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Director: Steve Barron

4K · Disappointing
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has poor encode: Dolby Vision caps

Best Audio:

DVD or LaserDisc for original mix

Audio Notes:

Thanks to the magic of Dolby Stereo encoding the 2.0 mix actually has much better surround activity compared to the 5.1 mix, which feels flat and lifeless. The surround mix is also missing elements (eg @ 0:04:58 the zapping sound doesn't extend to the surrounds on the 5.1 track, same with the flickering sound @ 0:21:46, etc)

Director: Dennis Dugan

4K · Disappointing
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has poor encodes: Dolby Vision caps

Director: Brad Silberling

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

Universal 4K Blu-ray omitted the original audio

Director: Lewis Milestone

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray is much better than the extra in Criterion His Girl Friday Blu-ray. Even though Kino Lorber is the international cut and only restored in HD, and Criterion is the US theatrical cut, and restored in 4K, the Criterion picture quality is atrocious http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/blu-ray_reviews_68/the_front_page_blu-ray.htm 

Director: Penelope Spheeris

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Shout! Factory Blu-ray

Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Also free on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH5x6ol3Pzc but censored

Director: Wes Anderson

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Universal 4K Blu-ray caps. The Blu-ray was clearly low-pass filtered. Luckily, the 4K looks excellent.

Director: Payal Kapadia

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Criterion Blu-ray has slightly better encoding than BFI but neither is great, see caps

Director: François Truffaut

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion The Adventures of Antoine Doinel 4K set

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray has corrected gamma levels compared to Carlotta. See nicolas review

Director: François Truffaut

Best English-Friendly & Video:

BFI Blu-ray

Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Criterion Blu-ray (in The Adventures of Antoine Doinel boxdset) has major gamma issues. See caps

Director: Stanley Kramer

Best English-Friendly & Video:

MoC Blu-ray

Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

MoC Blu-ray > Kino Lorber > Twilight Time. Kino Lorber has slightly worse encoding than MoC, see caps, and Twilight Time is over-exposed

Director: Edward Yang

Video format: SD Streaming

Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Theater Recording, Youtube Streaming 8min clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWxpUq3CZ08

Director: Bob Fosse

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator Blu-ray

Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Indicator Blu-ray has better encoding than Kino Lorber: caps

Director: Frank Capra

Video format: SD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Youtube Streaming 

Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab)

Director: Frank Capra

Video format: SD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Internet Archive Streaming

Sources: archive.org (opens in a new tab)

Director: Frank Capra

Video format: SD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Youtube Streaming: Part 1 and Part 2

Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab)

Director: David Ayer

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

MGM 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

MGM 4K Blu-ray review, PQ and audio are fine but unremarkable

Director: Mike Nichols

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab) · Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

The new master is nicely graded, HDR/DV is film-like, there’s no discernible filtering or any other processing. Encoding is excellent See positive review and nicolas's review

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Fear and Desire Blu-ray extra

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

4k resto included in Kino Lorber Fear and Desire, better than Blu-ray https://criterionforum.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=812039#p812039

Directors: Marika Beiku & Andrei Tarkovsky & Aleksandr Gordon

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion The Killers set Blu-ray extras

Sources: criterion.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Student film, available in Criterion The Killers set as extras or Streaming

Director: John Cassavetes