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699 films on Best Blurays

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Based in New York, Criterion has released classic and contemporary films since 1984, giving each title a spine number and adding commentaries, essays and supplements. Many discs use new restorations it supervises, and 4K UHD releases began in November 2021. North American Blu-rays are Region A locked, with a smaller Region B UK line since 2016; Janus Films is a sister company, and Steven Rales has owned both since 2024.

Aliases: cc, criterion

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Director: Ang Lee

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

Criterion 4k scan 2k transfer

Director: Gregg Araki

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Audio:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Audio Notes:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray for 5.1 remix. Original stereo mix on US Image Entertainment LaserDisc/UK Second Sight DVD

Director: Abbas Kiarostami

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion, 4K transfer

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

Best Video:

Potemkine Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Criterion is regraded with no reference information provided. Comparisons

Director: Bruno Dumont

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Criterion Blu-ray

Director: Wong Kar-Wai

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2021 Criterion Boxset Blu-ray

Best Audio:

?

Director: Harmony Korine

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Old DVD

Audio Notes:

Old DVD slightly better

Director: Lisa Cholodenko

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Best Audio:

5.1 remix: Criterion Blu-ray
Original matrixed stereo: Universal NTSC DVD

Audio Notes:

The 5.1 track is a new mix from the original elements, rather than a straight transfer.

Additional Info:

Criterion booklet notes:
> High Art is presented in the aspect ratio of 1.85:1. Supervised and approved by director Lisa Cholodenko, this new 4K restoration was undertaken by the Academy Film Archive and the UCLA Film & Television Archive, in conjunction with the Sundance Institute, using the 35 mm original camera negative. The 5.1 surround soundtrack was remastered from the DA-88 edit masters and mix masters. Funding was provided by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Frameline, the Sundance Institute, and the UCLA Film & Television Archive, with laboratory services by Roundabout Entertainment, Red Hook Post, and Monkeyland Audio.

Director: Todd Solondz

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

1999 R1 Trimark DVD

Director: Terry Gilliam

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow UK or Criterion US 4K Blu-ray (preference)

Video Notes:

Arrow UK & Criterion US 4K Blu-ray have different gradings (preference, Arrow 4K Blu-ray is encoded by Fidelity in Motion)

Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

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

Audio Notes:

Criterion is filtered. Comparisons

Director: Wes Anderson

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

Criterion 2k transfer

Director: Thomas Vinterberg

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

Criterion 2k transfer

Director: Terrence Malick

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

Criterion, 4k transfer

Director: Stanley Kubrick

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: archive.org (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

FiM encode Caps

UK Warner Bros Steelbook 4K Blu-ray is slightly worse in encoding compared to FiM but otherwise excellent see caps

Best Audio:

Uncensored: Cinema DTS
Censored: Criterion
Comparison

Additional Info:

Old WB Blu-ray has exclusive extras

Director: Claire Denis

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Director: Wim Wenders

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Criterion Blu-ray new HD digital transfer; source was Digital Betacam/MiniDV in 625 widescreen PAL, edited/conformed in PAL, graded/mastered in NTSC, with original D2 NTSC master used for the HD remaster.

Director: Ang Lee

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Director's Cut: Criterion Blu-ray
Theatrical: France or Germany Blu-ray?

Director: Abbas Kiarostami

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

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

Best Video:

Criterion > Potemkine: caps

Director: Christopher Nolan

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

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