Palindromes (2005)
Comedy, Drama • 1h 40m
Overview
Aviva is thirteen, awkward and sensitive. Her mother Joyce is warm and loving, as is her father, Steve, a regular guy who does have a fierce temper from time to time. The film revolves around her family, friends and neighbors.
Director: Todd Solondz
Cast: Ellen Barkin, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Sharon Wilkins, Richard Masur, Emani Sledge, Jennifer Jason Leigh, John Gemberling, Debra Monk, Valerie Shusterov, Will Denton, Alexander Brickel, Shayna Levine, Hannah Freiman, Matthew Faber, Angela Pietropinto, Bill Buell, Rachel Corr, Andrea Demosthenes, Maggie Moore, Tyler Maynard, Richard Riehle
Director: Todd Solondz
Director: Todd Solondz
Director: Dino Risi
Director: Dino Risi
Director: Eiichi Kudō
Director: Eiichi Kudō
Director: Brian De Palma
Radiance 4K Blu-ray see caps vs Arrow
Director: Brian De Palma
Radiance 4K Blu-ray see caps vs Arrow
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Radiance 4K Blu-ray see review
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Radiance 4K Blu-ray see review
Director: Ivan Passer
Radiance 4K Blu-ray see caps
Radiance 4K Blu-ray has padded 16-bit. See audio comparison https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=23933756&postcount=57
Director: Ivan Passer
Radiance 4K Blu-ray see caps
Radiance 4K Blu-ray has padded 16-bit. See audio comparison https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=23933756&postcount=57
Director: Luchino Visconti
Director: Luchino Visconti
Director: Luis Buñuel
Director: Luis Buñuel
Director: Shōhei Imamura
Director: Shōhei Imamura
More Comedy on Blu-ray
Director: Jean Renoir
The Criterion 4K Blu-ray has marginally better detail and grain structure than ESC 4K Blu-ray
The ESC France 4K Blu-ray is an SDR grade erroneously presented in HDR, but if your player can force the HDR into SDR it looks very good.
Director: Jean Renoir
The Criterion 4K Blu-ray has marginally better detail and grain structure than ESC 4K Blu-ray
The ESC France 4K Blu-ray is an SDR grade erroneously presented in HDR, but if your player can force the HDR into SDR it looks very good.
Director: George Sidney
2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray
3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray
2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray
3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray
Director: George Sidney
2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray
3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray
2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray
3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray
Director: John Waters
Director: John Waters
2025 Sony 4K Blu-ray
2025 Sony 4K Blu-ray
2025 Sony 4K Blu-ray
2025 Sony 4K Blu-ray
1991 Warner Bros LaserDisc (for original mono track)
1996 Warner Bros 25th Anniversary LaserDisc has isolated music and effects track (incorrectly labeled "music minus vocals") not present on any other release
1991 Warner Bros LaserDisc (for original mono track)
1996 Warner Bros 25th Anniversary LaserDisc has isolated music and effects track (incorrectly labeled "music minus vocals") not present on any other release
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Kino Lorber 4k resto
The audio on the Kino Lorber Blu-ray comes from a better source than the various DVDs and the previous HD version on streaming. This audio is relatively untampered with, and is likely the best available source as no laserdisc was ever issued.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Kino Lorber 4k resto
The audio on the Kino Lorber Blu-ray comes from a better source than the various DVDs and the previous HD version on streaming. This audio is relatively untampered with, and is likely the best available source as no laserdisc was ever issued.
Director: Tommy Wirkola
Director: Tommy Wirkola
Director: Ken Hughes
MGM Blu-ray's stereo track.
MGM's 7.1 track is a remix with a few flaws and much worse fidelity. Capelight's stereo and 7.1 track are both from the remix.
The movie was originally premiered as a roadshow release, with a a 70mm 6-Track Stereo mix. This mix, unfortunately has not been released on home video.
The closest thing to that mix, is the stereo track included on the 2010 Blu-ray. It sounds great, with high fidelity and little filtering. It's lossy, but that doesn't matter very much.
Both the DVD 5.1 and the Blu-ray 7.1 tracks (identical on both discs) are a new remix, rather than a repackaging of the original mix. The 7.1 track sounds quite muffled, though not evenly so. The Capelight Blu-ray's lossless stereo track uses the same remix, but with higher fidelity than the surround tracks, sounding significantly less muffled. Compared to the original, this remix sounds wider and more "cleaned up". The remix contains a handful of errors, for example the intermission cue fades out, rather than ending correctly.
Comparison samples
Director: Ken Hughes
MGM Blu-ray's stereo track.
MGM's 7.1 track is a remix with a few flaws and much worse fidelity. Capelight's stereo and 7.1 track are both from the remix.
The movie was originally premiered as a roadshow release, with a a 70mm 6-Track Stereo mix. This mix, unfortunately has not been released on home video.
The closest thing to that mix, is the stereo track included on the 2010 Blu-ray. It sounds great, with high fidelity and little filtering. It's lossy, but that doesn't matter very much.
Both the DVD 5.1 and the Blu-ray 7.1 tracks (identical on both discs) are a new remix, rather than a repackaging of the original mix. The 7.1 track sounds quite muffled, though not evenly so. The Capelight Blu-ray's lossless stereo track uses the same remix, but with higher fidelity than the surround tracks, sounding significantly less muffled. Compared to the original, this remix sounds wider and more "cleaned up". The remix contains a handful of errors, for example the intermission cue fades out, rather than ending correctly.
Comparison samples
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Radiance 4K Blu-ray, solid upgrade and the increase in resolution works well with the 16mm source in making Italian appear a bit more film-like than the Blu-ray, which is obviously very good as well
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Radiance 4K Blu-ray, solid upgrade and the increase in resolution works well with the 16mm source in making it appear a bit more film-like than the Blu-ray, which is obviously very good as well
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Radiance 4K Blu-ray, solid upgrade and the increase in resolution works well with the 16mm source in making Italian appear a bit more film-like than the Blu-ray, which is obviously very good as well
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Radiance 4K Blu-ray, solid upgrade and the increase in resolution works well with the 16mm source in making it appear a bit more film-like than the Blu-ray, which is obviously very good as well
7/14/2025
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Radiance UHD
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Radiance 4K Blu-ray, solid upgrade and the increase in resolution works well with the 16mm source in making Italian appear a bit more film-like than the Blu-ray, which is obviously very good as well
From
Radiance UHD
To
Radiance 4K Blu-ray, solid upgrade and the increase in resolution works well with the 16mm source in making Italian appear a bit more film-like than the Blu-ray, which is obviously very good as well
7/14/2025
