Tracy Letts

The 1976 Movie Draft

1. #4 Rocky — Blockbuster▶ 44:13
2. #5 Carrie — Comedy/Horror▶ 47:44
3. #12 The Killing of a Chinese Bookie — Thriller/Action▶ 1:11:16
4. #13 Lifeguard — Drama▶ 1:15:20
5. #20 The Man Who Fell to Earth — Wild Card▶ 1:34:46
6. #21 Seven Beauties — Oscar▶ 1:38:16

The Chicago Movie Draft LIVE in Chicago!

1. #4 Hoop Dreams — Oscar nominee▶ 1:05:50
2. #5 The Blues Brothers — comedy▶ 1:07:30
3. #12 Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer — action/horror/thriller▶ 1:33:20
4. #13 The Untouchables — blockbuster▶ 1:36:40
5. #20 Medium Cool — drama▶ 1:58:20
6. #21 Love Jones — wild card▶ 2:01:40

The 1982 Movie Draft

1. #2 The Verdict — Drama▶ 32:50
2. #7 The Road Warrior — Thriller/Action/Horror/Sci-Fi▶ 51:45
3. #10 Tootsie — Comedy▶ 1:02:50
4. #15 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan — Blockbuster▶ 1:24:20
5. #18 Missing — Oscar▶ 1:34:40
6. #23 Eating Raoul — Wild Card▶ 1:51:05

The Physical Media High Council Reconvenes!

• Cutter's Way — Radiance Films · 4K UHD
• The Gambler — 1974 Karel Reisz film
• Istvan Szabo Trilogy — Second Run · Mephisto, Colonel Redl, Hanussen (Brandauer)
• Suicide Club — Umbrella Entertainment · 4K UHD
• Russ Meyer on 4K (Severin releases) — Severin Films · Various Meyer titles newly on 4K; no set named

The Physical Media High Council Awards

• Lifeguard — Fun City Editions
• Possession — Umbrella Entertainment · 4K UHD; real upgrade over prior Blu-ray
• Shawscope: Volume Three — Arrow Video · 14-film Shaw Brothers box, samurai-leaning
• Taking Off — Carlotta Films · French import Blu-ray, English audio
• Cruising — Arrow Video · 4K UHD — a gift for Sean Fennessey
• Dirty Harry — Warner Bros. · 4K steelbook
• The Outlaw Josey Wales — Warner Bros. · 4K steelbook; reference quality
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World — a gift for Chris Ryan
• No Country for Old Men — a gift for Chris Ryan
• Inside Llewyn Davis — a gift for Chris Ryan
• Double Indemnity — a gift for Chris Ryan
• Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood — a gift for Chris Ryan
• Wrath of Man — a gift for Chris Ryan
• The Conversation — Blu-ray — a gift for Chris Ryan
• Narc — a gift for Chris Ryan
• Yourself and Yours — a gift for Chris Ryan
• The Last Stop in Yuma County — a gift for Chris Ryan
• Happiness — Criterion Collection · 4K UHD (via Carrie's Criterion Closet run) — a gift for Chris Ryan
• Wanda — Criterion Collection · Blu-ray — a gift for Chris Ryan
• Mandabi — Criterion Collection · Blu-ray — a gift for Chris Ryan
• An Unmarried Woman — Criterion Collection · Blu-ray — a gift for Chris Ryan
• Lilies of the Field — Kino Lorber — a gift for Chris Ryan
• Zhou Yu's Train — Imprint — a gift for Chris Ryan
• The Three Musketeers — Recent adaptation; exact version unclear — a gift for Chris Ryan
• King Kong (1976) — 4K UHD, Jeff Bridges version — a gift for Sean Fennessey
• The Case of Barnabáš Kos — Second Run
• Who Wants to Kill Jessie? — Second Run
• Choose Me — Criterion Collection
• Witness — Blu-ray box edition — a gift for Chris Ryan
• Witness — 4K UHD — a gift for Tim Simons
• Barquero — Kino Lorber
• Diary of a Chambermaid — Kino Lorber · Only Blu-ray of Buñuel's version
• Clean and Sober — Warner Archive · No-frills Blu-ray
• Vixen — Severin · 4K (Severin's Russ Meyer line)
• Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia — Shout! Factory (Shout Select) · New 4K
• Last Year at Marienbad — Kino Lorber · 4K; reference quality
• Terror in the Fog: The Wallace Krimi at CCC — Eureka · Edgar Wallace German krimis; proto-giallo box
• Mabuse Lives! Dr. Mabuse at CCC — Eureka · Six 1960s Mabuse films — a gift for Chris Ryan
• V-Cinema Essentials: Bullets & Betrayal — Arrow Video · Japanese straight-to-video crime films

The King of Physical Media. Plus: The 10 Best Blu-rays of 2024.

• The Underground Railroad — Criterion Collection · Blu-ray of the Amazon limited series
• The Bride Wore Black — Radiance Films · Radiance upgrade over an earlier fine transfer
• The Bitter Stems — Flicker Alley · Film Noir Foundation restoration, 1956 Argentine noir
• Deep in the Heart — Fun City Editions · aka Handgun (1983); Sean bought it on Tracy's rec
• Primetime Panic — Fun City Editions · 1980s TV-movie box; incl. Freedom (1981)
• The Conversation — Kino Lorber · deluxe expanded box w/ score cassette, ~$79.99
• Happiness — Criterion Collection · 4K restoration of the Solondz film
• Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid — Criterion Collection · 4K UHD
• Peeping Tom — Criterion Collection · 4K UHD
• McCabe & Mrs. Miller — Criterion Collection · 4K UHD (Sean owns only the Blu-ray)
• Blood and Black Lace — Arrow Video · 4K UHD
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers — Arrow Video · 1978 Kaufman version, 4K UHD (white Arrow box)
• The Wages of Fear — BFI · BFI 4K restoration (not the Criterion edition)
• Paths of Glory — 4K; rival Eureka and Kino Lorber editions, owns one
• The Third Man — StudioCanal · deluxe box: pop-up Ferris wheel, plays the zither score
• High Noon — Kino Lorber · 4K UHD
• North Dallas Forty — Kino Lorber · 4K UHD
• Prime Cut — Kino Lorber · 4K UHD (Sean kept his older Blu-ray)
• Last Year at Marienbad — Kino Lorber · 4K UHD
• Operation Crossbow — Severin · 4K UHD, sold out (late-80s Argento)
• Hungarian Masters — Second Run
• Interrogation — Second Run · Ryszard Bugajski, 1982
• Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea — Second Run · Czech sci-fi comedy (Jindrich Polak)