The Criterion Collection’s September Lineup Features High and Low, Wes Anderson, and Spinal Tap on 4K

Likely that Criterion were developing their 4K upgrade of High and Low––a film they released so long ago that it was then subject to a “high-definition digital transfer”––well before any date was set for Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest, but serendipity rarely depends upon contingency. Whatever the case: Akira Kurosawa’s monumental tale of king’s ransom arrives in September, a month also including upgrades for This Is Spinal Tap (that’s spine number twelve, and just in time for its sequel) and several Wes Anderson films couched in a massive, 25-year-spanning box set that itself features new titles Isle of Dogs and The French Dispatch.

Fresh and on 4K are Gints Zilbalodis’ Oscar-winning Flow and Jacques Audiard’s Read My Lips. Meanwhile, the latter’s The Beat That My Heart Skipped receives a Blu-ray release alongside. Lizzie Borden’s Born in Flames.

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