The Criterion Collection have announced their upcoming slate for May 2024. It’s a very strong lineup that includes a recent Oscar-nominated film, a new box set from a famed Senegalese director, and a long-awaited classic from Ozu. Here’s what’s coming:

A Story of Floating Weeds / Floating Weeds: Two Films by Yasujiro Ozu (Blu-ray)

Ozu’s Floating Weeds (1959) is my second favorite film of all time. A 4K restoration was made several years ago, and I had the pleasure of seeing it in theaters on two separate occasions. So it goes without saying that I was extremely happy to finally see this title announced, alongside the original 1934 silent version, A Story of Floating Weeds. From the screenshots posted at Criterion, both films look better than they ever have. You can find info on extras below.

SPECIAL FEATURES

• 4K digital master of Floating Weeds, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack (Blu-ray); high-definition digital transfer of Floating Weeds (DVD)
• High-definition digital master of A Story of Floating Weeds, featuring a score by composer Donald Sosin, presented in 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray
• Audio commentary for A Story of Floating Weeds by Japanese-film historian Donald Richie and for Floating Weeds by film critic Roger Ebert
• Trailer
• English subtitle translation by Richie for Floating Weeds
• PLUS: An essay by Richie
  
  Covers by Lucien S. Y. Yang

Anatomy of a Fall (Blu-ray)

Justine Triet’s excellent courtroom thriller/drama Anatomy of a Fall will be coming from Criterion on May 28th. I wrote a brief review of the film here. The film was acquired in the US by NEON, who looks to have licensed it to Criterion.. I was surprised to see it only announced as a Blu-ray, as I figured it would be a 4K release too, but it appears to only have a 2K master. Among other awards, the film has been nominated for 5 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and Best Actress.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• 2K digital master, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• New interview with director Justine Triet
• Deleted and alternate scenes with commentary by Triet
• Audition footage of actors Milo Machado Graner and Antoine Reinartz and rehearsal footage of Machado Graner and actor Sandra Hüller
• Trailer
• PLUS: An essay by critic Alexandra Schwartz
  
  New cover by Greg Ruth

Peeping Tom (4K UHD)

4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
• Two audio commentaries, one featuring film scholar Laura Mulvey and one featuring film historian Ian Christie
• Introduction by filmmaker Martin Scorsese
• Interview with editor Thelma Schoonmaker
• Documentary about the film’s history, featuring interviews with Schoonmaker, Scorsese, and actor Carl Boehm
• Documentary about screenwriter Leo Marks
• Program on the film’s restoration
• Trailer
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by author Megan Abbott
  
  New cover by Eric Skillman

Three Revolutionary Films by Ousmane Sembène (Blu-ray)

THREE-DISC SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New 4K digital restorations of all three films, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks
• New conversation between Mahen Bonetti, founder and executive director of the African Film Festival, and writer Amy Sall
• The Making of “Ceddo,” a 1981 documentary by Paulin Soumanou Vieyra
• New English subtitle translations
• PLUS: An essay by film scholar Yasmina Price
  
  New cover by Ify Chiejina

Girlfight (2000) (Blu-ray)

DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director Karyn Kusama and director of photography Patrick Cady, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• Audio commentary featuring Kusama
• New interviews with Kusama, editor Plummy Tucker, and composer Theodore Shapiro
• Trailer
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by author Carmen Maria Machado
  
  New cover by Jillian Ade