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The Margin (1976)
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The Margin (1976)

La marge

Drama • 1h 28m

Director: Walerian Borowczyk

Cast: Sylvia Kristel, Joe Dallesandro, André Falcon, Mireille Audibert, Denis Manuel, Louise Chevalier, Emmanuel Franval, Dominique Marcas, Norma Picadilly, Camille Larivière, Luz Laurent, Karin Albin, Carlo Nell, Dominique Erlanger, Sylvaine Charlet, Isabelle Mercanton, Jean Lara, Rosette

Best video & English-friendly release

Video notes:

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4K tiers

Solid
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About the film

A businessman leaves his country home, and wife and young son for a business trip to Paris. While there he develops a sexual and spiritual bond with a call girl.

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Director: Walerian Borowczyk

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Director: Mario Bava

4K · Solid
Best Video & English-Friendly:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

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Director: Steve De Jarnatt

Best Video & English-Friendly:

2024 Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

UK Transmission 4K Blu-ray in January 2027

Best Audio:

Either the 2015 Kino Lorber Blu-ray or the Arrow Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

The 2024 Kino Lorber Blu-ray is botched.

Director: Mitra Farahani

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Radiance Treasures from the Golestan Film Studio Blu-ray

Director: Ebrahim Golestan

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Radiance Treasures from the Golestan Film Studio Blu-ray

Director: Ebrahim Golestan

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Radiance Treasures from the Golestan Film Studio Blu-ray

Director: Ebrahim Golestan

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Radiance Treasures from the Golestan Film Studio Blu-ray

Director: Ebrahim Golestan

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Radiance Treasures from the Golestan Film Studio Blu-ray

Director: Forugh Farrokhzad

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Radiance Treasures from the Golestan Film Studio Blu-ray

Director: Ebrahim Golestan

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Radiance Treasures from the Golestan Film Studio Blu-ray

Director: Ebrahim Golestan

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Radiance Treasures from the Golestan Film Studio Blu-ray

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Director: Joel Coen

4K · Excellent
Best Video & English-Friendly:

UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Shout is still very good but Arrow has the edge due to better handling of highlights and less chroma noise, comparison

Best Audio:

All the same

Director: Joseph Losey

4K · Solid
Best Video & English-Friendly:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

Director: Francesco Rosi

4K · Excellent
Best Video & English-Friendly:

Indicator 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

See caps

Director: Todd Haynes

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Video Notes:

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

4K · Solid
Best Video & English-Friendly:

French Metropolitan 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

French Metropolitan 4K Blu-ray has English subtitles and is better than Criterion Blu-ray see caps and comparison

Director: John G. Avildsen

4K · Excellent
Best Video & English-Friendly:

Sony boxset or 2024 VHS packaging 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Sony boxsets or 2024 VHS packaging has Dolby Vision, 2019 Sony 4K Blu-ray is HDR10 only.

Best Audio:

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: Krzysztof Kieślowski

4K · Solid
Best Video & English-Friendly:

2023 Criterion 4K Blu-ray (bad compression) / Curzon 4K Blu-ray (visible chroma noise and meh compression)

Best Audio:

Miramax DVD?

Director: Roman Polanski

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

4K restoration screened at Venice Film Festival 2026, though no news on a physical release

Director: John Huston

Best English-Friendly:

WB Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray 11/24/2026

Best Video:

Warner Archive

Director: Todd Solondz

4K · Solid
Best Video & English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray review

Best Audio:

1999 R1 Trimark DVD

Audio Notes:

The Criterion 4K Blu-ray has audio that, despite being in a lossless codec, is extremely lossily compressed akin to an MP3.

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