Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
Crime, History, Drama • 3h 26m
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons, Tantoo Cardinal, John Lithgow, Brendan Fraser, Cara Jade Myers, JaNae Collins, Jillian Dion, Jason Isbell, William Belleau, Louis Cancelmi, Scott Shepherd, Everett Waller, Tahlee Redcorn, Yancey Red Corn, Tatanka Means, Tommy Schultz, Sturgill Simpson, Ty Mitchell, Gary Basaraba, Charlie Musselwhite, Pat Healy, Steve Witting, Steve Routman, Gene Jones, Michael Abbott Jr., J.C. MacKenzie, Larry Sellers, Barry Corbin, Gabriel Casdorph, Wally Welch, James Roman Dailey Jr., Christopher Cote, Randy Houser, Moe Headrick, Pete Yorn, Margaret Shannon-Sisk, Moira Redcorn, Chase Parker, Jarad Looper, John Gibbs, Jerry Logsdon, Jacob Lux, Xavier Toehay, Mike Cook, Katherine Willis, Delani Chambers, Zachary Hokeah, Talon Satepauhoodle, Chance Rush, Dana Daylight, Mahada Sanders, Jennifer Rader, John Q. Wilson, Beau Smith, Victor McCay, Nathalie Standingcloud, Jay Paulson, Marvin E. Stepson Jr., Tracey Ann Moore, Easton Wade Yellowfish, Reignen Yellowfish, Candice Costello, Father Chris Daigle, Jerry Wolf, Addie Roanhorse, Justin France, Erica Pretty Eagle Moore, Mason Cunningham, Norma Jean, Elisha Pratt, Desireee Storm Brave, Margaret Gray, Christopher Hill, Dolan Wilson, Jackie Wyatt, Rayna Gellert, Nokosee Fields, Kieran Kane, Lucas Ross, Elijah Cemp Ragsdale, Vanessa Rose Pham, Terry Allen, Jo Harvey Allen, Sarah Spurger, Joshua Close, Elden Henson, Kinsleigh McNac, Roanin Davis, David Fields, Anthony J. Harvey, Stephen Berkman, Joseph Spinelli, William Alyn Hill, Blaine Hall, Brent Langdon, Leland Prater, DJ Whited, Elizabeth Waller, Jessica Harjo, Joey Oglesby, Alexis Ann, Gary S. Pratt, Nathaniel Arcand, Lee Eddy, Kristin Keith, Bravery Nowlin, Edward Gray Sr., Angela Pratt, Henry Amos Gray, Samuel Gray, Edward Gray Jr., Mamie Cozad, Shonagh Smith, Joel Tallchief Lemon, Richard Lookout RulingHisSun, Brett Bower, Garrison Panzer, River Rhoades, Zack T. Morris, Harrison Shackelford, Alexis Waller, Mark Landon Smith, Tom Ashmore, Myron F. Red Eagle, Dolores Marie Goodeagle, Matt Tolentino, Johnny Baier, Gregory Fallis, Patrick Bubert, TJ Muller, Will Reardon-Anderson, Peter Reardon-Anderson, Kyle Dillingham, Jacob Johnson, Jeffrey Stevenson, Clint Rohr, D. Reride Smith, Samuel French, James Healy Jr., Jeremy Goodvoice, Ron McMahan, Seth Buckminster, Penny Potts, Melissa Tiger, Karen Garlitz, Bronson Redeagle, Jenny Paige Lynn, David Born, Mary Buss, Ted Welch, Carl Palmer, Tanner Brantley, Jezy Gray, Steve Eastin, Joe Chrest, Brian Shoop, James Carroll, Lux Britni Malaske, Adam Washington, Larry Jack Dotson, Larry Fessenden, Welker White, Martin Scorsese, Marko Costanzo, Nicholas White, Rob Fisher, Vince Giordano, Paul Woodiel, Andy Stein, Sam Bardfeld, Joe Boga, Jon-Erik Kellso, Jim Fryer, Marc Phaneuf, Mark Lopeman, Chris Byars, Vinny Raniolo, Paul Wells, Peter Yarin, Scott George, Kenneth Bighorse Jr., Vann Bighorse, Anna L. Bighorse, Mason Bighorse, Norris Bighorse, Scott Bighorse, Paul Bighorse, Taveah Ann George, Wahwastoas J. Jones, Dobbin Monoessy Knifechief, Julia Lookout, Jennifer Moses, Francis Pipestem Jr., Michael Paul Pahsetopah, Silas Satepauhoodle, Cherylyn Oberly Satepauhoodle, Charisse Satepauhoodle, Lynette Satepauhoodle, Angela Toineeta Satepauhoodle, Alexandria Toineeta, Ed Yellowfish, Danny Frost, Eric Parkinson, Craig 'Radio Man' Castaldo
