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: 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: John Waters
Director: John Waters
Director: Sidney Lumet
2026 Criterion 4K Blu-ray
2011 Criterion Blu-ray is the best. Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has heavily filtered audio
Director: Sidney Lumet
2026 Criterion 4K Blu-ray
2011 Criterion Blu-ray is the best. Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has heavily filtered audio
2025 Sony 4K Blu-ray
2025 Sony 4K Blu-ray
2025 Sony 4K Blu-ray
2025 Sony 4K Blu-ray
Director: John Waters
Director: John Waters
Director: David Lynch
Criterion 4K Blu-ray or Germany Plaion 4K Blu-ray - subtle difference in encoding to the Criterion in encoding, trading blows in different shots, with Plaion taking a slight edge with less highlight blocking
1993 MGM LaserDisc/2000 Region 1 MGM DVD
Criterion's 2.0 sounds muffled due to noise reduction and EQ.
Plaion's 2.0 lacks bass and has a very bright EQ, more resembling the 5.1 remix. Plaion’s 2.0 doesn't have any filtering unlike the Criterion, see https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=23831289&postcount=110
Director: David Lynch
Criterion 4K Blu-ray or Germany Plaion 4K Blu-ray - subtle difference in encoding to the Criterion in encoding, trading blows in different shots, with Plaion taking a slight edge with less highlight blocking
1993 MGM LaserDisc/2000 Region 1 MGM DVD
Criterion's 2.0 sounds muffled due to noise reduction and EQ.
Plaion's 2.0 lacks bass and has a very bright EQ, more resembling the 5.1 remix. Plaion’s 2.0 doesn't have any filtering unlike the Criterion, see https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=23831289&postcount=110
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
Criterion 4K Blu-ray has FEL Dolby Vision, StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray has MEL
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
Criterion 4K Blu-ray has FEL Dolby Vision, StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray has MEL
Director: Ridley Scott
Capelight 4K Blu-ray has better encode than Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Director: Ridley Scott
Capelight 4K Blu-ray has better encode than Criterion 4K Blu-ray
More Drama on Blu-ray
Director: Orson Welles
MoC 4K Blu-ray and Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray are similar
Director: Orson Welles
MoC 4K Blu-ray and Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray are similar
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: Akira Kurosawa
BFI 4K Blu-ray has excellent master and grade, no DNR and tasteful HDR
Restored original mono mix: Toho Japan 4K Blu-ray
Unrestored original mono: 2014 BFI Blu-ray
BFI 4K Blu-ray has OG Perspecta (in 5.1 container) and a stereo downmix of it; no original mono.
The unrestored track on BFI's earlier release appears to be an almost entirely unmanipulated transfer of the original mix. It suffers from a distracting low-frequency hum. The 4K restoration comes with a restored track, which appears to be the same transfer, but which appears to be cleaned up with a moderate amount of noise reduction and some EQ, nicely opening up the high-end, and which is likely to be preferable to most listeners. All earlier releases sound poor.
Perspecta isn't a discrete surround format, instead only relying on manipulating volume and panning of the mono track across L/C/R channels, based on embedded control tones. As such, even the Perspecta track is technically just the mono mix, though the omission of the proper mono on BFI's 4K is still unfortunate.
Director: Akira Kurosawa
BFI 4K Blu-ray has excellent master and grade, no DNR and tasteful HDR
Restored original mono mix: Toho Japan 4K Blu-ray
Unrestored original mono: 2014 BFI Blu-ray
BFI 4K Blu-ray has OG Perspecta (in 5.1 container) and a stereo downmix of it; no original mono.
The unrestored track on BFI's earlier release appears to be an almost entirely unmanipulated transfer of the original mix. It suffers from a distracting low-frequency hum. The 4K restoration comes with a restored track, which appears to be the same transfer, but which appears to be cleaned up with a moderate amount of noise reduction and some EQ, nicely opening up the high-end, and which is likely to be preferable to most listeners. All earlier releases sound poor.
