Folks, let’s be honest, we really don’t know when this whole COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic is going to be behind us. If you use the film/TV industry to help shape your timeline, then you have to assume that we’re going to be dealing with this until June, perhaps longer. And if that’s the case, home viewing is going to remain super important. But never fear, the Criterion Collection is here to provide you with plenty of quality films if this stretches into June.
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Leading the June 2020 class of Criterion is none other than Celine Sciamma’s critically-acclaimed romance, “Portrait of a Lady on Fire.” Released only last year, the coveted Collection is quickly adding the instant-classic to its ranks with a special edition release. Not only is ‘Portrait’ going to look and sound amazing, courtesy of a new 4K remaster and incredible DTS sound, but the special features are going to include a new interview with Sciamma, as well as actors Adèle Haenel and Noémie Merlant. We have talked about this film a ton already and it absolutely deserves a place in your home collection.
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Also deserving a place in your home is the war film “Come and See.” Soviet director Elem Klimov’s 1985 film is one of those pictures that a large contingent of film fans have yet to see, and those that have consistently rank it as one of the best (if not the very best) war films to ever be made. And since this is a Criterion release, you know it’s going to feature the very best picture and sound available, as “Come and See” sports a new 2K restoration and uncompressed audio. In addition, there are a ton of special features including a new interview with cinematographer Roger Deakins.
In addition to those two films, Criterion is also adding Buster Keaton’s “The Cameraman,” Paul Mazursky’s “An Unmarried Woman,” and Kon Ichikawa’s “Tokyo Olympiad.”