Criterion is opening the vaults and releasing 4K Blu-rays of some legit style classics.
The Criterion Collection has unveiled their June 2025 releases, and it’s a completely stacked one, with unnerving suspense, bureaucratic domination and no matter Sidney Lumet was going for with The Wiz.
One of probably the most anticipated releases in Criterion’s June slate is William Friedkin’s Sorcerer, a stellar remake of The Wages of Fear that flopped upon preliminary launch however has since gone on to be thought-about one of many best thrillers of the Seventies. Surprisingly, it’s Friedkin’s first movie ever in The Criterion Collection. The launch, set as backbone #1267, has a brand new 4K digital restoration, and has particular options that embrace a feature-length documentary on Friedkin from 2018, quite a few archival interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, and extra. Sorcerer arrives on June twenty fourth.
Another new title coming from Criterion this June is The Wiz, an adaptation of the Broadway present which was a reimagining of The Wizard of Oz. Nominated for 4 Oscars and that includes a forged of Diana Ross, Michael Jackson and Nipsey Russell, The Wiz is little question one of many extra distinctive movies from Lumet and in addition considered one of comparatively few musicals in The Criterion Collection. Special options embrace a brand new audio commentary and archival interviews, though the discharge might be worthy of extra than simply that. This is Lumet’s fourth movie within the assortment after The Fugitive Kind, 12 Angry Men and Fail Safe. This launch comes out on June tenth.
Emerging from the archives this June is Terry Gilliam’s Brazil, which was first launched by Criterion on LaserDisc earlier than coming into as an official backbone in 1999. Still carrying #51, Brazil comes this time with a Gilliam-approved 4K restoration of the director’s reduce. Also included would be the “Love Conquers All” model, which gave the movie a contented ending. This launch additionally retains the identical cowl artwork, which is lifted from the poster. Brazil’s newest launch hits cabinets on June third.
Elsewhere in June, The Criterion Collection can also be re-issuing Paul Schrader’s Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (backbone #432) through a 4K restoration; 1988 documentary Thelonious Monk Straight, No Chaser (#1265); the Claudette Colbert/Don Ameche screwball comedy Midnight #1266); and Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (#1268).
What are you choosing up from The Criterion Collection this June?