richardburton84
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IMHO All of John Sayles' films are fantastic & deserve a release on the Criterion label, or at the least re-released on DVD & Blu; I would even settle for DVD-only re-releases. I believe the majority of his films have never been re-released on Disk - after the initial DVD. So, they are typically harder to find on the older DVD's due to the disks being OOP. Going along with this, 99% of his films have never had Blu releases.
Some of his movies that definitely deserve a Criterion release, or at least a re-release:
Limbo - superb; possibly Sayles' best film.
Men with Guns - the DVD is especially difficult to track down
Silver City
Casa De Los Babys
Honeydripper
The Secret of Roan Inish - only seen this in a pan & scan DVD; it definitely deserves an Anamorphic Widescreen (AW) release
Brother from Another Planet - excellent; I've also only seen this on a crummy pan & scan DVD. Not sure if it's ever been available in a AW release.
Baby, It's You
Lone Star - excellent "modern" western. The DVD is also tough to find; I haven't seen this film in years.
Sunshine State
Amigo
City of Hope
Passion Fish
Lianna
Return of the Secaucus Seven
To add to a previous post of mine - note that AFAIK City of Hope was only available during the VHS/Laser Disk era(s), and has never been available on DVD/Blu-ray.
I can’t remember where I read it, but I recall reading somewhere that Criterion was at least working on Lone Star.