The French Dispatch (2021)
Drama, Comedy • 1h 48m
Overview
The staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef.
Director: Wes Anderson
Cast: Benicio del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Léa Seydoux, Frances McDormand, Timothée Chalamet, Lyna Khoudri, Jeffrey Wright, Mathieu Amalric, Steve Park, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Bob Balaban, Henry Winkler, Lois Smith, Tony Revolori, Denis Ménochet, Larry Pine, Morgane Polanski, Félix Moati, Mohamed Belhadjine, Nicolas Avinée, Christoph Waltz, Cécile de France, Guillaume Gallienne, Rupert Friend, Alex Lawther, Tom Hudson, Lily Taïeb, Stéphane Bak, Hippolyte Girardot, Liev Schreiber, Willem Dafoe, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Winsen Ait Hellal, Mauricette Coudivat, Damien Bonnard, Rodolphe Pauly, Antonia Desplat, Elisabeth Moss, Jason Schwartzman, Fisher Stevens, Griffin Dunne, Pablo Pauly, Wallace Wolodarsky, Anjelica Bette Fellini, Anjelica Huston, Krishna Bagadiya, Julien Lecat, Gaelle Puimaly, Leo Jennings, Alexandre Steiger, Philippe Peyraud, Gérard Merle, Jean Pierre Grasset, Yannick Begoin, Yves Gaillard, Jerome Caminotti, Pierre-Yves Martron, Philippe Pelletier, Landry Marinette, Natal Koli, Côme Loury, Victor Piechaud, Charlie Rosser, Mathys Raynaud, Thomas Poirson, Gabriel Mesnard, Raphael Delage, Briac Aubin, Raphael Bancarel, Tiago Allaire, Martin Frappier, Raphael Dias, Victorien Belly, Samuel Amblard, Sam Poupart, Milo Bancarel, Charles Audry, Francois Boussiron, Jean-Pierre Coudert, Patrick Morcelli, Bernard Richefort, Djemal Saidoun, Vincent Griere, Arthur Guillebaud, Mehdy Hassani, Jérémy Martincourt, Nicolas Pasciani, Eutrope Roger, Marti Torrens, Pierre Cantaral, Louis Changeur, Denis Havard, Halbo Kool, Pascal Lefort, Jean-Benoit Pinot, Gregory Sacriste, Antonio Terroso, Marc Tournier, Jean Marie Camps, Dominique Donnary, Claude Gaume, Jacques Grattepanch, Damien Nadaud, Gilbert Papponnaud, Robert Rabouin, Willem Rompen, Jacky Souchet, Malik Tati, Jean-Claude Audouin, Alban Ploix, Laurent Bauer, Fanny Taccoen, Tahnee Peterson Stuart, Maud Brethenoux, Anna Budanova, Audrey Chemin, Guillaume Ferrant, Nisrine Mofaraj, Polina Glangetat, Fabien Marcadet, Luc Louis, Karim Youssouf, Rudy Chaperon, Quentin Fournier, Orguiene Corniere, Manon Talandier, Lucas Bascans, Alexis Vignaud, Paul Raymond, Gilles Gauthier, Nahel Bahnas, Akim Bahnas, Antoine Foo Cheung, Francois Foo Cheung, Samy Guerry Ghindri, Felicien Marais, Nathanael Marfin, Basile Vinueas, Evelyne Chapeau, Paula Kvasnikoff, Vallier Vaudin, André Coussy, Hassane Haimoud, Pauline Chadanson, Carlotta Costanzi, Mauricette Genon, Christelle Grelier, Rachel Merabet Hrdy, Sara Lacroix, Delphine Landrieau, Louise Laveuve, Kylian Freslon, Meermout Didier, Nicolas Saada, Yannik Mazzilli, Guillaume Mailland, Victor Nicolas, Jean Delabre, François-Pierre Fol, Bruno Torres, Jean-Louis Verdier, Grégory Trouvé, Loic Baxas, Eliel Ford, Mathéo Sallat Desvard, Dominique Barrier, Pascal