Best English-friendly & video release
Criterion 4K Blu-ray > Eagle Pictures 4K Blu-ray see caps
review of Eagle 4K Blu-ray
Updated 7 months ago
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About the film
When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
- Alternative Titles
- 𐓀𐒻͘𐓂͘𐓄𐒰 𐒹𐒿𐒰𐓆𐒼𐒰 𐓓𐒻͘𐒼𐒰 𐓊'𐒷𐓍𐒷, KOTFM
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Arrow UK 4K Blu-ray > Paramount US and Capelight DE, same black crush on all three but the Arrow is encoded by FiM and has very good new supplements, the Capelight looks slightly low-passed, but in motion it probably looks about the same as the Paramount, see caps comparison for all three.
Arrow and Paramount basically sound the same, the Arrow has a slightly higher bitrate. Capelight is probably the same too but for now it's TBA.
Paramount US 4K Blu-ray has FEL Dolby Vision
Arrow UK 4K Blu-ray and Capelight DE 4K Blu-ray have MEL Dolby Vision
Director: Martin Scorsese
Other releases have horrendous DNR
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(same as all tracks since the DVD)
Criterion 4K Blu-ray see caps
Phenomenal disc, and perhaps the single greatest testament to NexSpec's positive 180 this year. Highlights are beautifully handled and grain structure is fully intact in areas where NexSpec's (and Pixelogic's) encodes would frequently fall apart in 2025 and before then. Criterion BD encode also looks to be robust from linked caps, save for this one frame: https://slow.pics/c/cMjMefmi
Director: Martin Scorsese
2024 Sony 4K Blu-ray Steelbook
Sources: blah-ray.blogspot.com (opens in a new tab)
2024 Sony 4K Blu-ray Steelbook fixes duplicate shot seen on the previous Columbia Classics release and has better encoding
Original mono mix: 1990 Criterion LaserDisc/1991 Columbia LaserDisc
The 4K Blu-ray mono is only minimally worse (see blah-ray).
5.1 remix: Sony 4K Blu-ray
Director: Martin Scorsese
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Imprint Australia 4K Blu-ray has slightly better compression than Criterion 4K Blu-ray.
The master in DV looks all but identical to the Criterion’s HDR grade. Detail-wise, FiM’s encode looks like it uncovered a tiny bit of extra high-frequency information that got filtered on the Criterion. See nicolas review
1990 Criterion LaserDisc/1993 MGM LaserDisc/2002 R2 MGM DVD are the best. See blah-ray https://blah-ray.blogspot.com/2018/01/raging-bull-1980.html
Imprint Australia 4K Blu-ray has better audio than Criterion 4K Blu-ray, from nicolas:
I believe that what’s on Imprint’s 4K is one of the good mixes MGM and Criterion released during the LaserDisc days. Music is powerful and detailed, dialogues have excellent fidelity and ambient sounds have perceptible depth. I compared the "new" 2.0 with the anemic 5.1 as well as the Criterion 4K mix and could clearly hear the improvements.
