The Criterion Collection (or simply Criterion) is an American home video distribution company which focuses on licensing "important classic and contemporary films."[1][2] Criterion has helped to standardize characteristics of home video such as film restoration, using the Letterboxing format for widescreen films, and adding bonus features as well as scholarly essays and commentary tracks. Criterion has produced and distributed more than 1,000 special editions of its films in VHS, LaserDisc, DVD, and Blu-ray formats and box sets. These films and their special features are also available via an online streaming service that the company operates.
While Criterion had not produced editions of films released under the Disney label until 2022, they have produced editions of Hollywood, Touchstone and Miramax films. Additionally, before Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox, Criterion had produced editions of 20th Century Fox films.
List of releases[]
- BD = Blu-ray
- LD = Laserdisc
| DVD cover | Title | Director | Studio | Year | DVD/BD spine # | LD spine # | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
All of Us Strangers | Andrew Haigh | Searchlight | 2023 | #1234[3] | — | |
|
Armageddon | Michael Bay | Touchstone | 1998 | #40[4] | #384 | The laserdisc edition was Criterion's last laserdisc release |
| Chasing Amy | Kevin Smith | Miramax Films | 1997 | #75 | #360 | ||
| Dead Presidents | Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes | Hollywood | 1995 | — | #301 | ||
| Evita | Alan Parker | Hollywood | 1996 | — | #337 | ||
|
The French Dispatch | Wes Anderson | Searchlight | 2021 | #1282[5] | — | |
|
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Wes Anderson | Touchstone | 2004 | #300[6] | — | |
|
Nightmare Alley | Guillermo del Toro | Searchlight | 2021 | #1286[7] | — | |
|
The Rock | Michael Bay | Hollywood | 1996 | #108[8] | #334 | |
|
The Royal Tenenbaums | Wes Anderson | Touchstone | 2001 | #157[9] | — | Criterion has released special editions of all of Anderson's features |
|
Rushmore | Wes Anderson | Touchstone | 1998 | #65[10] | — | |
|
WALL-E | Andrew Stanton | Pixar | 2008 | #1161[11] | — |
References[]
- ↑ "Criterion Mission Statement".
- ↑ How Criterion Collection Brings Movies Back From the Dead – Gizmodo on YouTube
- ↑ https://www.criterion.com/films/34514-all-of-us-strangers
- ↑ https://www.criterion.com/films/578-armageddon
- ↑ https://www.criterion.com/films/34339-the-french-dispatch-of-the-liberty-kansas-evening-sun
- ↑ https://www.criterion.com/films/741-the-life-aquatic-with-steve-zissou
- ↑ https://www.criterion.com/films/35272-nightmare-alley
- ↑ https://www.criterion.com/films/649-the-rock
- ↑ https://www.criterion.com/films/230-the-royal-tenenbaums
- ↑ https://www.criterion.com/films/333-rushmore
- ↑ https://www.criterion.com/films/33246-wall-e
External links[]
- The Criterion Collection official site
List of Criterion Collection releases on Wikipedia- List of Criterion Collection LaserDiscs on Wikipedia
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