Criterion Prospects

The following list is here presented as a selection of meritorious motion pictures yet to be reissued on DVD or Blu-ray by a specialty or premium distributor such as Criterion, Kino, First Run Features, etc.

  1. Hamlet Hamlet
    (produced by Hans Gottchalk, Neil Hartley, Leslie Linder, Martin Ransohoff; directed by Tony Richardson; written by William Shakespeare, Tony Richardson; starring Nicol Williamson, Judy Parfitt, Anthony Hopkins, Marianne Faithfull, Michael Pennington, Gordon Jackson, Mark Dignam, Ben Aris, Clive Graham, Roger Livesey, Peter Gale)
  2. The Marquise of O
    (produced by Barbet Schroeder, Klaus Hellwig; directed by Eric Rohmer; written by Heinrich von Kleist, Eric Rohmer; starring Edith Clever, Bruno Ganz, Edda Seippel, Peter Lühr, Otto Sander)
  3. Chimes at Midnight
    (produced by Ángel Escolano, Emiliano Piedra, Harry Saltzman, Alessandro Tasca di Cuto; directed by Orson Welles; written by William Shakespeare, Orson Welles; starring Orson Welles, Keith Baxter, John Gielgud, Jeanne Moreau, Marina Vlady, Margaret Rutherford, Fernando Rey)
  4. Sex is Comedy
    (produced by Jean-François Lepetit, António da Cunha Telles; written and directed by Catherine Breillat; starring Anne Parillaud, Grégoire Colin, Ashley Wanninger, Roxane Mesquida)
  5. Eric Rohmer's Comedies and Proverbs
    1. The Aviator's Wife
      (produced by Margaret Ménégoz; written and directed by Eric Rohmer; starring Philippe Marlaud, Marie Rivière, Anne-Laure Meury, Mathieu Carrière)
    2. A Good Marriage
      (produced by Margaret Ménégoz; written and directed by Eric Rohmer; starring Béatrice Romand, André Dussollier, Féodor Atkine, Arielle Dombasle, Huguette Faget, Thamila Mezbah, Sophie Renoir, Hervé Duhamel, Pascal Greggory)
    3. Pauline at the Beach
      (produced by Margaret Ménégoz; written and directed by Eric Rohmer; starring Amanda Langlet, Pascal Greggory, Féodor Atkine, Arielle Dombasle, Simon de La Brosse)
    4. Full Moon in Paris
      (produced by Margaret Ménégoz; written and directed by Eric Rohmer; starring Pascale Ogier, Fabrice Luchini, Tchéky Karyo, Virginie Thévenet, Christian Vadim)
    5. The Green Ray The Green Ray, or Summer
      (produced by Margaret Ménégoz; directed by Eric Rohmer; written by Eric Rohmer, Marie Rivière; starring Marie Rivière, Béatrice Romand, María Luisa García, Vincent Gauthier, Joël Comarlot, Carita)
    6. My Girlfriend's Boyfriend, or Boyfriends and Girlfriends
      (produced by Margaret Ménégoz; written and directed by Eric Rohmer; starring Emmanuelle Chaulet, Eric Viellard, Sophie Renoir, François-Eric Gendron, Anne-Laure Meury)
  6. Eric Rohmer's Tales of the Four Seasons
    1. A Tale of Springtime
      (produced by Margaret Ménégoz; written and directed by Eric Rohmer; starring Anne Teyssèdre, Florence Darel, Hugues Quester, Eloïse Bennett, Sophie Robin)
    2. A Tale of Winter, or A Winter's Tale
      (produced by Margaret Ménégoz; written and directed by Eric Rohmer; starring Charlotte Véry, Hervé Furic, Michel Voletti, Ava Loraschi, Frédéric van den Driessche)
    3. A Tale of Summer, or A Summer's Tale
      (produced by Margaret Ménégoz, Françoise Etchegaray; written and directed by Eric Rohmer; starring Melvil Poupaud, Amanda Langlet, Aurelia Nolin, Gwenaëlle Simon)
