Criterion will soon release two fine foreign noirs:

Classe tous risques (The Big Risk) (1960)
Dir. Claude Sautet
108 minutes Black and White 1.66:1 France
18 June 2008

After hiding out in Milan for nearly a decade, fugitive gangland chief Abel Davos (Lino Ventura) sneaks back to Paris with his children despite a death sentence hanging over his head. DVD Talk Review

High and Low (1963)
Dir. Akira Kurosawa
143 minutes Black and White 2.35:1 Japan
July 2008

Toshiro Mifune is unforgettable as Kingo Gondo, a wealthy industrialist whose family becomes the target of a cold-blooded kidnapper in Akira Kurosawa’s highly influential High and Low (Tengoko to jigoku).