Carol (2015)
Romance, Drama • 1h 58m
Director: Todd Haynes
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Kyle Chandler, Jake Lacy, Sarah Paulson, John Magaro, Cory Michael Smith, Kevin Crowley, Nik Pajic, Carrie Brownstein, Trent Rowland, Sadie Heim, Kk Heim, Amy Warner, Michael Haney, Wendy Lardin, Pamela Evans Haynes, Greg Violand, Michael Joseph Thomas Ward, Kay Geiger, Christine Dye, Deb G. Girdler, Douglas Scott Sorenson, Ken Strunk, Mike Dennis, Ann Reskin, Annie Kalahurka, Linnea Bond, Steven Andrews, Tanya Smith, Ryan Wesley Gilreath, Chuck Gillespie, Jeremy Parker, Giedre Bond, Taylor Marie Frey, Liberty Fraysure, Robert J. Ashe, Anita Farmer Bergman, Colin Botts, Chelsea Carnder, Gary Chinn
Best English-friendly release · updated 9 months ago
UHD tiers
French Import
Overview
In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.
Director: Todd Haynes
Video format: UHD Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
More Romance on Blu-ray
Director: Steve De Jarnatt
2024 Kino Lorber Blu-ray
UK Transmission 4K Blu-ray in January 2027
Either the 2015 Kino Lorber Blu-ray or the Arrow Blu-ray
The 2024 Kino Lorber Blu-ray is botched.
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Director: Liliana Cavani
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Director: Morton DaCosta
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray Nov 24th
Directors: Emeric Pressburger & Michael Powell
Imprint 4K Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · filmalert101.blogspot.com (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
FiM encode and none of the low-pass filtering present on the Criterion 4K, resulting in more detail and better handling of highlights on Imprint
Review, comparisons
All HD and 4K sources use the same 2009 restoration. Criterion's master (also used by Imprint) is a bit more rolled off, though the difference is minor.
Director: Norman Taurog
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Delbert Mann
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
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