    4. A Tale of Autumn
      (produced by Margaret Ménégoz, Françoise Etchegaray; written and directed by Eric Rohmer; starring Marie Rivière, Béatrice Romand, Alain Libolt, Alexia Portal, Didier Sandre)
    Sorcerer
  7. Sorcerer
    (produced by William Friedkin, Bud S. Smith; directed by William Friedkin; written by Georges Arnaud, Walon Green; starring Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, Amidou)
  8. Rikyu
    (produced by Yoshisuke Mae, Hiroshi Morie, Tsutomu Kamimura, Noriko Nomura, Hisao Mikemura, Toru Okuyama, Kazuo Watanabe, Shizuo Yamanouchi; directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara; written by Yaeko Nogami, Hiroshi Teshigahara, Genpei Akasegawa; starring Rentaro Mikuni, Yoshiko Mita, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ryo Tamura, Kyoko Kishida, Tanie Kitabayashi)
  9. Images
    (produced by Tommy Thompson, Al Locatelli; directed by Robert Altman; written by Robert Altman, Susannah York; starring Susannah York, René Auberjonois, Marcel Bozzuffi, Hugh Millais, Cathryn Harrison)
  10. Blowup
    (produced by Carlo Ponti, Pierre Rouve; directed by Michelangelo Antonioni; written by Julio Cortázar, Michelangelo Antonioni, Tonino Guerra, Edward Bond; starring David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, Peter Bowles, John Castle)
  11. Another Woman
    (produced by Robert Greenhut, Thomas A. Reilly, Helen Robin, Charles H. Joffe, Jack Rollins; directed and written by Woody Allen; starring Gena Rowlands, Ian Holm, Mia Farrow, Blythe Danner, Betty Buckley, Sandy Dennis, John Houseman, Frances Conroy, Philip Bosco, Martha Plimpton, Gene Hackman, Harris Yulin) Black Rain
  12. Black Rain
    (produced by Hisao Iino, Shohei Imamura; directed by Shohei Imamura; written by Ibuse Masuji, Toshiro Ishido; starring Yoshiko Tanaka, Kazuo Kitamura, Etsuko Ichihara, Shoichi Ozawa, Norihei Miki, Keisuke Ishida)
  13. Angel Dust
    (produced by Kenzo Horikoshi, Eiji Izumi, Taro Maki; directed by Sogo Ishii; written by Sogo Ishii, Yorozu Ikuta; starring Kaho Minami, Takeshi Wakamatsu, Masayuki Shionoya, Etsushi Toyokawa, Ryoko Takizawa)
  14. The Ninth Configuration
    (produced by William Peter Blatty, Tom Shaw, William Paul; directed and written by William Peter Blatty; starring Stacy Keach, Scott Wilson, Ed Flanders, Jason Miller, Neville Brand, George DiCenzo, Robert Loggia, Moses Gunn, Joe Spinell, Tom Atkins, Alejandro Rey)
  15. Dirty Like an Angel
    (produced by Emmanuel Schlumberger, Alessandro Verdecchi, Nella Banfi, Robert Boner, Pierre Sayag; directed and written by Catherine Breillat; starring Claude Brasseur, Lio, Claude-Jean Philippe, Nils Tavernier, Roland Amstutz, Anny Chasson)
  16. Rachel, Rachel
    (produced by Paul Newman, Arthur S. Newman Jr., Harrison Starr; directed by Paul Newman; written by Margaret Laurence, Stewart Stern; starring Joanne Woodward, Estelle Parsons, James Olson, Kate Harrington, Terry Kiser, Frank Corsaro)
  17. 4 Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle 4 Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
    (directed by Eric Rohmer; written by Eric Rohmer, Joëlle Miquel; starring Joëlle Miquel, Jessica Forde, Philippe Laudenbach, Marie Rivière, Fabrice Luchini)
  18. The Fossil
