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
21 films on Best BluraysBest video release: 2 in 4K19 in HD
Best 4K release by tier:
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Films where Cohen's release is the pick. How picks are made
Films where Cohen's release is the pick. How picks are made
2 in 4K
Best video release on UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming
Director: James Ivory
Best English-Friendly & Video:
US Cohen 4K Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
> 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 English-Friendly & Video:
Cohen 4K Blu-ray
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
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
Director: Joan Micklin Silver
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Cohen Blu-ray
Video Notes:
Cohen Blu-ray is a newer 4K restoration than earlier Kino Lorber Blu-ray
Director: Federico Fellini
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Cohen Blu-ray
Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)
Director: René Clair
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Cohen Blu-ray
Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
Cohen restored themselves, significantly better than StudioCanal https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?d1=11902&d2=11795&c=4648
Director: Albert Parker
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Cohen Douglas Fairbanks Double Feature Blu-ray
Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
Cohen Douglas Fairbanks Double Feature Blu-ray is slightly better than 2010 Kino Lorber Blu-ray and potentially a different transfer, see comparison caps
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