Champareau, Sacha Seguin, Jacky Vallantin, Domingos Enrico, Abdel Nour Bouaza, Fanny Rebuffic, Juliette Raffray, Lou Lampros, Odile Fougère, Sandro Kopp, Pedro Firmino Cunha Da Souza, Pascal Battelier, Lionel Lassuderie, Duc Minh, Cyril Morandiere, Benoit Nacaud, Jean Jacques Peyraud, Lubna Playoust, Patricia Richefort, Owen Nsimba Soba, Adrien Yeung, Jean-Michel Audoual, Félix Bouin, Patrick Brousse, Raynald Caraguel, Lhoussine Chinkir, Xavier Dupin, Eric Garaud, Morgan Lorca, Laurent Pizzolato, Romuald Cormeunier, Didier Da Costa, Antonio Da Silva, Charlie Defraine, Erick Dues, Jacques Fauvel, Yoann Gaillard, Anthony Poupart, Thierry Gonzalez, Sébastien Guignard, Raphael Lagrue, Simon Malyon, David Robles, Sharif Andoura, Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus, Laureen Perrocheau, Mallaury Reby Perrocheau, Sophie Fougère, Genevieve Brillet, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Jarvis Cocker, Bruno Delbonnel, Bérénice Bernard, Jean Bourdet, Antoine Bourgeais, Lou Salomé Brizard, Zoé Delisle, Julies Desrosiers, Simon Ecary, Ida Fermaud, Hugo Fontaine, Raphael Gallego, Tom Grandadam, Adrien Hans, Adèle Herisson, Antoine Jové, Pierre Lamoureux, Quentin Ledru, Salomé Lesaffre, Rémi Larcher, Hugo Leonard, Elliot Lienard, Sybil Marzin, Thy-Lane Monnet, Munik Neth, Florine Paulius, Emeline Penet, Coline Peron, Constantin Rytz, Bertille Rondard, Alice Sarrauste, Igor Secherre, Laura Studden, Emilien Wiss, Boris Zanni, Angus Henderson, Gaëtan Billères, Sally Bruice, George Smith Burgess, Marie Derambure, Alix Champy, Victor Chevalarias, Lise Cordellier, Arthur Dalle, Lola Degove, Sean Delaunay, Michael Didier, Juliane Fath, Julie Gervaos, Rachel Guerineau, Guillaume Laverdant, Théo Malet, Titouan Maret, Stephen Martin, Nathan Mazeau, Lucas Nativel, Théo Navas, Marie Lucie Parisot, Émile Pélissier, Constance Prost, Matéo Salanave, Théo Hollando Sigot, Manon Taccoli, Gauthier Rigaud Perut, Raphael Coutant, Émilie Tronche, Toheeb Jimoh, Nick Croucher, Sam Haygarth, Samuel Blenkin, Jake Gorridge, Calvin Williams, Pierre Aloui, Louis Blanchard, Hugo Bony, Adrien Brault, Alex Chadeffaud, Matisse Croizard-Niveau, Alfie Flight, Théo Fibaque, Mathieu Grattard, Paul Lafon, Elie Mazalrey, Samuel Montgomery, Florian Salasse, Quentin Veillon, Benjamin Lavernhe, Gabriel Ryan, Léo Gack, Cécilia Anseeuw, Gilberto Fallat Valle, Monique Lapeyre, Christian 'Kiki' Delpey, Cyril Sierk, Jean-Claude Loulmet, Jean-Pierre Chabernaud, Olivier Lecossois, Philippe Szezepanski, Noël Wojcik, Gontran Bisserier, Christian Cordoba, Thibault Descamps, Jonathan Herbon, Marceau Jarrossay, Tiburce Oger, Noé Richefeux, Gilles Verdegay, Kublah Diezi, Stéphane Le Bras, Armand Pierdon, Gilles Frougier, Yann Hedan
Director: Wes Anderson
Criterion 4K Blu-ray see caps and Chris's review
Director: Wes Anderson
Criterion 4K Blu-ray see caps and Chris's review
Director: Wes Anderson
Universal 4K Blu-ray caps. The Blu-ray was clearly low-pass filtered. Luckily, the 4K looks excellent.
