It’s why Grave of the Fireflies author Akiyuki Nosaka only agreed to let his short story be adapted into an anime film by Isao Takahata’s team at Studio Ghibli: The form could capture the emotions of ...

There is also the 218-minute television version (the theatrical version runs 163 minutes) on one of the supplementary Blu-ray discs. Criterion’s new 4K digital ... a two-hour conversation between ...

Over the following decades, Criterion’s catalog expanded from a few hundred entries on LaserDisc to more than 1,600 across DVD and Blu-ray ... over auteurs such as Akira Kurosawa and John ...

Physical media culture is alive and thriving thanks to the home video tastemakers hailing everywhere from The Criterion Collection ... best recent and upcoming Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K releases ...

The 4K Blu-ray is available from the Criterion Collection and includes a bunch of extra goodies: two audio commentaries, a making-of documentary, “a two-hour conversation between director Akira ...

Akira Kurosawa is considered one of the most influential filmmakers of all time and now two of his best films, Yojimbo and Sanjuro, are finally available in a 4K Blu-ray Criterion Collection set.

Each month The A.V. Club does our part to keep you up to date on the best of what’s coming out on Blu-ray ... this Criterion combo pack of Yojimbo and Sanjuro, a pair of Akira Kurosawa samurai ...

Over on Amazon, some Criterion Collection releases are still marked down to 50% off. Even if it doesn’t look like it’s on sale — these are regularly priced between $40 (Blu-ray) and $50 (4K ...

And physical media — especially Blu-rays and 4K discs ... holiday movie collection. Though Akira Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai” has been a cornerstone of Criterion’s library of cinematic ...

In time for Halloween as well as the beginning of the gift-getting season, Criterion was selling every Blu-ray and DVD in its hallowed collection at 50% off their usual prices, but the sale is over.