I STAND ACCUSED — ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE ATTRACTIONS

One of my all time favorite Elvis Costello songs is "I Stand Accused" (from his GET HAPPY record). This great song was originally written and recorded by Isaac Hayes and Jerry Butler. Elvis celebrates the power of the song with just the right amount of emotional distance lest he be consumed by the song's 110% romantic commitment. Barnburner. 

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Groupthink doesn't live here, critical thought does. Here's Elvis's first new song since 2018's "Look Now."

DRACULA — 1931 POSTER

Dracula was the original Batman. Chomp.

BRUCE LEE — THE CRITERION COLLECTION

     

presents

 

BRUCE LEE:

HIS GREATEST HITS

 

SEVEN-DISC COLLECTOR'S SET FEATURES

5 KUNG-FU CLASSICS

 

WATCH THE NEW TRAILER HERE

 

AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY JULY 14, 2020

 

The Criterion Collection couldn't be more excited to announce our tribute to the life and work of the iconic Bruce Lee with five dazzling, action-packed kung-fu landmarks starring the international martial-arts legend. Capturing Lee at the height of his artistry and superstardom, this seven-disc Blu-ray box set is loaded with special features, including alternate versions of the films, interviews with Lee's collaborators and admirers, documentaries about his life and philosophies, commentaries, promotional materials, and so much more! Coming this July, Bruce Lee: His Greatest Hits is a collection of high-flying classics from the ultimate fighter, whose unmatched persona and influence in cinema live on.

BRUCE LEE: HIS GREATEST HITS

In the early 1970s, a kung-fu dynamo named Bruce Lee side-kicked his way onto the screen and straight into pop-culture immortality. With his magnetic screen presence, tightly coiled intensity, and superhuman martial-arts prowess, Lee was an icon who conquered both Hong Kong and Hollywood cinema, and transformed the art of the action film in the process. This collection brings together the five films that define the Lee legend: furiously exciting fist-fliers propelled by his innovative choreography, unique martial-arts philosophy, and whirlwind fighting style. Though he completed only a handful of films while at the peak of his stardom before his untimely death at age thirty-two, Lee left behind a monumental legacy as both a consummate entertainer and a supremely disciplined artist who made Hong Kong action cinema a sensation the world over.

 

SEVEN-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

* 4K digital restorations of The Big Boss, Fist of Fury, Game of Death, and The Way of the Dragon, with uncompressed original monaural soundtracks 

* New 2K digital restoration of the rarely-seen 99-minute 1973 theatrical version of Enter the Dragon, with uncompressed original monaural soundtrack

* 2K digital restoration of the 102-minute "special-edition" version of Enter the Dragon

* Alternate audio soundtracks for the films, including original English-dubbed tracks and a 5.1 surround soundtrack for the special-edition version of Enter the Dragon 

* Six audio commentaries: on The Big Boss by Bruce Lee expert Brandon Bentley; on The Big Boss, Fist of Fury, Game of Death, and The Way of the Dragon by Hong Kong-film expert Mike Leeder; and on the special-edition version of Enter the Dragon by producer Paul Heller

* High-definition presentation of Game of Death II, the 1981 sequel to Game of Death

* Game of Death Redux, a new presentation of Lee's original Game of Death footage, produced by Alan Canvan

* New interviews on all five films with Lee biographer Matthew Polly

* New interview with producer Andre Morgan about Golden Harvest, the company behind Hong Kong's top martial-arts stars, including Lee

* New program about English-language dubbing with voice performers Michael Kaye (the English-speaking voice of Lee's Chen Zhen in Fist of Fury) and Vaughan Savidge

* New interview with author Grady Hendrix about the "Bruceploitation" subgenre that followed Lee's death, and a selection of Bruceploitation trailers

* Blood and Steel, a 2004 documentary about the making of Enter the Dragon

* Multiple programs and documentaries about Lee's life and philosophies, including Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend (1973) and Bruce Lee: In His Own Words(1998)

* Interviews with Linda Lee Cadwell, Lee's widow, and many of Lee's collaborators and admirers, including actors Jon T. Benn, Riki Hashimoto, Nora Miao, Robert Wall, Yuen Wah, and Simon Yam and directors Clarence Fok, Sammo Hung, and Wong Jing

* Promotional materials

* New English subtitle translations and subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

* PLUS: An essay by critic Jeff Chang