Studios are still asleep but at least there’s a very early contender for the year’s most essential release, Criterion’s Chantal Akerman sampler pack with new restorations of some of her most beloved work. And there’s also a 4K of Kindergarten Cop, with two (2) more scholarly commentaries than Criterion saw fit to give any of those Akerman movies.

Chantal Akerman Masterpieces, 1968–1978 (Criterion)
Impossible Object (Indicator)
Jennifer 8 (Shout Factory)
Kindergarten Cop 4K (Kino)
Lawmen: Bass Reeves (Paramount)
The Sea Shall Not Have Them & Albert R.N.: Two British Wartime Classics Directed by Lewis Gilbert (Cohen)
Thinner (Shout Factory)