The Criterion Collection is the gold standard of prestige home video — every release numbered, every cover commissioned, every transfer supervised. Since 1984, its matte-black slipcases and Mrs. Eaves serif typography have signaled cinephile seriousness: museum-grade care applied to cinema as art object. The visual system is restrained, dark, and deeply editorial — ivory cream type on near-black, a single red accent used sparingly, and illustration-first covers that treat each film as a gallery piece.