Queen of Diamonds (1991)
Drama • 1h 17m
Director: Nina Menkes
Cast: Tinka Menkes, Emmellda Beech, Jeff Douglas, Emmellda F. Beech, Kathryn Francomacaro, Jeffrey Eget, Daniel Villarreal, Perfecto Mangual, Stanley Kolacz, Carolyn Yager, Evelyn A. Goss, Harry Kokurin, Shannon Alexander, Holly Erickson, Andrew Schnierow, Gerardo Gaxiola, Ken Oustad, Rich Andrews, Ed Forbis, Yvonne Chevalier
About the film
Firdaus is a Blackjack dealer in a Las Vegas landscape juxtaposed between glittering casino lights and the deteriorating desert oasis. Negotiating a missing husband and neighboring domestic violence, Firdaus’ world unfolds as a fragmented interplay between repetition and repressed anger.
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Year of Induction: 2023
Director: Victor Sjöström
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Director: Leo McCarey
Director: Philip Kaufman
Criterion 4K Blu-ray is a significant upgrade over previous WB Blu-ray see comparison
Criterion for the first time on home video have provided the 70mm 6-track as well as the Dolby stereo which was previously on LaserDisc. Both tracks are unique so included both with the 6-track default. Criterion’s 5.1 remix is lossless compared to the lossy tracks of the previous blu-rays and DVDs.
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Director: Joel Coen
Shout is still very good but Arrow has the edge due to better handling of highlights and less chroma noise, comparison
All the same
Director: John G. Avildsen
Sony boxset or 2024 VHS packaging 4K Blu-ray
Sony boxsets or 2024 VHS packaging has Dolby Vision, 2019 Sony 4K Blu-ray is HDR10 only.
Original Stereo mix: Columbia Pictures LaserDisc, Sony 4K Blu-ray (any)
5.1 remix: Sony 4K Blu-ray, Sony Blu-ray
Dolby Atmos remix: Sony 4K Blu-ray (any)
Director: Mike Nichols
StudioCanal 4K caps.Criterion Blu-ray better encode than StudioCanal Blu-ray.
Director: Marcell Jankovics
More Drama on Blu-ray
Director: Richard Rush
> Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray (FiM encode on Radiance compared to Duplitech encode on Shout! Factory)
Director: Victor Sjöström
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Video format: UHD Blu-ray
New 4K restoration recently screened at Venice Film Festival https://variety.com/2026/film/news/apichatpong-weerasethakuls-4k-restorations-match-factory-1236843949/
Director: Robert De Niro
2027 FreeWind Media UK 4K Blu-ray
Director: Todd Haynes
Video format: UHD Blu-ray
French BubbelPop 4K Blu-ray has EN audio but doesn't have EN subtitles see caps
Caveat of Kino Lorber: "Hero" segment is stretched from 4:3 to 16:9, 1999 Fox Lorber DVD features original framing
Director: Claude Lelouch
French Metropolitan 4K Blu-ray has English subtitles and is better than Criterion Blu-ray see caps and comparison
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