The Criterion Collection has announced five (5) titles to be released on Blu-ray this July. On July 15, Robert Bresson’s Pickpocket and David Cronenberg’s Scanners will be released. On July 22nd, another two titles will be released, first stop will be Jacques Demy’s essentials that include Lola, Bay of Angels, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The young Girls of Rochefort, Une Chambre En Ville and Donkey Skin. The second title set for July 22nd is Erik Skjoldbjærg’s Insomnia. Finally, on July 29 Lawrence Kasdan’s The Big Chill will close out the month. Check below for a list of supplements for each release.

Pickpocket
Disc Features

1. New, 2K digital film restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
2. Audio commentary by film scholar James Quandt
3. Introduction by writer-director Paul Schrader
4. The Models of “Pickpocket,” a 2003 documentary by Babette Mangolte that features actors from the film
5. Interview from 1960 with director Robert Bresson, from the French television program Cinépanorama
6. Q&A on Pickpocket from 2000 with actor Marika Green and filmmakers Paul Vecchiali and Jean-Pierre Améris
7. Footage of the sleight-of-hand artist and Pickpocket consultant Kassagi from a 1962 episode of the French television show La piste aux étoiles
8. Trailer
9. PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by novelist and critic Gary Indiana

Scanners
Disc Features

1. New, restored 2K digital film transfer, supervised by director David Cronenberg, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
2. The “Scanners” Way, a new documentary on the film’s special effects
3. New interview with actor Michael Ironside
4. The Ephemerol Diaries, a 2012 interview with actor and artist Stephen Lack
5. Excerpt from a 1981 interview with Cronenberg on the CBC’s The Bob McLean Show
6. Stereo (1969), Cronenberg’s first feature film
7. Trailer
8. PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Kim Newman

The Essential Jacques Demy
Disc Features

1. New 2K digital restorations of all six films, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks on the Blu-rays of Lola and Bay of Angels/ and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 surround soundtracks on the Blu-rays of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Young Girls of Rochefort, Donkey Skin, and Une chambre en ville
2. Two documentaries by filmmaker Agnès Varda: The World of Jacques Demy (1995) and The Young Girls Turn 25 (1993)
3. Four short films by director Jacques Demy: Les horizons morts (1951), Le sabotier du Val de Loire (1956), Ars (1959), and La luxure (1962)
4. Jacques Demy A to Z, a new visual essay by film critic James Quandt
5. Two archival interviews from French television with Demy and composer Michel Legrand, one on The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and the other on The Young Girls of Rochefort
6. French television interview from 1962 with actor Jeanne Moreau on the set of Bay of Angels
7. Once Upon a Time . . . “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg,” a 2008 documentary
8. French television program about the making of Donkey Skin
9. “Donkey Skin” Illustrated, a video program on the many versions of Charles Perrault’s fairy tale
10. “Donkey Skin” and the Thinkers, a video program on the themes of the film, featuring critic Camille Tabouley
11. New video conversation with Demy biographer Jean-Pierre Berthomé and costume designer Jacqueline Moreau
12. New interviews with author Marie Colmant and film scholar Rodney Hill
13. Q&A with Demy from the 1987 Midnight Sun Film Festival, as well as an audio Q&A with him from the American Film Institute in 1971
14. Archival audio recordings of interviews with Demy, Legrand, and actor Catherine Deneuve at the National Film Theatre in London
15. Interview with actor Anouk Aimée conducted by Varda in 2012
16. Interview from 2012 with Varda on the origin of Lola’s song
17. Video programs on the restorations of Lola, Bay of Angels, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, and Une chambre en ville
18. Trailers
19. New English subtitle translations
20. PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by critics Ginette Vincendeau, Terrence Rafferty, Jim Ridley, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Anne Duggan, and Geoff Andrew, and a postscript by Berthomé

Insomnia
Disc Features

1. New 4K digital restoration, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
2. New conversation between director Erik Skjoldbjærg and actor Stellan Skarsgård
3. Trailer and TV spot
4. One Blu-ray and one DVD, with all content available in both formats
5. PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Jonathan Romney

The Big Chill
Disc Features

1. New, restored 4K digital film transfer, supervised by cinematographer John Bailey and approved by director Lawrence Kasdan, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
2. Alternate remastered 5.1 surround soundtrack, presented in DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray
3. Reunion with cast and crew, including Kasdan, actors Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Kevin Kline, Mary Kay Place, Meg Tilly, and JoBeth Williams, from the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival
4. Documentary from 1998 on the making of the film
5. Deleted scenes
6. Trailer
7. PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by writer, director, and actor Lena Dunham