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156 films on Best Blurays

Based in United KingdomFounded 1933shop.bfi.org.uk ↗

Founded in 1933, the British Film Institute is a London charity that runs the BFI National Archive and publishes Blu-rays for the UK market. Releases lean on archive restorations of British cinema, silent film, documentary and world classics, usually with booklets and short films as extras. The BFI Flipside line, launched in 2009, revives overlooked British films, and UHD discs began with The Seventh Seal in 2021.

Aliases: bfi

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Director: Chantal Akerman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

BFI Chantal Akerman: Volume 2 Blu-ray

Director: Peter Greenaway

Best English-Friendly & Audio:

UK BFI Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

> US Zeitgeist Blu-ray

Best Video:

UK BFI Blu-ray or US Zeitgeist Blu-ray

Director: Frederick Wiseman

Video format: HD Streaming

Director: Chantal Akerman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

BFI Chantal Akerman: Volume 2 Blu-ray

Director: Chantal Akerman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

BFI Chantal Akerman: Volume 2 Blu-ray

Director: Jan Švankmajer

Best English-Friendly & Video:

BFI Blu-ray or Athanor The Films of Jan Svankmajer Blu-ray

Best Audio:

BFI Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

BFI Blu-ray for both original Czech and English dub audio in lossless format

Additional Info:

Athanor The Films of Jan Svankmajer Blu-ray has exclusive extras

Director: Claire Denis

Best English-Friendly:

BFI Blu-ray

Video Notes:

FiM encode; BFI shows noticeable macroblocking

Best Audio:

MGM DVD

Audio Notes:

No dip around 10 kHz, wider dynamic range, more natural EQ; BFI & Carlotta BDs are identically worse; HMAX Streaming is similar to the BDs but has worse dynamics

Director: Terence Davies

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow US ≈ BFI UK

Director: Chantal Akerman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

BFI Chantal Akerman: Volume 2 Blu-ray

Director: Alan Clarke

Best English-Friendly:

BFI Blu-ray

Best Video:

BFI Alan Clarke Boxset

Director: Frederick Wiseman

Video format: HD Streaming

Director: Spike Lee

Best English-Friendly:

BFI Blu-ray

Director: Peter Medak

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK BFI Blu-ray

Video Notes:

> US Twilight Time Blu-ray

Additional Info:

US Twilight Time Blu-ray has the isolated score in lossless DTS-HD MA

Director: Chantal Akerman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

BFI Chantal Akerman: Volume 2 Blu-ray

Director: Guillermo del Toro

4K · Solid

Director: Mike Leigh

Best English-Friendly:

BFI Blu-ray

Best Video:

BFI new 4k transfer > Criterion

Director: Frederick Wiseman

Video format: HD Streaming

Director: Mathieu Kassovitz

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

BFI 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

> Criterion > StudioCanal

Director: Emir Kusturica

Best English-Friendly & Video:

BFI Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber and BFI similar

Best Audio:

BFI > Kino Lorber

Director: Anand Tucker

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK BFI Blu-ray

Best Audio:

DVD for 5.1

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