Yesterday many of you received a e-mail from Criterion, confirming the rumors of a large batch of catalog titles going out-of-print.  This is directly connected to the recent acquisition by Lionsgate of a large quantity of Studio Canal films. Lionsgate will release Ran, Contempt & Lady Killers on blu-ray in a few weeks. Everyone is still a bit apprehensive about Lionsgate successfully competing with Criterion to embrace the foreign and art-house home entertainment market. Look for reviews of the first waves of Lionsgate’s Studio Canal Blu-ray releases ASAP. Below is a list of titles going OOP by the end of March, 2010.

 

Alphaville

 

Carlos Saura’s Flamenco Trilogy

 

Le Corbeau

 

Coup de Torchon

 

Diary of a Country Priest

 

The Fallen Idol

 

Forbidden Games

 

Gervaise

 

Grand Illusion

 

Le jour se lève

 

Last Holiday

 

Mayerling

 

The Orphic Trilogy

 

Peeping Tom

 

Pierrot le Fou

 

Port of Shadows

 

Quai des Orfèvres

 

The Small Back Room

 

The Tales of Hoffmann

 

Trafic

 

Le Trou

 

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