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'''The Criterion Collection''', often shortened to '''Criterion''', is an American home video distribution company specializing in prestige releases of significant films past and present. Founded in 1984, its innovations include letterboxing widescreen films, audio commentaries, and special features in general. Despite the genre's often dim reputation in the West, Criterion has licensed many kaiju films, including nearly every entry in the [[Showa era|Showa]] [[Godzilla]] series.
'''The Criterion Collection''', often shortened to just '''Criterion''', is an American home video distribution company specializing in prestige releases of significant films past and present. Founded in 1984, its innovations include letterboxing widescreen films, audio commentaries, and special features in general. Despite the genre's often dim reputation in the West, Criterion has licensed many kaiju films, including every entry in the [[Showa era|Showa]] [[Godzilla]] series.
==Selected Home Video Releases==
==Selected Home Video Releases==
*''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]'' (1933) - LaserDisc (1987)
*''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]'' (1933) - LaserDisc (1987)
*''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'' (1954) - DVD and Blu-ray (2012)
*''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'' (1954) - DVD and Blu-ray (2012)
*''[[The X from Outer Space]]'' (1967), ''[[Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell]]'' (1968), ''The Living Skeleton'' (1968), and ''Genocide'' (1968) - DVD set titled ''Eclipse Series 37: When Horror Came to Shochiku'' (2012)
*''[[The X from Outer Space]]'' (1967), ''[[Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell|Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell]]'' (1968), ''The Living Skeleton'' (1968), and ''Genocide'' (1968) - DVD set titled ''Eclipse Series 37: When Horror Came to Shochiku'' (2012)
*''[[Jellyfish Eyes]]'' (2013) - DVD and Blu-ray (2015)
*''[[Jellyfish Eyes]]'' (2013) - DVD and Blu-ray (2015)
*''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'' (1954) to ''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]'' (1975) - Blu-ray set titled ''Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954-1975'' (2019)
==The Criterion Channel==
==The Criterion Channel==
Criterion also operates a streaming service in the U.S. and Canada called The Criterion Channel, which it launched in 2019. Previously, select Criterion titles were only available on Hulu, then FilmStruck.
Criterion also operates a streaming service in the U.S. and Canada called The Criterion Channel, which it launched in 2019. Previously, select Criterion titles were only available on Hulu, then FilmStruck.

Revision as of 01:37, 26 July 2019

The Criterion Collection, often shortened to just Criterion, is an American home video distribution company specializing in prestige releases of significant films past and present. Founded in 1984, its innovations include letterboxing widescreen films, audio commentaries, and special features in general. Despite the genre's often dim reputation in the West, Criterion has licensed many kaiju films, including every entry in the Showa Godzilla series.

Selected Home Video Releases

The Criterion Channel

Criterion also operates a streaming service in the U.S. and Canada called The Criterion Channel, which it launched in 2019. Previously, select Criterion titles were only available on Hulu, then FilmStruck.

The following kaiju films are available on The Criterion Channel. All Toho films except Godzilla use Toho's 2008 HD transfers, while titles dubbed into English twice use their international export dubs:

Revival Screenings

In 2019, Criterion business partner Janus Films began facilitating revival screenings of the Godzilla films it owned the rights to, including Godzilla vs. Gigan and Godzilla vs. Hedorah, both currently unavailable on The Criterion Channel.[1][2]

Trivia

External Links

References

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