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Carlotta

58 films on Best BluraysBest video release: 14 in 4K43 in HD1 in SD5 more for audio only1 more announced

Best 4K release by tier:
  • Excellent
    9
  • Solid
    1

Films where Carlotta's release is the pick. How picks are made

Vincent Paul-Boncour and Jean-Pierre Gardelli set up Carlotta Films in Paris in 1998 to bring restored heritage films back to French cinemas. A DVD line followed in 2002 and Blu-ray in 2008. The catalogue leans on American, Japanese and Italian classics, silent cinema and auteurs such as Ozu, Pasolini and Fassbinder, with deluxe titles issued as Ultra Collector boxes that include a book.

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Films where Carlotta's release is the pick. How picks are made

Director: Edward Yang

Best English-Friendly:

Korea Nova Media Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

2018 Carlotta France Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Korea Nova Media Blu-ray probably > Criterion

Best Audio:

?

Director: Yasujirō Ozu

Best English-Friendly:

Hong Kong/Japan Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

France Carlotta Blu-ray

Video Notes:

France Carlotta Blu-ray has best encoding of France/Hong Kong/Japan. Criterion/BFI are older master

Best Audio:

2004 Tartan DVD

Audio Notes:

(Raro/Madman/Shochiku DVDs probably similar)

Director: Satyajit Ray

Best English-Friendly:

Artificial Eye UK Blu-ray

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

Best Video:

Carlotta France Blu-ray. Comparisons

Video Notes:

Artificial Eye UK Blu-ray is from a newer master than Criterion

Best Audio:

Criterion Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Criterion Blu-ray is better than Artificial Eye and Carlotta

Director: Yasujirō Ozu

Best English-Friendly:

Japan Shochiku Blu-ray

Best Video:

4k resto available in France Carlotta boxset or Japan Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Tartan/Shochiku DVD

Director: Wim Wenders

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

Carlotta

Video Notes:

Carlotta > Criterion >> Curzon encoding

Director: Yasujirō Ozu

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Carlotta

Video Notes:

Carlotta and Criterion have new resto, Carlotta slightly better encode

Best Audio:

2009 Australia Madman DVD

Audio Notes:

(Tartan/Raro/Shochiku probably the same)

Director: Emir Kusturica

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Streaming

Best Video:

Carlotta France Blu-ray vs Germany Winkeler?

Director: Jacques Rivette

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow/Kino Lorber/Carlotta Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Arrow/Kino Lorber/Carlotta all very similar

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Best English-Friendly & Video:

France Carlotta Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

France Carlotta better encode than Criterion

Best Audio:

2004 Prism Leisure DVD

Director: Wim Wenders

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

Carlotta

Video Notes:

Carlotta > Criterion >> Curzon encoding

Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien

Best English-Friendly:

Taiwan Sony Blu-ray

Best Video:

Carlotta Blu-ray, HD transfer, also available in a set

Best Audio:

2006 Japan Kinokuniya DVD

Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Carlotta Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Carlotta Blu-ray better encoding than Criterion

Director: Yasujirō Ozu

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion DVD

Best Video:

Carlotta Blu-ray

Best Audio:

2013 Criterion Hulu+ Streaming

Director: Masahiro Shinoda

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

2024 France Carlotta Blu-ray

Video Notes:

2024 France Carlotta Blu-ray is newer restoration than Criterion. Germany Rapid Eye Movies Blu-ray probably the same.

Director: Mohammad Reza Aslani

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Carlotta France Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Carlotta has French subtitles only; Criterion is part of Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 4

Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

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

Best Video:

Carlotta France Blu-ray. Comparisons

Best Audio:

Carlotta France Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Criterion is filtered. Comparisons

Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Carlotta Passolini set

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

Carlotta France boxset Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Vol. 2

Director: Jerzy Skolimowski

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK BFI or France Carlotta

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

UK BFI and France Carlotta very similar

Director: Claire Denis

Best English-Friendly:

BFI Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Upcoming Release:

2027 Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

France Carlotta 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

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