Director: Martin Scorsese
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
MVD 4K Blu-ray see caps but it has the encoding error with the dropped frames
Director: Martin Scorsese
2024 Second Sight 4K Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Director: Martin Scorsese
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Director: Martin Scorsese
Director: Martin Scorsese
But Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray is very similar.
Director: Stanley Kubrick
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The 4K discs in both Criterion and Imprint sets are FiM encodes, but low-passed. The compression is better, but some of the grain is lost. Difference is pronounced in screen caps, but not likely to be noticed during playback, without a reference to compare it to. Comparisons
All discs use the same source transfer. It's not of the highest quality, and it includes some slight distortion, looping, clicks, pops, and hum. Criterion cleaned it up for their release, but unfortunately also lost a lot of fidelity in the process.
MGM NTSC DVD doesn't seem to have some of the more prominent distortion and has slightly different EQ but is otherwise the same.
Director: Sidney Lumet
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1.85:1: Kino Lorber 4K / Capelight 4K
1.66:1: Criterion 4K but low pass filtered
Comparison between the 4Ks, Criterion on the AR choice
Other discs have unnecessary filtering and sound worse, the difference isn't substantial but audible
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Included in the Complete Kubrick box set with FiM encode of the same master from the Universal release without the filtering.
DTS:X mix on Universal 4K Blu-ray most closely approximates original surround mix
Criterion DVD and Universal 4K Blu-ray has additional features not found on the Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
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Janus and thus Criterion likely to release 4K Blu-ray in 2027
Director: Hal Ashby
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See caps https://slow.pics/c/lVdZaG0W
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StudioCanal's 4K release is similar in encode quality, but has significant glitches in multiple frames. See comparisons 9-16 here: https://slow.pics/c/YkSVb3Ey
The pitch of the StudioCanal 4K's English audio is too high
Criterion has more extras than StudioCanal.
Director: Jacques Tati
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StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray (part of Jacques Tati boxset releasing December 2026)
More Crime on Blu-ray
Director: Robert Altman
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Cinematrographe's HDR grading is overcooked, which is a known VinSyn tendency. Additionally, their booklet mis-credits the encode to FiM.
YMMV, but for some, the included BD encoded by Marcus Johnson—ironically may make for a more pleasing experience.
4K restoration of the original 3D left eye and right eye camera negatives
Director: John Woo
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Arrow has a different grade and a better encode than the Shout! Factory, though the difference in either is not major. Imprint release, which leaves Shout! Factory's master and subtitles as is, is encoded by FiM. https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=24473097&postcount=56
Original mix: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
Alternate mix: Scanbox Nordic PAL DVD
Surround remix: HK Video France 4K Blu-ray (5.0)
Original mix: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray (similar to Criterion LaserDisc, but less distorted)
Alternate mix: Scanbox Nordic PAL DVD
Surround remix: HK Video France 4K Blu-ray (5.0)
Arrow used the alternate mix, but with extra filtering and lowered dynamic range. The alternate mix has much better fidelity.
Imprint presumably used the Shout! Factory original mix and left it as is, though no official confirmation.
Director: Richard Brooks
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Arrow 4K Blu-ray > Criterion 4K Blu-ray > Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray
1991 Orion LaserDisc vs 2024 Arrow 4K Blu-ray
Director: William Dieterle
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Stanley Kubrick
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The 4K discs in both Criterion and Imprint sets are FiM encodes, but low-passed, Imprint minimally less so. Unfortunately, unlike with The Killing, Kino does not hold up at all, the grain is much rougher and the compression visibly struggles making for a much less pleasant watch, even if select stills look better.
All discs use the same source transfer. Criterion cleaned up some hums and hiss, but lost a little bit of high-end detail. Unlike The Killing, the difference's relatively mino.
Director: Karel Reisz
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Cinematographe is mis-credited to be an FiM encode. It isn't. Neither the encode nor the color grading are entirely satisfactory.
Director: Tony Gilroy
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