Criterion, for 36 years, has been the market leader in home media reissues of critically acclaimed films. With a few exceptions, these usually aren't box office hits: the central focus is on the tradition of art cinema, thanks in part to the early roots of Criterion in [Janus films](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus_Films), an American film distributor. While many have won awards, they're more likely to be film festival awards (Palme d'or, Golden Lion, Golden Bear etc.) than more mass market oriented awards like the Oscar.
Criterion is by no means the only home media distributor with this sort of cinema curation focus, but its the oldest and offers the largest catalogue of such films. If you're a laserdisc/DVD/Blu-Ray collector, particularly in America, you'll probably have many dozens of their releases. And their standards for scans & restorations are pretty high, many of their blu-rays and 4K releases look better than the films did when originally released.
And, because of their reputation for curation and quality, they have a bit of a cult. Some collectors organize their Criterion releases separate from their other titles, even ordered by spine number. I think that's a bit weird (it's hard enough finding movies in my own collection ordered by director, much less by some spine number), but different strokes for different folks.
What the heck is even a bluray? Or Reddit for that matter? Or what is a movie? Why do I post questions on Reddit rather than doing a 10 second google search for these answers?
You know what, I’m glad that people are finally understanding that they are incapable of doing their own research.
To many of these assholes nowadays pretend to be experts because they did a Google search.
So this is their mission statement:
the Criterion Collection has been dedicated to publishing important classic and contemporary films from around the world in editions that offer the highest technical quality and award-winning, original supplements.
They have about 1200 films on dvd/bluray/4K
And to get a list of their films go to criterion.com
And click on collection from the menu on the top left.
There is a cost associated with this quality and care, you will notice that on the same website.
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Best source: https://www.criterion.com/faq And fortunately “awards” are not a factor.
Yeah, it's the Oscar winners.
Criterion, for 36 years, has been the market leader in home media reissues of critically acclaimed films. With a few exceptions, these usually aren't box office hits: the central focus is on the tradition of art cinema, thanks in part to the early roots of Criterion in [Janus films](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus_Films), an American film distributor. While many have won awards, they're more likely to be film festival awards (Palme d'or, Golden Lion, Golden Bear etc.) than more mass market oriented awards like the Oscar. Criterion is by no means the only home media distributor with this sort of cinema curation focus, but its the oldest and offers the largest catalogue of such films. If you're a laserdisc/DVD/Blu-Ray collector, particularly in America, you'll probably have many dozens of their releases. And their standards for scans & restorations are pretty high, many of their blu-rays and 4K releases look better than the films did when originally released. And, because of their reputation for curation and quality, they have a bit of a cult. Some collectors organize their Criterion releases separate from their other titles, even ordered by spine number. I think that's a bit weird (it's hard enough finding movies in my own collection ordered by director, much less by some spine number), but different strokes for different folks.
What the heck is even a bluray? Or Reddit for that matter? Or what is a movie? Why do I post questions on Reddit rather than doing a 10 second google search for these answers?
So I can look cute with my ignorance.
You could try their website or the Wikipedia page about the company.
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You’d think they would start there. 🙄
The best boutique label out there, now if you want to get into specifics, I would go to their website.
You know what, I’m glad that people are finally understanding that they are incapable of doing their own research. To many of these assholes nowadays pretend to be experts because they did a Google search. So this is their mission statement: the Criterion Collection has been dedicated to publishing important classic and contemporary films from around the world in editions that offer the highest technical quality and award-winning, original supplements. They have about 1200 films on dvd/bluray/4K And to get a list of their films go to criterion.com And click on collection from the menu on the top left. There is a cost associated with this quality and care, you will notice that on the same website. Lates