restoration of NOTLD was right next to the picture clue in the Criterion newsletter.

Well, it looks like Criterion finally fired up the barbecue.

It also depends on who is speaking that language.

OOPS! Another Senior Moment. Of course you're correct. The title references Tarot, not Bridge. Well, it was fun while it lasted.

Well, you're probably all correct about DINER or THE BREAKFAST CLUB, still the graphic does suggest the possibility of a special edition of Terrence Malick's KNIGHT (NIGHT) OF CLUBS. Ok, it's far fetched, but bear with me a moment. In general, these Criterion clues employ puns, and are usually...

Perhaps with all the rain and cold weather on the Northern East Coast, Criterion has decided to put off firing up the wok until next month.

I was a huge fan of TWIN PEAKS & was extremely disappointed with FIRE WALK WITH ME; my reactions at the time the film came out are not dissimilar to yours. I think the biggest problem I had with the film was i wanted to feel some kind of empathy for Laura Palmer. But she was just a one...