Jeffery Masino founded this Los Angeles label in 2002 to put silent, classic, experimental and independent films on DVD and Blu-ray, often in newly restored editions with commissioned scores. Later lines include film noir restorations made with the Film Noir Foundation and the Cinerama features restored with Cinerama Inc. Most discs are coded for Region A, with a selection region-free.
Flicker Alley
46 films on Best Blurays
Best video release:
How we pick the best Flicker Alley releases
34 in HD
Best video release on Blu-ray or HD streaming · by Letterboxd rating
Director: Georges Méliès
Video Notes:
(Unsure whether the "new" restoration is more on the restoring other lost films or actually A Trip to the Moon. Regardless, there's no more news after the announcement.)
Directors: Lois Weber & Phillips Smalley
Best Video:
No comparison available, three options:
Kino Lorber Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers Blu-ray
Flicker Alley Early Women Filmmakers: An International Anthology Blu-ray
Director: Marcel L'Herbier
Best English-Friendly:
Flicker Alley Blu-ray
Best Video:
Flicker Alley Blu-ray or French Lobster Films Blu-ray
Video Notes:
Same 4K restoration but no comparison available
Director: Marcel L'Herbier
Director: Erich von Stroheim
Best Video & English-Friendly:
Flicker Alley Laurel & Hardy: Year Three Blu-ray
Director: Bruce Baillie
Best Video & English-Friendly:
Flicker Alley Masterworks of American Avant-Garde Experimental Film 1920–1970 Blu-ray
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Best Video & English-Friendly:
Flicker Alley Blu-ray
Video Notes:
Flicker Alley Blu-ray (encoded by FiM) has much better encoding than Lobster Films Blu-ray, see DVDBeaver caps
12 in SD
Best video release on DVD, SD streaming, LaserDisc or VHS · by Letterboxd rating
Director: Fred Niblo
Best Video & English-Friendly:
Flicker Alley Douglas Fairbanks: A Modern Musketeer DVD
Best Video & English-Friendly:
Kino Lorber Edison: The Invention of the Movies DVD or Flicker Alley Landmarks of Early Film DVD
Director: Reginald Barker
Best Video & English-Friendly:
Flicker Alley Perils of the New Land: Films of the Immigrant Experience DVD
Best Video & English-Friendly:
Flicker Alley Before Hollywood There was Fort Lee, New Jersey DVD
Director: John Emerson
Best Video & English-Friendly:
Flicker Alley Douglas Fairbanks: A Modern Musketeer DVD
Best Video & English-Friendly:
Flicker Alley Perils of the New Land: Films of the Immigrant Experience (1910-1915) DVD
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Best Video:
Flicker Alley DVD or Kino Lorber DVD
Video Notes:
Flicker Alley DVD or Kino Lorber DVD no comparisons available
Best Video & English-Friendly:
Flicker Alley DVD
Video Notes:
Also available on Library of Congress SD Streaming https://www.loc.gov/item/2017604960/ but the Flicker Alley DVD is probably much superior
4 announced
Flicker Alley's release is announced; until it is out, the picks are other releases · by Letterboxd rating
Director: King Vidor
Upcoming Release:
Flicker Alley new 4K restoration
Best Video:
2013 Bach Films DVD
Director: Herbert Brenon
Upcoming Release:
Upcoming Flicker Alley Blu-ray Focus on Clara Bow according to their calendar
Director: Harry O. Hoyt
Upcoming Release:
Upcoming Flicker Alley Blu-ray Focus on Clara Bow according to their calendar
Director: James P. Hogan
Upcoming Release:
Flicker Alley Blu-ray Focus on Clara Bow according to their calendar
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