Curzon

36 films on Best Blurays

Based in United KingdomFounded 1976film.curzon.com ↗

Curzon Film is the UK distribution arm of the Curzon cinema group, which began as Artificial Eye in 1976 and dropped the Curzon Artificial Eye name in 2016. It handles world and independent cinema in UK cinemas, on its Curzon Home Cinema streaming service and on Region B DVD, Blu-ray and 4K UHD. Cohen Media Group owned it from 2019; Fortress Investment Group took over in 2024.

Aliases: curzon

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À propos de Nice (1930)

Directors: Jean Vigo & Boris Kaufman

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Curzon 4K Blu-ray

3.7

Taris (1931)

Director: Jean Vigo

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Curzon 4K Blu-ray

3.5

Zero for Conduct (1933)

Director: Jean Vigo

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Curzon 4K Blu-ray

3.7

L'Atalante (1934)

Director: Jean Vigo

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Curzon 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Curzon 4K Blu-ray with much better encoding than the Gaumont Blu-ray with the same 4K restoration see caps

Criterion Blu-ray uses an older restoration

4.0

A Swedish Love Story (1970)

Director: Roy Andersson

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Curzon/Artificial Eye Blu-ray

Alice in the Cities (1974)

Director: Wim Wenders

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

Carlotta > Criterion >> Curzon encoding

4.2

Kings of the Road (1976)

Director: Wim Wenders

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

Carlotta > Criterion >> Curzon encoding

4.0

Family Nest (1979)

Director: Béla Tarr

Best English-Friendly:

Bela Tarr Curzon Collection Blu-ray or Criterion Blu-ray

English-Friendly Notes:

No comparisons

Best Video:

Carlotta France Blu-ray in boxset

Video Notes:

FiM encode.

Curzon is on separate disc while Criterion has it shared with another film on the same disc.

3.6

The Outsider (1981)

Director: Béla Tarr

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Bela Tarr Curzon Collection

Video Notes:

There's also a France Carlotta boxset release (no ENG subs) but screenshots not available.

3.4

The Prefab People (1982)

Director: Béla Tarr

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Bela Tarr Curzon Collection

Best Video:

Curzon Blu-ray (SD source)

3.6

Macbeth (1982)

Director: Béla Tarr

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Bela Tarr Curzon Collection

Best Video:

Curzon Blu-ray (SD source)

3.2

Autumn Almanac (1984)

Director: Béla Tarr

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Bela Tarr Curzon Collection

Best Video:

Curzon Blu-ray (SD Source)

3.7

Paris, Texas (1984)

Director: Wim Wenders

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Curzon 4K Blu-ray/Carlotta 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray/StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray have worse encodes.

Best Audio:

R5 Carmen Video DVD

4.4

Wings of Desire (1987)

Director: Wim Wenders

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly:

UK Curzon 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

2023 Carlotta France 4K Blu-ray, France subs only

Best Audio:

Old R2 DVD 2.0

4.3

Damnation (1988)

Director: Béla Tarr

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Curzon 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Curzon 4K Blu-ray see caps

For BD, Curzon Blu-ray is similar to Arbelos Blu-ray

4.1

The Double Life of Véronique (1991)

Director: Krzysztof Kieślowski

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly:

Curzon 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

2023 Curzon 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

2006 Criterion US DVD

4.1

Orlando (1992)

Director: Sally Potter

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Curzon 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

> Sony 4K Blu-ray https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=23258660&postcount=6

Best Audio:

2010 Sony Blu-ray for the original Dolby Stereo

3.9

Three Colors: Blue (1993)

Director: Krzysztof Kieślowski

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2023 Criterion 4K Blu-ray (meh compression) / Curzon 4K Blu-ray (visible chroma noise)

Best Audio:

Miramax DVD?

4.2

Satantango (1994)

Director: Béla Tarr

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly:

Curzon 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Curzon 4K Blu-ray see caps

Additional Info:

For BD:

Carlotta France Blu-ray slightly better than Arbelos US Blu-ray, both are FiM-encodes with tradeoffs. Carlotta is best in dark scenes.
Curzon UK Blu-ray has squished AR
Bela Tarr Curzon Collection uses the same bad Curzon Blu-ray

4.4

Three Colors: White (1994)

Director: Krzysztof Kieślowski

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Curzon 4K Blu-ray

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