Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Director: Orson Welles
WB Europe 4K Blu-ray slightly better encoding than Criterion (caveat: missing Criterion extras)
Director: Orson Welles
WB Europe 4K Blu-ray slightly better encoding than Criterion (caveat: missing Criterion extras)
Director: Yasujirō Ozu
Director: Yasujirō Ozu
Director: Wong Kar-Wai
2012 Criterion Blu-ray, 4K Blu-ray unrecommended because of controversial colours, no HDR, minimal resolution uptick, and DNR master
2012 Criterion Blu-ray is the most accurate, but some may prefer the Criterion 4K Blu-ray
2002 Criterion DVD for original Dolby Digital 5.0 theatrical. The 4K Blu-ray 5.1 adds additional foley and effects.
Director: Wong Kar-Wai
2012 Criterion Blu-ray, 4K Blu-ray unrecommended because of controversial colours, no HDR, minimal resolution uptick, and DNR master
2012 Criterion Blu-ray is the most accurate, but some may prefer the Criterion 4K Blu-ray
2002 Criterion DVD for original Dolby Digital 5.0 theatrical. The 4K Blu-ray 5.1 adds additional foley and effects.
WB 4K Blu-ray (early pressing has errors of a shot, later pressings fixed)
WB 4K Blu-ray (early pressing has errors of a shot, later pressings fixed)
Director: Claire Denis
Director: Claire Denis
Director: David Lynch
Criterion 4K Blu-ray is closer to the original DVDs than the 2015 Criterion release, not sure about whether the StudioCanal 4K is like the Criterion 4K/original DVD
Director: David Lynch
Criterion 4K Blu-ray is closer to the original DVDs than the 2015 Criterion release, not sure about whether the StudioCanal 4K is like the Criterion 4K/original DVD
Eureka Blu-ray has better encode than Flicker Alley Blu-ray. Kino Lorber/BFI are older restoration and are worse.
Eureka Blu-ray has better encode than Flicker Alley Blu-ray. Kino Lorber/BFI are older restoration and are worse.
Directors: Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen
Directors: Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen
MoC audio is better, OOP but available in ebay https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=225532&page=3
MoC audio is better https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=225532&page=3
MoC audio is better, OOP but available in ebay https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=225532&page=3
MoC audio is better https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=225532&page=3
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Director: Jean Renoir
ESC France 4K Blu-ray, need to force SDR (slightly better than Criterion 4K Blu-ray)
Director: Jean Renoir
ESC France 4K Blu-ray, need to force SDR (slightly better than Criterion 4K Blu-ray)
Director: Agnès Varda
Director: Agnès Varda
Director: John Ford
4K Blu-ray is muffled, even compared to already poor WB Blu-ray, from nicolas: "The most noise reduction of any release, leaving hardly anything above 8 kHz. Bass content has also been removed globally."
Director: John Ford
4K Blu-ray is muffled, even compared to already poor WB Blu-ray, from nicolas: "The most noise reduction of any release, leaving hardly anything above 8 kHz. Bass content has also been removed globally."
Directors: Maya Deren & Alexander Hammid
Kino Lorber Maya Deren Collection
Directors: Maya Deren & Alexander Hammid
Kino Lorber Maya Deren Collection
Director: Abbas Kiarostami
Director: Abbas Kiarostami
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Theatrical: Italy Eagle Pictures 4K Blu-rayRedux: Lionsgate vs Eagle Pictures?Final: Lionsgate or Eagle Pictures
Theatrical Cut: Italy Eagle Pictures 4K Blu-ray > US Lionsgate 4K Blu-rayRedux Cut: Lionsgate vs Eagle Pictures?Final Cut: Lionsgate or Eagle Pictures, both are not great (visible chroma noise)
Theatrical: Germany 4K Blu-ray/US Blu-ray DD 5.1 (1979 mix)
In the Lionsgate US/UK 6-disc set, there are 4 discs of the main feature. For whatever reason, the 4K discs lack the *original track. The Germany 4K Blu-ray release is different on this matter.
UBD: Final Cut: Atmos, DD2.0
UBD: Redux/Theatrical: Atmos
BD: Final Cut: Atmos, DD2.0
BD: Redux/Theatrical: Dtru5.1 (Redux mix?), DD5.1 (?), DD5.1 (Theatrical only), DD2.0 (downmix??)
As a result the Theatrical Cut has 4 tracks, The Redux has 3. Differences are unclear.
BD: Hearts of Darkness
BD: Special Features
Theatrical: Italy Eagle Pictures 4K Blu-rayRedux: Lionsgate vs Eagle Pictures?Final: Lionsgate or Eagle Pictures
Theatrical Cut: Italy Eagle Pictures 4K Blu-ray > US Lionsgate 4K Blu-rayRedux Cut: Lionsgate vs Eagle Pictures?Final Cut: Lionsgate or Eagle Pictures, both are not great (visible chroma noise)
Theatrical: Germany 4K Blu-ray/US Blu-ray DD 5.1 (1979 mix)
In the Lionsgate US/UK 6-disc set, there are 4 discs of the main feature. For whatever reason, the 4K discs lack the *original track. The Germany 4K Blu-ray release is different on this matter.
UBD: Final Cut: Atmos, DD2.0
UBD: Redux/Theatrical: Atmos
BD: Final Cut: Atmos, DD2.0
BD: Redux/Theatrical: Dtru5.1 (Redux mix?), DD5.1 (?), DD5.1 (Theatrical only), DD2.0 (downmix??)
As a result the Theatrical Cut has 4 tracks, The Redux has 3. Differences are unclear.
BD: Hearts of Darkness
BD: Special Features
Director: Akira Kurosawa
No clear winner, Criterion SDR 4K Blu-ray has better defined grain and is cleaned-up more thoroughly. But looks grayer and flatter in daytime scenes. BFI 4K Blu-ray's HDR/DV is better in contrast but the grading can be debatable.
Director: Akira Kurosawa
No clear winner, Criterion SDR 4K Blu-ray has better defined grain and is cleaned-up more thoroughly. But looks grayer and flatter in daytime scenes. BFI 4K Blu-ray's HDR/DV is better in contrast but the grading can be debatable.
Total: 264 films