    (produced by Ginichi Kishimoto, Masayuki Sato; directed by Masaki Kobayashi; written by Yasushi Inoue, Shun Inagaki, Takeshi Yoshida; starring Shin Saburi, Mayumi Ogawa, Komaki Kurihara, Keiko Kishi, Haruko Sugimura, Hisashi Igawa, Tetsuo Hasegawa)
  19. Gloria
    (produced by Sam Shaw, Stephen F. Kesten; written and directed by John Cassavetes; starring Gena Rowlands, John Adames, Buck Henry, Julie Carmen)
  20. Flamenco
    (produced by Juan Lebrón, José López Rodero; written and directed by Carlos Saura; starring La Paquera de Jerez, Potito, Duquende, Merche Esmeralda, Manolo Sanlúcar, Joaquín Cortés, Manuel Moneo, Agujeta, Mario Maya, Paco Toronjo, Antonio Toscano, Fernanda de Utrera, Farruco, Chocolate, José Meneses, María Pagés, Enrique Morente, José Mercé, Manuela Carrasco, Carmen Linares, Juana La Del Revuelo, Remedios Amaya, Aurora Vargas, Paco de Lucía, La Macanita, Lole, Manuel Molina, Matilde Coral, Rancapino, Chano Lobato, Manzanita, Antonio Carmona, José Miguel Carmona, Juan Carmona)
  21. Georgia
    (produced by Barbara Turner, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ulu Grosbard, Ben Barenholtz; directed by Ulu Grosbard; written by Barbara Turner; starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mare Winningham, Max Perlich, Ted Levine, John Doe) Pulse
  22. Pulse
    (produced by Ken Inoue, Seiji Okuda, Shun Shimizu, Atsuyuki Shimoda, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Yasuyoshi Tokuma; written and directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa; starring Haruhiko Kato, Kumiko Aso, Koyuki, Kurume Arisaka, Masatoshi Matsuo, Shinji Takeda, Jun Fubuki)
  23. Rich Kids
    (produced by George W. George, Michael Hausman, Robert Altman; directed by Robert M. Young; written by Judith Ross; starring Trini Alvarado, Jeremy Levy, Kathryn Walker, John Lithgow, Terry Kiser, David Selby, Roberta Maxwell, Paul Dooley, Irene Worth)
  24. The Excitement of the Do-Re-Mi-Fa Girl
    (produced by Susumu Miyasaka; directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa; written by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Kunitoshi Manda; starring Yoriko Doguchi, Juzo Itami, Usagi Aso, Kenso Kato)
  25. Freddy Got Fingered
    (produced by Larry Brezner, Howard Lapides, Lauren Lloyd, Marc S. Fischer, Derek Harvie, Arnon Milchan; directed by Tom Green; written by Tom Green, Derek Harvie; starring Tom Green, Rip Torn, Marisa Coughlan, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Julie Hagerty, Harland Williams, Anthony Michael Hall)
  26. Primer Primer
    (written, directed and produced by Shane Carruth; starring Shane Carruth, David Sullivan)
  27. Killjoy A.K.A. Who Murdered Joy Morgan
    (produced by Joseph B. Wallenstein, Lee Rich, Sam Rolfe; directed by John Llewellyn Moxey; written by Sam Rolfe; starring Kim Basinger, Stephen Macht, Steven Keats, Robert Culp, Nancy Marchand, John Rubinstein)
  28. The Best Little Girl in the World
    (produced by Lynn Loring, E. Duke Vincent, Douglas S. Cramer, Aaron Spelling; directed by Sam O'Steen; written by Steven Levenkron, David Moessinger; starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, Charles Durning, Eva Marie Saint, Melanie Mayron, Lisa Pelikan, Jason Miller, Viveca Lindfors, David Spielberg)

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