[...] On the surface this is an amazing idea. A collection of films already popular in France and the UK now making their way over to this side of the Atlantic for we cinephiles to gobble up! Sounds great. Here’s my issue – a bunch of these titles were, until recently controlled by The Criterion Collection. A label which produces not only the best supplemental material for home video but also gives the films the absolute, no-questions-asked, best-of-the-best restorations, transfers and encodes in the business. Now, that’s not to say that the Studio Canal versions won’t be good. They seem amazing. I’m just a little disappointed that the version of Akira Kurasawa’s Ran that will be on my shelf won’t be Criterion’s. Especially after Criterion had their Blu-ray edition of the film ready to hit the market until this deal pulled the c…. [...]