Serge Bromberg founded Lobster Films in Paris in 1985 to collect and restore early and silent cinema, from Méliès and Lumière to Chaplin and Keaton, including the recovered colour version of A Trip to the Moon. Its restorations reached disc on its own French Blu-rays and through partner labels such as Flicker Alley. The company was liquidated in July 2023, and former staff carry on the collection as FPA France.
Lobster Films
5 films on Best Blurays
Best video release:
How we pick the best Lobster Films releases
5 in HD
Best video release on Blu-ray or HD streaming · by Letterboxd rating
Director: Buster Keaton
Best English-Friendly:
Kino Lorber new Seven Chances / Sherlock Jr. Blu-ray?
Upcoming Release:
MoC 4K Blu-ray late 2027
Best Video:
Lobster Films (Kino Lorber?)
Video Notes:
Lobster Films (Kino Lorber?) > Cohen/Eureka https://slow.pics/c/3KWXoMyR The new Kino Lorber's Seven Chances / Sherlock Jr. might be using the same restoration as Lobster Films
Director: Marcel L'Herbier
Best English-Friendly:
Best Video:
Flicker Alley Blu-ray or French Lobster Films Blu-ray
Video Notes:
Same 4K restoration but no comparison available
Directors: Buster Keaton & Donald Crisp
Video Notes:
France Lobster Films Blu-ray though a very weak encoding caps, is a newer master (4K scan of MoMA first gen nitrate print) than Cohen/MoC, which are themselves a newer master than Kino Lorber.
Lobster Films > Cohen/MoC > Kino Lorber
Director: Frank Urson
Best English-Friendly:
Older Restoration: Flicker Alley Blu-ray
2026 Restoration: YouTube 4K Streaming
Video Notes:
Older Restoration: Lobster Films DVD > Flicker Alley Blu-ray (Flicker Alley Blu-ray/DVD has every 25th PAL frame deleted)
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