Aliases: cc, criterion
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Director: Howard Hawks
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
2008 WB Blu-ray (from a 2003 transfer)
(Still not great)
Director: Jean Renoir
StudioCanal France and Spain
StudioCanal France and Spain have BDs
Directors: Sergei Eisenstein & Dmitriy Vasilev
4k transfer. Shochiku Blu-ray is similar
Director: Jean Renoir
The Criterion 4K Blu-ray has marginally better detail and grain structure than ESC 4K Blu-ray
The ESC France 4K Blu-ray is an SDR grade erroneously presented in HDR, but if your player can force the HDR into SDR it looks very good.
Director: Raoul Walsh
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Director: John Ford
Lobster Films Blu-ray is a newer master but with terrible encoding and brightness levels. May still be better
Criterion 4K Blu-ray scheduled for Dec 2026 release
Director: Dorothy Arzner
Director: Howard Hawks
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Criterion 4K Blu-ray (not by much, caps)
Closest to original: 1995 Columbia LaserDisc
But Sony 4K Blu-ray is the best available one.
From cbc:
I much prefer the 4K Blu-ray track. LaserDisc has several nasty constant hums, and even after you remove that, the detail level is on-par with the 4K Blu-ray and has a lot of crackling. The 4K Blu-ray has some variable noise reduction, but it's done well and non-intrusive IMO, I watched it with that track and was happy.
Director: Preston Sturges
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