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Curated collections of films organized by theme, genre, or special interest.
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Perfect Release
WIP, "at risk" means the title could be unqualified thus removed.
4K Blu-ray discs with the best A/V quality up to date. Typically, they are considered definitive or "Endgame" versions that seemingly need no more improvements. They must be as close as possible to the picture and sound mix the film was originally released. Mainly older titles either entirely shot on film and released from 1930 to 2001.
Updated 3 months ago

Perfect Release
WIP, "at risk" means the title could be unqualified thus removed.
4K Blu-ray discs with the best A/V quality up to date. Typically, they are considered definitive or "Endgame" versions that seemingly need no more improvements. They must be as close as possible to the picture and sound mix the film was originally released. Mainly older titles either entirely shot on film and released from 1930 to 2001.
Updated 3 months ago

Pre-Code Films
See this list on Letterboxd
From pre-code.com, this list consists of every pre-code movie produced between 1930 and July 1934, and "was culled from several books on the subject".
Visit https://pre-code.com/what-is-pre-code-hollywood/ to see more on what pre-code means.
Updated 3 months ago

Pre-Code Films
See this list on Letterboxd
From pre-code.com, this list consists of every pre-code movie produced between 1930 and July 1934, and "was culled from several books on the subject".
Visit https://pre-code.com/what-is-pre-code-hollywood/ to see more on what pre-code means.
Updated 3 months ago

AI Restorations Name and Shame
While being used correctly, AI can surely assist the restoration process. However, for many of the cases, studios just do a whole AI upscaling pass, and leaving all kinds of weird artifacts and smoothing.
Some serious offenders include:
Alpha Omega Digital from Germany, which has the worst offender of the bunch in Twenty-Four Dollar Island https://slow.pics/c/dFdgCFgn?image-fit=contain making the 1927 film look like a cartoon. It also did restoration and Aguirre and Nosferatu the Vampyre, and supplied them to BFI 4K, causing a big blow-up on reddit
Paramount's I Love Lucy also has this ghastly AI restoration that's applied to almost all of its collection even including extras, even though the source is 35mm, rare for a TV show. It had to issue replacement discs later due to the pressures, but that only replaced one episode.
James Cameron very famously not only likes AI, but also personally likes extensive DNR, motion smoothing, and AI upscaling, so most of his home video release are "ruined" in one way or another.
Thanks nemwolf for contributing to this list
Updated 4 months ago

AI Restorations Name and Shame
While being used correctly, AI can surely assist the restoration process. However, for many of the cases, studios just do a whole AI upscaling pass, and leaving all kinds of weird artifacts and smoothing.
Some serious offenders include:
Alpha Omega Digital from Germany, which has the worst offender of the bunch in Twenty-Four Dollar Island https://slow.pics/c/dFdgCFgn?image-fit=contain making the 1927 film look like a cartoon. It also did restoration and Aguirre and Nosferatu the Vampyre, and supplied them to BFI 4K, causing a big blow-up on reddit
Paramount's I Love Lucy also has this ghastly AI restoration that's applied to almost all of its collection even including extras, even though the source is 35mm, rare for a TV show. It had to issue replacement discs later due to the pressures, but that only replaced one episode.
James Cameron very famously not only likes AI, but also personally likes extensive DNR, motion smoothing, and AI upscaling, so most of his home video release are "ruined" in one way or another.
Thanks nemwolf for contributing to this list
Updated 4 months ago

Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films
Every decade the Sight and Sound team asks critics to name the greatest films of all time. Here are the results of the 2022 poll – the largest ever, with 1,639 critics, programmers, curators, archivists and academics each submitting their top ten ballot - and now updated with the complete list.
Check out Sight and Sound for the complete breakdown, including where films received the same number of votes.
Updated 6 months ago

Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films
Every decade the Sight and Sound team asks critics to name the greatest films of all time. Here are the results of the 2022 poll – the largest ever, with 1,639 critics, programmers, curators, archivists and academics each submitting their top ten ballot - and now updated with the complete list.
Check out Sight and Sound for the complete breakdown, including where films received the same number of votes.
Updated 6 months ago

Cannes Palme d’Or Winners
The “Palme d’Or” is the highest prize award at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. The “Palme d’Or” is widely considered to be one of the most prestigious awards in the film industry.
Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the highest prize at the festival was the “Grand Prix du Festival International du Film.” In 1964, The “Palme d’Or” was replaced again by the “Grand Prix”, before being reintroduced in 1975.
Updated 6 months ago

Cannes Palme d’Or Winners
The “Palme d’Or” is the highest prize award at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. The “Palme d’Or” is widely considered to be one of the most prestigious awards in the film industry.
Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the highest prize at the festival was the “Grand Prix du Festival International du Film.” In 1964, The “Palme d’Or” was replaced again by the “Grand Prix”, before being reintroduced in 1975.
Updated 6 months ago

Oscar Best Pictures
All the films that have won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Updated 6 months ago

Oscar Best Pictures
All the films that have won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Updated 6 months ago

AFI 100 Years 100 Movies
10th Anniversary Edition
"The American Film Institute proudly curates lists to celebrate excellence in the art of the moving image. They reflect the collective opinion of a wide range of scholars, artists and experts who champion the power of the art form. We believe their greatest impact is to inspire personal, passionate discussions about what makes a great film and why. We encourage you to join in the conversation as we continue to pursue the revolutionary power of visual storytelling to share diverse perspectives, inspire empathy and drive culture forward."
https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-movies-10th-anniversary-edition/
Updated 6 months ago

AFI 100 Years 100 Movies
10th Anniversary Edition
"The American Film Institute proudly curates lists to celebrate excellence in the art of the moving image. They reflect the collective opinion of a wide range of scholars, artists and experts who champion the power of the art form. We believe their greatest impact is to inspire personal, passionate discussions about what makes a great film and why. We encourage you to join in the conversation as we continue to pursue the revolutionary power of visual storytelling to share diverse perspectives, inspire empathy and drive culture forward."
https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-movies-10th-anniversary-edition/
Updated 6 months ago

Screwball Comedies
The list is compiled from domino harvey's post on criterionforum (as identified by Duane Byrge and Robert Milton Miller in The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography, 1934-1942) and the wikipedia page of Screwball comedy.
Screwball comedy is a film subgenre of the romantic comedy genre that became popular during the Great Depression, beginning in the early 1930s and thriving until the early 1950s, that satirizes the traditional love story. It has secondary characteristics similar to film noir, distinguished by a female character who dominates the relationship with the male central character, whose masculinity is challenged, and the two engage in a humorous battle of the sexes.
Updated 7 months ago

Screwball Comedies
The list is compiled from domino harvey's post on criterionforum (as identified by Duane Byrge and Robert Milton Miller in The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography, 1934-1942) and the wikipedia page of Screwball comedy.
Screwball comedy is a film subgenre of the romantic comedy genre that became popular during the Great Depression, beginning in the early 1930s and thriving until the early 1950s, that satirizes the traditional love story. It has secondary characteristics similar to film noir, distinguished by a female character who dominates the relationship with the male central character, whose masculinity is challenged, and the two engage in a humorous battle of the sexes.
Updated 7 months ago