UK’s Optimum Releasing is putting out a new Region 2 edition of Rashomon, coming out on October 13. Amazon.co.uk takes pre-orders (£11.98), while the film is also available from Optimum’s More...
A new Japanese DVD release of After the Rain appears to be on its way, with Amazon.co.jp indicating an October 24 release. In case you have no idea what I More...
What is perhaps the best of a sorry lot, Kino International’s Dersu Uzala DVD (Region 1) will be re-released on December 9 as part of a “Great Directors” box set. More...
With Blu-ray having won the “high definition format war” last spring, and Criterion now finally starting to put out their Blu-ray releases, there has been discussion whether it makes any More...
Criterion’s double-disc re-release of High and Low should now be available for purchase. Amazon.com stocks the item for $27.99. The release has received a very positive response from DVD critics. More...
DVD Beaver, who we know for excellent technical reviews of DVD releases, has given Criterion’s new High and Low disc a look, and updated their High and Low page. It More...
DVD Town has published what I think is the first review to surface for Criterion’s new double disc edition of High and Low, to be released on the 22nd of More...
According to the official website, the DVD for Yoshimitsu Morita’s remake of Sanjuro will be out on 23 May, 2008. The release will have two different versions, a basic DVD More...
The Amazon.com exclusive Criterion Collection Director Series: Akira Kurosawa that I wrote about recently turns out to consist of Criterion’s new version of Yojimbo, Seven Samurai and Sanjuro (as well More...
January 7 quietly saw the All Regions DVD release of Rashomon by a company called Triad Productions. Based on the item description on the Amazon website, according to which the More...
The guys over at DVD Beaver have taken a look at the new Drunken Angel from Criterion. They compare the print to BFI’s Region 2 release, and note that the More...
Criterion has set November as a release date for a Drunken Angel DVD. Newly digitally restored, the film comes with a 30-minute commentary by Donald Richie, a 30-minute “making of” More...
Thanks to Master Thief, I have corrected an error on the “Akira Kurosawa’s Movies on DVD” page — the BFI release of High and Low is 2.35:1, not 2.55:1 More...
Here is yet another mid-length review of Criterion’s take on Kurosawa’s Yojimbo and Sanjuro movies by Audiophile Audition. The films get 5/5 stars, and the discussion is similar to what More...
This is just a reminder to those of you who live in the US that Criterion’s new Yojimbo and Sanjuro DVDs will be available on Tuesday. The new high More...
If you happen to be in Tokyo on Monday and enjoy contemporary dance, you may be interested to know that a production called Sokerissa! will be staged at three o’clock More...
Sound & Vision, which calls itself the world’s largest entertainment equipment magazine, has given us yet another top 10 of 2006 list. In this one, Criterion’s triple-DVD take on Akira More...
DVD File has reviewed Criterion’s new Yojimbo and Sanjuro releases, and as expected gives thumbs up for the product. There is nothing really new in the review, but just for the completeness’s sake, here is the link.
DVD Talk has reviewed Criterion’s new Yojimbo and Sanjuro releases, and the verdict is what we have wanted to hear — the movies are, indeed, hugely upgraded from Criterion’s original releases. (Then again, after the Seven Samurai release, I don’t think anyone had any doubts about this?) For the full review, head to DVD Talk.
The online edition of Tuesday’s New York Sun has a two-page article on the new Yojimbo and Sanjuro releases from Criterion. The write-up looks at both the influences as well as the background to the two films. See here for the article.
Although they themselves call it “arbitrary, non-inclusive, anglocentric and all wrong. It shuns indie films in favor of big studio ones, it’s seriously lacking in TV on DVD, and is More...
As most of you probably know, Kagemusha comes in a number of lengths, most importantly the original Japanese 179 minute version, and the so-called “International Cut” that runs for 162 More...
I was just reading through last month’s posts on the IMDb’s Kurosawa forum, and saw a link to this Criterion Collection discussion forum, which lists the titles expected to be More...
Kevin Gilvear at DVD Times has reviewed Optimum’s Region 2 release of Ran, which is due out on November 26th. Rather than spending any time with the movie itself, More...
Optimum Releasing is putting out a new region 2 DVD version of Ran on November 20 this year. MovieMail.co.uk indicates that the double disc release will include the documentary “A.K.” by Chris Marker, but does not seem to have any of the other extras present in the region 1 Criterion Collection DVD.
We have not yet properly managed to get over the brilliance of Criterion’s Seven Samurai, and now the company is putting out information about their upcoming Yojimbo and Sanjuro More...
My personal DVD website of choice, DVD Times, has published a review of Criterion’s Seven Samurai, and like all the reviews before it praises the DVD set as not More...
Sorry about the gigantic title. It has recently come to my attention that a (region 2) DVD is to be released later this month collecting some of the works submitted More...
DVD Verdict has reviewed Criterion’s new Seven Samurai release and given it full points. Includes some screenshots. You can read the review here
Further details about Criterion’s Seven Samurai restoration process have emerged. See this Livejournal entry for details. Criterion appears to have gone all the way to preserve the film, so kudos to them for that.
On September the 5th this year Criterion will release a new edition of Seven Samurai, and this one looks like it will finally be the definite one. Certainly better than More...
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