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
45 films on Best BluraysBest video release: 34 in HD11 in SD4 more announced
Films where Flicker Alley's release is the pick. How picks are made
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Films where Flicker Alley's release is the pick. How picks are made
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Flicker Alley Blu-ray
Director: Georges Méliès
Sources: vesglobal.org (opens in a new tab)
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.)
Director: Marcel L'Herbier
Director: Erich von Stroheim
Director: Bruce Baillie
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Flicker Alley Masterworks of American Avant-Garde Experimental Film 1920–1970 Blu-ray
Director: James W. Horne
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Flicker Alley Laurel & Hardy: Year Three Blu-ray
Director: Frank Urson
Best English-Friendly:
Older Restoration: Flicker Alley Blu-ray
2026 Restoration: YouTube 4K Streaming
Best Video:
Older Restoration: Lobster Films DVD
2026 Restoration: YouTube 4K Streaming
Director: Bruce Conner
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Flicker Alley Masterworks of American Avant-garde Experimental Film 1920-1970 Blu-ray
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Flicker Alley Blu-ray
Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
Flicker Alley Blu-ray (encoded by FiM) has much better encoding than Lobster Films Blu-ray, see DVDBeaver caps
Director: F. W. Murnau
Sources: flickeralley.com (opens in a new tab)
Best Video:
- MoC included in boxset
Video Notes:
(unsure)
Germany new 2k restoration, no subs
- US Flicker Alley not sure which restoration
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Flicker Alley Blu-ray
Director: Lewis Milestone
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Flicker Alley Blu-ray
Sources: moma.org (opens in a new tab)
Additional Info:
New 2025 4K restoration by SFFP see MoMA
Director: René Clair
Sources: silentfilm.org (opens in a new tab) · janusfilms.com (opens in a new tab)
Best Video:
The latest and best restoration from official screencaps are from Shout! Factory Silent Film Festival + Cinémathèque Française https://silentfilm.org/preservation/the-italian-straw-hat/ which is from Original Camera Negative and original France title negative. Janus seems to have acquired the rights https://www.janusfilms.com/films/2259 The Grapevine Blu-ray (including their updated 2K transfer) or the Flicker Alley DVD might be the ones referred in the above Shout! Factory Silent Film Festival as "US viewers have had to be satisfied with either the alternate version that was released in the United States in 1931, or hybrids that supplement the US version with additional footage"
Director: Chester Erskine
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Flicker Alley In the Shadow of Hollywood: Highlights from Poverty Row Blu-ray
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