Almira Sessions

21 films on Best Blurays3 in 4K13 in HD5 in SD

By format

List

3 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Rosemary's Baby (1968)

Small role · Director: Roman Polanski

4K · Disappointing

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount disappointing 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

1998 Paramount LaserDisc or 2004 R2 Paramount DVD

4.2

Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

Small role · Director: Nicholas Ray

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

3.8

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Small role · Director: Frank Capra

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1991 Republic Pictures LaserDisc

13 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

The Heat's On (1943)

Supporting role · Director: Gregory Ratoff

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator Blu-ray

The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946)

Supporting role · Director: Jean Renoir

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Olive Films Blu-ray

It's Always Fair Weather (1955)

Supporting role · Directors: Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.8

Sullivan's Travels (1941)

Small role · Director: Preston Sturges

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Arrow Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Arrow Blu-ray slightly better than Criterion Blu-ray, not sure about France Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

(Arrow Blu-ray better than Criterion)

4.0

Monsieur Verdoux (1947)

Small role · Director: Charlie Chaplin

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion, 2k transfer

4.0

Ladies of the Chorus (1948)

Small role · Director: Phil Karlson

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fubo in US or Apple TV in UK HD Streaming

3.2

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1944)

Small role · Director: Preston Sturges

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

HD Streaming

3.8

The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)

Small role · Director: William A. Wellman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray suffers from the Quicktime Gamma Bug see caps

Best Audio:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray from blah-ray:

Audio Notes:

Both the Plaion and Arrow audio tracks sound like they received little/any high- or low- frequency attenuation, but the audio on the new Kino Lorber restoration is much more detailed. It's likely that it was transferred from different (superior) analogue elements. It sounds excellent.