Director: Wes Anderson
Universal 4K Blu-ray caps. The Blu-ray was clearly low-pass filtered. Luckily, the 4K looks excellent.
Criterion 4K Blu-ray was an upgrade over previous Blu-ray, removed the orientalist yellow tint, but not much besides that https://slow.pics/c/4b9tem5K
Criterion 4K Blu-ray was an upgrade over previous Blu-ray, removed the orientalist yellow tint, but not much besides that https://slow.pics/c/4b9tem5K
Criterion 4K Blu-ray, 2K DI Upscale, see caps. SDR grade in HDR container
Criterion 4K Blu-ray, 2K DI Upscale, see caps. SDR grade in HDR container
Director: Wes Anderson
Criterion 4K Blu-ray, 2K DI Upscale, see caps
4K Blu-ray is slightly cropped on all sides compared to Blu-ray, but "that appears to be a conscious choice as the compositions don’t seem to suffer. They also slightly expanded the black bars in order to hide the ringing on the borders."
Criterion 4K Blu-ray/Blu-ray, surround levels are 3 dB too high, but the Fox Blu-ray has channel leakage
Director: Wes Anderson
Criterion 4K Blu-ray, 2K DI Upscale, see caps
4K Blu-ray is slightly cropped on all sides compared to Blu-ray, but "that appears to be a conscious choice as the compositions don’t seem to suffer. They also slightly expanded the black bars in order to hide the ringing on the borders."
Criterion 4K Blu-ray/Blu-ray, surround levels are 3 dB too high, but the Fox Blu-ray has channel leakage
Criterion 4K Blu-ray is best, but has surrounds 3 dB too loud
Criterion 4K Blu-ray is best, but has surrounds 3 dB too loud
Director: Wes Anderson
Director: Wes Anderson
Director: Wes Anderson
Director: Wes Anderson
Director: Wes Anderson
Criterion 4K Blu-ray is 2K DI upscale but better encoded than the previous Blu-ray see caps
Director: Wes Anderson
Criterion 4K Blu-ray is 2K DI upscale but better encoded than the previous Blu-ray see caps
Director: Wes Anderson
Criterion 4K Blu-ray, 2K DI upscale, see Chris's review
Director: Wes Anderson
Criterion 4K Blu-ray, 2K DI upscale, see Chris's review
Director: Noah Baumbach
Director: Noah Baumbach
Director: Leo McCarey
Director: Leo McCarey
Director: Billy Wilder
Criterion 4K Blu-ray > Capelight/Kino Lorber which has heavy noise reduction and opening snare hit is missing, Capelight is slightly better encoded than Kino Lorber
Director: Billy Wilder
Criterion 4K Blu-ray > Capelight/Kino Lorber which has heavy noise reduction and opening snare hit is missing, Capelight is slightly better encoded than Kino Lorber
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Mosfilm official 4K Youtube Streaming
See comparison vs German Filmjuwelen 4K Blu-ray which is a 2K upscale of the previous restoration
Criterion/Artificial Eye Blu-ray are even older restoration than the Filmjuwelen 4K Blu-ray/Blu-ray
Filmjuwelen 4K Blu-ray/Blu-ray has incorrect pitch on the Russian audio see thread
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Mosfilm official 4K Youtube Streaming
See comparison vs German Filmjuwelen 4K Blu-ray which is a 2K upscale of the previous restoration
Criterion/Artificial Eye Blu-ray are even older restoration than the Filmjuwelen 4K Blu-ray/Blu-ray
Filmjuwelen 4K Blu-ray/Blu-ray has incorrect pitch on the Russian audio see thread
Criterion 4K Blu-ray scheduled for October 2026 release
1991 Orion LaserDisc vs 2024 Arrow 4K Blu-ray
Criterion 4K Blu-ray scheduled for October 2026 release
1991 Orion LaserDisc vs 2024 Arrow 4K Blu-ray
More Drama on Blu-ray
Director: George Roy Hill
Director: George Roy Hill
Director: Robert Wise
Disney 4K Blu-ray, see caps https://slow.pics/c/hE3HUCdj
Disney 4K Atmos is great, a reference quality track. It's a very slight remix (music seems to be from a better source), but it's completely seamless and faithful to the original, better fidelity than anything since the 1994 30th Anniversary Edition LaserDisc.
