Criterion’s September slate includes High and Low, This Is Spinal Tap & Flow in 4K, plus Lois & Clark on Blu-ray & more!

Monday, 16 June 2025 17:37

Criterion’s September slate includes High and Low, This Is Spinal Tap & Flow in 4K, plus Lois & Clark on Blu-ray & more!

by Bill Hunt

We’re starting the week here at The Bits with more new disc reviews and some great announcement news as well!

But first, I just wanted to let you all know that we’ve stabilized the website to address some software and loading issues that we’ve been experiencing recently. We’re not 100% back to normal, but the site should at least be loading faster now than it was before. We’ll be doing some additional upgrades in the week ahead, so more on that topic soon.

In the meantime, we’ve shared a bunch of great new disc reviews here on the site today and over the weekend. Among them are…

My review (with longtime Bits contributor Adam Jahnke) of William Friedkin’s Sorcerer (1977) in 4K Ultra HD from the Criterion Collection! The disc streets on 6/24, and the A/V quality is superb.

I’ve also reviewed the new UFO: The Complete SHADO Files Blu-ray box set from our friends at Imprint Television, which contains the best HD quality of any Blu-ray release of Gerry Anderson’s UFO (1970-71) to date, along with the most complete collection of special features.

Also new today is Dennis’ look at Jaume Collet-Serra’s The Woman in the Yard (2025) on Blu-ray from Blumhouse and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.

And Stephen has taken an in-depth look at Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett’s Abigail (2024) in 4K Ultra HD from Universal via Scream Factory.

More new disc reviews are definitely on the way all this week, so be sure to watch out for them! [Read on here...]

Now then, the big news today is that the Criterion Collection has just revealed its complete September slate of Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD titles, and it’s a whopper!

In addition to Wes Anderson’s already announced The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021) (Spine #1282 – 4K + Blu-ray and Blu-ray), Isle of Dogs (2018) (Spine #1281 – 4K + Blu-ray and Blu-ray), and The Wes Anderson Archive: Ten Films, Twenty-Five Years box set (4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray) which are all due on 9/30, look for Akira Kurosawa’s High and Low (1963) (Spine #24 – 4K + Blu-ray) on 9/9, Lizzie Borden’s Born in Flames (1983) (Spine #1277 – Blu-ray) on 9/16, Rob Reiner’s This Is Spinal Tap (1984) (Spine #12 – 4K+Blu-ray and Blu-ray) on 9/16, and Gints Zilbalodis’ animated Flow (2024) (Spine #1278 – 4K+ Blu-ray and Blu-ray) and Jacques Audiard’s The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005) (Spine #1280 – Blu-ray) and Read My Lips (2001) (Spine #1279 – 4K + Blu-ray and Blu-ray) on 9/23.

Of these 4K editions, the Wes Anderson titles, Read My Lips, and This Is Spinal Tap will all have Dolby Vision HDR (but not Flow or High and Low). You can read more about all of these here on the Criterion website.

Here’s a look at some of the cover artwork…

This Is Spinal Tap (4K Ultra HD) High and Low (4K Ultra HD)

Isle of Dogs (4K Ultra HD) The French Dispatch (4K Ultra HD)

Also today, Kino Lorber Studio Classics has revealed that Miramax’s Four Rooms (1995) anthology film is coming soon on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray, featuring the work of Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez, and Quentin Tarantino.

In addition, KLSC has officially set Steve Barron’s Coneheads (1993) for 4K Ultra HD release on 8/19.

And finally, for you TV on Blu-ray fans, Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment and DC are releasing Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman – The Complete Series as a 20-disc Blu-ray box set on 7/8. Here’s what that looks like…

Back tomorrow with more! Stay tuned…

- Bill Hunt

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