It took awhile but Criterion announced on Wednesday that they’re getting ready to release their first-ever slate of 4K Ultra HD titles. The six-film slate, which will be released in November 2021, will be led off by Citizen Kane. The Orson Wells classic has a long history with Criterion, being the first film ever released by the collection way back in 1987. The format, of course, was laserdisc, and rights issues have kept it out of the collection for a thirty-seven years.
Criterion will also be releasing five more titles, which have been released through the collection before but are now getting extensive visual upgrades. The films are David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive, Jane Campion’s The Piano, Allen and Albert Hughes’s Menace II Society, The Archer’s The Red Shoes, and Richard Lester’s iconic A Hard Days Night.
