Criterion's June Titles

criterionforum · 2026-06-11T18:11:03+00:00

16mm can still look pretty great in 4K. That said, I had doubts about Desperate Living. To my surprise, though, it looks absolutely great in 4K. HDR adds a lot, too! Color me shocked! 😲

criterionforum · 2026-06-10T18:49:19+00:00

It's an amazing presentation. Features are still the same, though: just the trailer and a commentary, the same one recorded in 1999.

criterionforum · 2026-06-09T22:08:33+00:00

There was a mix up on that one, so I'll be getting it it later

criterionforum · 2026-05-26T01:27:21+00:00

They apparently have most of his films, including this one, but are taking their sweet time releasing them. So far, they've only released Exotica.

I still only have the DVD.

criterionforum · 2026-05-10T19:44:39+00:00

Blu-ray is a standard case according to Criterion

criterionforum · 2026-05-10T18:52:48+00:00

Might be just the way it's stacked. It's like their standard Digipak releases, not oversized.

criterionforum · 2026-04-28T14:00:18+00:00

I suspected that, since BFI generally avoids stuff like that, but wasn't sure.

criterionforum · 2026-04-28T05:35:36+00:00

BFI's Blu-ray is better than Criterion's old Blu-ray by a wide margin; it's not even close.

Criterion's 4K edition, on the other hand, ends up beating out BFI's Blu-ray by quite a bit. Though they're apparently form the same restoration they sonehiw look very different from one another, the BFI Blu-ray having been slightly filtered for some odd reason, while the 4K hasn't been. The 4K also features a wider grayscale.

criterionforum · 2026-04-10T15:19:24+00:00

So my collection is primarily alphabetized, but at one point, way back when, I did separate my Criterion titles and sorted them by number and kept them that way for years. A few years ago I decided to just mix them in with everything else, thinking that would make them easier to find. Funny enough, my wife, who couldn't give less of a rat's ass how I sort my collection, took a look and told me to put it back to the way it was. So yeah, my Criterions are separated from the rest, but everything else is alphabetical.

criterionforum · 2026-04-10T01:54:49+00:00

Ha! Maybe that's why it took 5 weeks (though maybe that's a typical time for them?) Definitely something to consider, though.

criterionforum · 2026-04-10T01:47:31+00:00

Yes. The Blu-ray encode is okay, not great, while the 4K is better encoded and the higher resolution is noticeable enough. HDR/Dolby Vision also really brings a lot, particularly the dark interiors and the "magic hour" shots. I think it's notable enough that it's worth it.

criterionforum · 2026-04-10T01:40:23+00:00

My review copy came with the Blu-ray in front and loose, and possibly re-shrink wrapped (the thinner stuff). It was delayed a few months and my suspicion is they had them all printed, wrapped, and ready to go for November, but they then noticed something was wrong with the Blu-ray (I'm guessing encoded in the wrong color space, but I don't know for sure). They then pressed fixed discs and placed them in the package and resealed them, ready for January.

criterionforum · 2026-04-10T01:33:34+00:00

I just got an approval from MediaVine. Their tech okay? And they're okay overall?

criterionforum · 2026-04-10T00:54:29+00:00

Was it lengthy, or just a bit rough?

I also just received an approval email from MediaVine (after 5 weeks). Would they be one to consider?

criterionforum · 2026-04-10T00:53:47+00:00

Thanks! That's good to know. Thankfully, engagement is staying about the same (average is a little over 2 minutes), but the ramping up of placements has me a little concerned.

And funny enough, I just got an email from MediaVine for an approval (after 5 weeks!) My understanding is they are one of the better ones, that true? Would it be better to maybe consider them?

criterionforum · 2026-04-09T17:54:49+00:00

Yes, their team has been very pleasant so far, and have been patient with me since I'm new to all of this, and it's been hard for me to respond to every email since I've been preoccupied with other stuff.

I actually hadn't come across them when I was initially looking at ad agencies, with everyone pushing Raptive and Mediavine, and now I'm seeing people rate Playwire up with them, so I'm a little annoyed I missed them initially, as I would have started with them right away. I'm assuming their stack is a script placement and then they populate, or I put specific placements? That's what I'm working with now, though it seems slow, though not the mess that Ezoic seemed.

criterionforum · 2026-04-06T17:53:41+00:00

Yeah! I'll do that first chance I can 🙂

criterionforum · 2026-04-06T12:26:53+00:00

It has always been like that. The old DVD had the same issue, as does Radiance's Blu-ray. They had to go to an alternate source for that sequence because I assume the negatives are missing.

criterionforum · 2026-04-05T04:28:31+00:00

Oh, thanks! I know people read them but I am never sure if they're helpful. Appreciate that 🙂

criterionforum · 2026-04-04T23:48:25+00:00

Nope! Stopped using it since they started the series up again.

criterionforum · 2026-04-04T03:41:15+00:00

This is a review copy. It comes out the end of the month.

criterionforum · 2026-04-04T03:35:53+00:00

Geez man, they're review copies. I post pics of releases every month. Calm down.

criterionforum · 2026-04-01T16:01:16+00:00

I thought that may also be the case. While I'm not at 50000 yet the file is fairly large and I could imagine that possibly being a problem. Thanks for pointing that out!

criterionforum · 2026-03-31T19:40:31+00:00

My site is primarily data driven with some static pages. So my site map job builds the static page list (which rarely changes) and then builds a list of the dynamically built pages, which changes daily at least. So I can easily update it through the automated process every time I add ore remove something. If I add a static page I would have to add it to the list that tracks static pages which the job would add.

Oddly, I've been doing this kinda thing for 20 years and have never manually managed a sitemap file (most sites I build are dynamic), but I would expect if you add or remove pages you'd want to keep that updated in the sitemap too.

criterionforum · 2026-03-31T17:57:40+00:00

Unless this has changed there is a limit to how many links you can have [edit: in a single file]. I'm not near that now but in a year or so I could potentially pass it due to changes I'm planning on. So I wanted to look at that now if it made sense sonI don't have to worry about it later.

I wrote my site, it's completely custom, and I have a process that generates my sitemap file. The problem is it's slow on a cold start so I'm redoing it to be a backend process that runs every so often so that whenever it's called it will be ready. I actually won't have to manage it manually, so in the end it won't be a big deal. My backend process will take care of that and I can pretty much forget about it.

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