All DVDs (and 2010 Blu-ray) sound far worse than the 4K Blu-ray/LaserDisc and have various missing sound cues.
Director: Robert Wise
Disney 4K Blu-ray, see caps https://slow.pics/c/hE3HUCdj
Disney 4K Atmos is great, a reference quality track. It's a very slight remix (music seems to be from a better source), but it's completely seamless and faithful to the original, better fidelity than anything since the 1994 30th Anniversary Edition LaserDisc.
All DVDs (and 2010 Blu-ray) sound far worse than the 4K Blu-ray/LaserDisc and have various missing sound cues.
Director: S. S. Rajamouli
Zee5 Streaming has the original Telugu audio and English subtitles (albeit with English portions also overdubbed in Telugu)
Netflix Streaming only has the Hindi dub but better video quality
France Carlotta 4K Blu-ray coming in December
Japan Twin Co. 4K Blu-ray
Japan Twin Co. 4K Blu-ray has original Telugu Atmos audio
Director: S. S. Rajamouli
Zee5 Streaming has the original Telugu audio and English subtitles (albeit with English portions also overdubbed in Telugu)
Netflix Streaming only has the Hindi dub but better video quality
France Carlotta 4K Blu-ray coming in December
Japan Twin Co. 4K Blu-ray
Japan Twin Co. 4K Blu-ray has original Telugu Atmos audio
Director: Ivan Passer
Radiance 4K Blu-ray, though note its different color grading from the IP-sourced but poorly compressed Fun City Editions US Blu-ray (caps)
Judging from spectrograms at https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=23933756&postcount=57, Fun City Editions US Blu-ray appears to have marginally less filtering than Radiance 4K Blu-ray (whose padded 16-bit depth is a non-issue). There are also loudness differences, though it's unclear whether dynamic range also differs. Caveat: need to A/B both tracks to confirm, but no one has posted actual A/B impressions.
Director: Ivan Passer
Radiance 4K Blu-ray, though note its different color grading from the IP-sourced but poorly compressed Fun City Editions US Blu-ray (caps)
Judging from spectrograms at https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=23933756&postcount=57, Fun City Editions US Blu-ray appears to have marginally less filtering than Radiance 4K Blu-ray (whose padded 16-bit depth is a non-issue). There are also loudness differences, though it's unclear whether dynamic range also differs. Caveat: need to A/B both tracks to confirm, but no one has posted actual A/B impressions.
Director: Rob Reiner
UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray release date September 21 2026
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray or Germany Capelight 4K Blu-ray no comparison available
Shout! Factory Blu-ray has exclusive extras the Kino Lorber/ Capelight release doesn't
The initial release of the Capelight 4K mediabook had some playback issues with Dolby Vision on Panasonic devices due to an encoding error, the HDR10 apparently works fine, see Capelight’s official response here.
Director: Rob Reiner
UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray release date September 21 2026
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray or Germany Capelight 4K Blu-ray no comparison available
Shout! Factory Blu-ray has exclusive extras the Kino Lorber/ Capelight release doesn't
The initial release of the Capelight 4K mediabook had some playback issues with Dolby Vision on Panasonic devices due to an encoding error, the HDR10 apparently works fine, see Capelight’s official response here.
Director: Joe Wright
Director: Joe Wright
Director: Rob Reiner
Director: Rob Reiner
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Director: Vincente Minnelli
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