The Criterion Collection To Revive The Eclipse Home Video Line

In November, the series of rare films relaunches on Blu-ray with early works by Abbas Kiarostami, most never before released on disc

August 6, 2025

Press Release

This November, Criterion is thrilled to relaunch Eclipse, a continuing series of lost, forgotten, or overshadowed films presented in simple, affordable box-set editions. We are upgrading the line to Blu-ray and releasing both new editions and upgrades of popular DVD sets. Starting with a deep dive into the first two decades of legendary Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami’s career, the series will also bring you films by Kinuyo Tanaka, Japan’s first successful woman director; five searingly radical documentaries from the husband-and-wife team Kazuo Hara and Sachiko Kobayashi; the unflinching first features of Swedish maverick Ruben Östlund; and the revolutionary work of Afro-Cuban trailblazer Sara Gómez. PLUS: upgrades of Carlos Saura’s electrifying Flamenco Trilogy, the joyously risqué pre-Code musicals of Ernst Lubitsch, and more!

Since 1984, the Criterion Collection has been dedicated to publishing important classic and contemporary films from around the world in editions that offer the highest technical quality and award-winning, original supplements. No matter the medium-from laserdisc to DVD and Blu-ray to streaming on the Criterion Channel-Criterion has maintained its pioneering commitment to presenting each film as its maker would want it seen, in state-of-the-art restorations with special features designed to encourage repeated watching and deepen the viewer's appreciation of the art of film.

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