Perspecta isn't a discrete surround format, instead only relying on manipulating volume and panning of the mono track across L/C/R channels, based on embedded control tones. As such, even the Perspecta track is technically just the mono mix, though the omission of the proper mono on BFI's 4K is still unfortunate.
Director: Vincent Ward
Director: Vincent Ward
International Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray
International Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray > US Paramount 4K Blu-ray for the US Cut.
International Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray, is significantly better than the US Paramount 4K Blu-ray (even with FEL Baked in and Dolby Vision), with more grain retention and detail
SDR Comparisons: International Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray vs US Paramount 4K Blu-ray: https://slow.pics/c/TEPHtKjl
HDR Comparisons: International Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray vs US Paramount 4K Blu-ray: https://slow.pics/c/hIFe11Hx
Comparisons in SDR using L8 Trim from CM v4.0 (both UHDs can use CM v4.0): Remux vs USA UHD: https://slow.pics/c/mkrhVtpl
The International Cut, which contains alternate, more violent shots in the final act, hasn't been released on home video to date.
International Cut contains alternate, more violent shots in the final act.
International Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray
International Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray > US Paramount 4K Blu-ray for the US Cut.
International Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray, is significantly better than the US Paramount 4K Blu-ray (even with FEL Baked in and Dolby Vision), with more grain retention and detail
SDR Comparisons: International Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray vs US Paramount 4K Blu-ray: https://slow.pics/c/TEPHtKjl
HDR Comparisons: International Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray vs US Paramount 4K Blu-ray: https://slow.pics/c/hIFe11Hx
Comparisons in SDR using L8 Trim from CM v4.0 (both UHDs can use CM v4.0): Remux vs USA UHD: https://slow.pics/c/mkrhVtpl
The International Cut, which contains alternate, more violent shots in the final act, hasn't been released on home video to date.
International Cut contains alternate, more violent shots in the final act.
Director: John Ford
Director: John Ford
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: John Woo
International Cut: US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray
Original Hong Kong Cut (2 parts): US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray or Hong Kong Blu-rays?
International Cut: US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray
Original Hong Kong Cut (2 parts): US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray or Hong Kong Blu-rays?
Director: John Woo
International Cut: US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray
Original Hong Kong Cut (2 parts): US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray or Hong Kong Blu-rays?
International Cut: US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray
Original Hong Kong Cut (2 parts): US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray or Hong Kong Blu-rays?
Director: John Woo
International Cut: US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray
Original Hong Kong Cut (2 parts): US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray or Hong Kong Blu-rays?
International Cut: US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray
Original Hong Kong Cut (2 parts): US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray or Hong Kong Blu-rays?
Director: John Woo
International Cut: US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray
Original Hong Kong Cut (2 parts): US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray or Hong Kong Blu-rays?
International Cut: US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray
Original Hong Kong Cut (2 parts): US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray or Hong Kong Blu-rays?
Director: John Woo
Director: John Woo
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12/24/2025
Best Video Release
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Criterion 4K Blu-ray see Chris's review
Italian's a conservative regrade over previous Blu-ray https://slow.pics/c/CyqhRf9W
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Criterion 4K Blu-ray see Chris's review
It's a conservative regrade over previous Blu-ray https://slow.pics/c/CyqhRf9W
From
Criterion 4K Blu-ray see Chris's review
Italian's a conservative regrade over previous Blu-ray https://slow.pics/c/CyqhRf9W
To
Criterion 4K Blu-ray see Chris's review
It's a conservative regrade over previous Blu-ray https://slow.pics/c/CyqhRf9W
10/7/2025
Best Video Release
From
Criterion UHD see Chris's review
To
Criterion 4K Blu-ray see Chris's review
Italian's a conservative regrade over previous Blu-ray https://slow.pics/c/CyqhRf9W
From
Criterion UHD see Chris's review
To
Criterion 4K Blu-ray see Chris's review
Italian's a conservative regrade over previous Blu-ray https://slow.pics/c/CyqhRf9W
10/1/2025
