Criterion is opening the vaults and releasing 4K Blu-rays of some legit style classics.
The Criterion Assortment 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 the anticipated releases in Criterion’s June slate is William Friedkin’s Sorcerer, a stellar remake of The Wages of Concern that flopped upon preliminary launch however has since gone on to be thought-about one of many most interesting thrillers of the Seventies. Surprisingly, it’s Friedkin’s first movie ever in The Criterion Assortment. The discharge, 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.
One other 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 doubt one of many extra distinctive movies from Lumet and in addition considered one of comparatively few musicals in The Criterion Assortment. Particular options embrace a brand new audio commentary and archival interviews, though the discharge might be worthy of extra than simply that. That is Lumet’s fourth movie within the assortment after The Fugitive Form, 12 Indignant Males and Fail Secure. This launch comes out on June tenth.
Rising from the archives this June is Terry Gilliam’s Brazil, which was first launched by Criterion on LaserDisc earlier than getting into as an official backbone in 1999. Nonetheless carrying #51, Brazil comes this time with a Gilliam-approved 4K restoration of the director’s reduce. Additionally 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 Assortment can be re-issuing Paul Schrader’s Mishima: A Life in 4 Chapters (backbone #432) by way of a 4K restoration; 1988 documentary Thelonious Monk Straight, No Chaser (#1265); the Claudette Colbert/Don Ameche screwball comedy Midnight #1266); and Thirty Two Quick Movies About Glenn Gould (#1268).
What are you selecting up from The Criterion Assortment this June?
