Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray Special Edition

dir. Stuart Gillard

Criterion is giving this one the 4K + Blu-ray special edition on June 16. An unexpected pick that suggests Criterion sees something worth preserving here.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray Special Edition

dir. Lawrence Kasdan

Criterion's May 19 2026 4K is a new Carol Littleton-supervised restoration approved by Kasdan, with Dolby Vision, a new Kasdan interview, and the archival Hurt and Turner features. Amazon has the pre-order at $34.99 USD, thirty percent off the $49.95 USD list.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray Special Edition

dir. Stanley Donen

Criterion June slate. '4K is massive' is the exact phrase being used. The Hepburn/Grant film has never had a proper 4K release, and some people apparently just bought the Blu-ray last month. That's how these announcements go.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray Special Edition

dir. John Waters

Criterion announced this for June and r/criterion lost it. 'DESPERATE LIVING! Holy shit, my favorite Waters movie is getting an actual release.' John Waters collectors have been waiting years for a proper physical release. Preorder is live at Criterion now.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray Special Edition

dir. Bob Rafelson

Criterion's June batch gives this a proper 4K special edition for the first time. Rafelson's restless, uncomfortable energy is the kind of thing that rewards a good transfer, and the quieter handheld moments in the oil fields are where a new scan will really show.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray Special Edition

dir. Charles Vidor

A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray Special Edition

dir. George Armitage

Criterion's April 21 release settles a long debate about whether this one earned a spine number. Cusack's hitman comedy has a devoted following, and the 90s soundtrack licensing alone makes a proper special edition worth the price.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray Special Edition

dir. John Waters

Criterion's June announcement confirmed it, and r/criterion treated it as the last missing piece of the Waters catalogue. The comments went from relief to lobbying for a box set within about an hour. 'Hopefully they put one out eventually with 4K restorations for the others.' Preorder opens with the June slate.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray Special Edition

dir. Jafar Panahi

Jafar Panahi's latest gets the Criterion 4K + Blu-ray treatment on June 30. It picked up an international Oscar nomination this year, and the Criterion special edition will likely be its first physical release in the US.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray Special Edition

dir. Bob Fosse

Criterion 4K. Dustin Hoffman as Lenny Bruce in Bob Fosse's black-and-white biography. Long overdue for this kind of treatment.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray Special Edition

dir. Terry Jones

Criterion got this to 4K after Sony's 2022 plan to upgrade the Monty Python trilogy stalled out. Collectors have been waiting years because the film is hard to find even on standard Blu-ray. The Criterion spine means proper packaging and essay extras, more than any competing release was going to offer.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray Special Edition

dir. Rob York

A Criterion Premiere title arriving June 23 as a 4K + Blu-ray special edition. Rob York's sci-fi thriller has almost no collector visibility yet, which is typical for Criterion's discovery-tier releases.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray Special Edition

dir. Russell Mulcahy

Criterion giving this a 4K Special Edition is a deep cut. Russell Mulcahy's serial killer procedural barely registered theatrically and the existing DVD transfers were rough. The new restoration should be the first time the film's widescreen photography gets a proper presentation.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray Special Edition

dir. Joachim Trier

The Chris Ware packaging for Joachim Trier's film is still splitting the room. 'I've never loved a movie that I hated the packaging so much for.' 'I'm coming around to it.' 'The faces are a little derpy, but the house is cool.' People are buying it anyway.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray Special Edition

dir. Akira Kurosawa

Criterion's 4K drops May 5 with the new restoration that BFI already used for their Blu-ray. Early Kurosawa that plays more like a Tokyo noir than a samurai film, and collectors have been curious how well the 1949 source material would clean up.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray Special Edition

dir. Jaco Van Dormael

God lives in Brussels. On Earth though, God is a coward, morally pathetic and odious to his family. His daughter, Ea, is bored at home and can't stand being locked up in a small apartment in ordinary Brussels, until the day she decides to revolt against her dad...

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray Special Edition

dir. Menahem Golan

Criterion giving the Cannon Films Chuck Norris actioner a spine number is one of the more surprising announcements in recent memory. Pure 80s excess, and the interest is less about transfer quality and more about what it means that Criterion picked it up.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray Special Edition

dir. Ernst Lubitsch

Criterion's first pre-Code Lubitsch on 4K and a rare catalog 4K from 1932. Pre-Code comedies almost never get UHD attention, so this exists because Criterion decided it should. If you collect the label completionist-style or care about the Lubitsch touch, this is the kind of release that earns its spine number.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray Special Edition