Films

/ (2019? Sony 4K Blu-ray with the mono)

All very old restoration, but Kino Lorber > Germany Universum > MoC. Kino Lorber Germany Blu-ray has more noise reduction while English version's noise reduction is kept at minimum. MoC has very week encoding and crushed blacks.

Sources:

• Duane Dibbley on BR

• caps-a-holic on MoC vs Germany

• DVDBeaver on Kino Lorber vs MoC

Criterion > France ESC Blu-ray

See nicolas review: https://criterionforum.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=841703#p841703 "The new master is simply gorgeous. Beautifully fine-grained, even the opticals don’t look that much less defined than the OCN-shots. Highlights are very nicely graded and the encode preserves them virtually flawlessly. The HDR / DV grade itself is tasteful and makes the film look tasteful. Velvety, silvery and just satisfying to look at. Furthermore, I don’t think NexSpec applied any filtering"

Twilight Time Blu-ray slightly better than Criterion 4K Blu-ray. Columbia Hi-Fi VHS probably significantly better (not been checked)

The Kino BD has additional extras but the Laserdisc still has exclusive extras and commentary not included on the Kino release. AVOID the MGM Blu-ray for the stretched aspect ratio error that was only finally corrected for the Kino Lorber reissue after much fan outcry.

Arrow Blu-ray > Criterion http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/blu-ray_reviews_70/beyond_the_valley_of_the_dolls_blu-ray.htm

New restoration was confirmed in around 2021-2023? Screened in 2025&2026

Criterion is new master

The WB Blu-ray audio is similar to the LaserDisc. The Criterion Blu-ray is noticeably more muffled.

Also available on SD Streaming

Youtube HD Streaming apparently from Library of Congress but not officially. This is a significant improvement over previous public domain sources though, so it's enough reason to believe it's a newer scan

Kino Lorber Ken Jacobs Collection, Vol. 1 Blu-ray is a new MoMA 2K restoration