Real-estate developer Charles S. Cohen founded this New York distributor in 2008 to release foreign-language and art-house films in North America. In 2011 it bought Raymond Rohauer's library, now the Cohen Film Collection, and has since restored and issued Buster Keaton, D. W. Griffith and Merchant Ivory titles on Region A Blu-ray. It owned the UK's Curzon from 2019 until Fortress Investment Group took it over in 2024.
Cohen
Best 4K release by tier:
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How we pick the best Cohen releases
2 in 4K
Best video release on UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming
Director: James Ivory
Best Video & English-Friendly:
US Cohen 4K Blu-ray
Video Notes:
US Cohen 4K Blu-ray > Concorde Germany 4K Blu-ray, from nicwood:
Cohen has original SDR master, correct gamma, very good encode. Preferable to the Germany 4K with worse encoding, translated titles and fake HDR.
Director: James Ivory
Best Video & English-Friendly:
Cohen 4K Blu-ray
Video Notes:
Cohen 4K Blu-ray caps. Same 4K master that Cohen released on BD but grain resolves much better and the gamma levels are now correctly set.
19 in HD
Best video release on Blu-ray or HD streaming · by Letterboxd rating
Directors: Charles Reisner & Buster Keaton
Upcoming Release:
MoC 4K Blu-ray late 2027
Video Notes:
MoC/Cohen Blu-ray > Kino Lorber
Director: René Clair
Director: Joan Micklin Silver
Best Video & English-Friendly:
Cohen Blu-ray
Video Notes:
Cohen Blu-ray is a newer 4K restoration than earlier Kino Lorber Blu-ray
Best Video & English-Friendly:
Cohen Blu-ray
Video Notes:
Cohen restored themselves, significantly better than StudioCanal https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?d1=11902&d2=11795&c=4648
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