Kino Lorber

421 films on Best BluraysBest video release: 94 in 4K307 in HD20 in SD7 more for audio only5 more announced

Best 4K release by tier:

Excellent
13
Solid
28
Good in DV Only
3
Disappointing
25
Worse Than BD
3

Based in United StatesFounded 1976kinolorber.com (opens in a new tab)

Films where Kino Lorber's release is the pick. How picks are made

New York distributor formed in 2009 when Kino International merged with Lorber HT Digital. Its home-video catalogue runs from silent films and world cinema (Kino Classics) to Hollywood titles licensed from MGM, Paramount, Universal and others under the Kino Lorber Studio Classics line, including a growing 4K UHD slate. Discs are Region A and many use studio-supplied masters.

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Films where Kino Lorber's release is the pick. How picks are made

The Golden Coach (1952)

Director: Jean Renoir

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber/Raro Blu-ray

Best Video:

Raro (Kino Lorber) and France TF1 Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Raro (Kino Lorber) and France TF1 Blu-ray are very similar. Unsure on Japan Blu-ray

3.7

Voyage in Time (1990)

Directors: Andrei Tarkovsky & Tonino Guerra

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber Nostalghia Blu-ray

Best Video:

Documentary, included in Kino Lorber Nostalghia Blu-ray

3.7

Easy Living (1937)

Director: Mitchell Leisen

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

3.7

Counsellor at Law (1933)

Director: William Wyler

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

3.7

Christmas in July (1940)

Director: Preston Sturges

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Best Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray, new 4K master

3.7

The Life and Death of 9413, A Hollywood Extra (1928)

Directors: Robert Florey & Slavko Vorkapich

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Silent Avant-Garde Blu-ray

3.7

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2018)

Director: Alexandra Dean

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

3.7

The Watchmaker of St. Paul (1974)

Director: Bertrand Tavernier

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray or StudioCanal France or Germany Blu-ray but they are not English-friendly

3.7

The Wild Child (1970)

Director: François Truffaut

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Best Video:

Kino Lorber Francois Truffaut set

Video Notes:

France is same transfer 1080i no EN subs

3.6

The Fortune Cookie (1966)

Director: Billy Wilder

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Best Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray, new 4K master

3.6

Boccaccio '70 (1962)

Directors: Mario Monicelli & Luchino Visconti & Federico Fellini & Vittorio De Sica

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray doesn’t have good encoding, but according to BR, the English Cult Films Blu-ray is worse, and the original master just isn’t that good

3.6

Fellini's Casanova (1976)

Director: Federico Fellini

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber 2020 Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

France Carlotta Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber 2020 Blu-ray is a newer restoration, but the color grading is very different and seems too bright. Grading aside, the encoding is subpar, hence Carlotta is superior. See DVDBeaver caps

3.6

Little Man, What Now? (1934)

Director: Frank Borzage

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator or Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Video Notes:

No comparison available, but from track record, Indicator Blu-ray is likely better than Kino Lorber

3.6

Five Graves to Cairo (1943)

Director: Billy Wilder

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray is a newer 4K restoration, and better than the older restoration used by UK MoC , France Elephant Films, or Germany Explosive Media Blu-ray see caps

3.6