Tabu (2012)
Drama, Romance • 1h 58m
Director: Miguel Gomes
Cast: Teresa Madruga, Laura Soveral, Ana Moreira, Henrique Espírito Santo, Carloto Cotta, Isabel Cardoso, Ivo Müller, Manuel Mesquita, Telmo Churro, Miguel Gomes, Hortêncílio Aquina, Américo Mota, Valentim Hortêncílio, Artur Januário, Mariana Ricardo, Maya Kosa, Vítor Manuel, Cândido Ferreira, Maria José Ricardo, Joana da Cunha Ferreira, Araceli Fuente Basconcillos, Vasco Pimentel, Paulo Amorim, Luís Gaspar, Paulo Seabra, Domingos Mário, Claudina José, Samira Latifo, Judite Evaristo, Anatérsia Fernando, Geremias Bartolomeu, Rosário Afonso, Bruno Lourenço, Bruno Duarte, Celso Júnior, Jacinto Valter, Gilberto Rosário, Guido Maleia, Filimone Sabão, Amaral Inácio Coelho, Bernardo Máquina, Afonso Gonçalves, Patrício Mobrica, Carlos Mutxopuanha, Virgílio Pedro, Donna Meirelles, Lisa Persson, Joaquim Carvalho, João Oliveira, Matteo Morandini, Gabriela Gutierrez, Cláudia Esteves, Duarte Caires, Jorge Santos, Célia Oliveira, Patrick Mendes, Nando Samuel, Rosa Ernesto, Cristina Fermino, Madalena Felizardo, Lídia Felizardo, Joaquina José
About the film
Lisbon, Portugal, 2010. Pilar, a pious woman devoted to social causes, maintains a peculiar relationship with her neighbor Aurora, a temperamental old woman obsessed with gambling who lives tormented by a mysterious past.
- TSPDT
- 2026: #9162025: #9172024: #949
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Caps for France vs Germany vs UK vs Turkish release https://slow.pics/c/jYBS2CWE not sure what the correct grading is but Germany release looks too dark
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Not sure which Blu-ray is better
More Drama on Blu-ray
Director: Robert Altman
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Cinematrographe's HDR grading is overcooked, which is a known VinSyn tendency. Additionally, their booklet mis-credits the encode to FiM.
YMMV, but for some, the included BD encoded by Marcus Johnson—ironically may make for a more pleasing experience.
Director: Roman Polanski
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
UK 4K teased by 88 Films https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=24252379
Carlotta France 4K Blu-ray > Vinegar Syndrome 4K Blu-ray (better encode on Carlotta without any low-pass filtering, more extras and English subtitles on Vinegar Syndrome)
Director: John Woo
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Arrow has a different grade and a better encode than the Shout! Factory, though the difference in either is not major. Imprint release, which leaves Shout! Factory's master and subtitles as is, is encoded by FiM. https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=24473097&postcount=56
Original mix: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
Alternate mix: Scanbox Nordic PAL DVD
Surround remix: HK Video France 4K Blu-ray (5.0)
Original mix: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray (similar to Criterion LaserDisc, but less distorted)
Alternate mix: Scanbox Nordic PAL DVD
Surround remix: HK Video France 4K Blu-ray (5.0)
Arrow used the alternate mix, but with extra filtering and lowered dynamic range. The alternate mix has much better fidelity.
Imprint presumably used the Shout! Factory original mix and left it as is, though no official confirmation.
Director: Richard Brooks
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Vincent Sherman
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Arrow 4K Blu-ray > Criterion 4K Blu-ray > Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray
1991 Orion LaserDisc vs 2024 Arrow 4K Blu-ray
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