Eureka Entertainment's UK series for classic and art-house cinema grew out of a director-focused website launched in 2001, issued its first DVDs in 2004 and moved to Blu-ray in 2008. Releases carry spine numbers and usually a booklet, with commentaries, interviews and essays from critics and scholars. The catalogue runs from silent films and Japanese classics to Hollywood studio titles and recent art-house work.
Masters of Cinema
85 films on Best BluraysBest video release: 10 in 4K75 in HD7 more for audio only
Best 4K release by tier:
- Excellent4
- Solid2
Films where Masters of Cinema's release is the pick. How picks are made
Also known as: MoC
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Films where Masters of Cinema's release is the pick. How picks are made
Director: John Cassavetes
Best English-Friendly & Video:
MoC Blu-ray
Video Notes:
MoC significantly better than Olives
Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
UK MoC Blu-ray has the better encoding
US Kino Lorber Blu-ray has inferior encoding and likely suffers from the Quicktime Gamma Bug see caps
Best Audio:
MOC Blu-ray or MGM Laserdisc
Additional Info:
Eureka MOC is far superior to Kino with also more printed booklet extras. The reconstruction work, transfer and extras date back to MGM's Laserdisc attempt. The LD master and materials were ported to the MGM DVD which in turn was paired with an updated HD master for the BDs. The film still cries out for a proper modern restoration and reconstruction attempt with the partially surviving cut sequences. The extras on LD also have PCM audio and one of the visuals in one of the cut episodes is more untouched which is censored for nudity on the modern versions. It's small but the particular element has been blurred on most versions today.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Best English-Friendly:
MoC vs Kino Lorber?
Best Video:
MoC vs Kino Lorber no comparison, but seems to be the same restoration
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
> Germany Wicked Vision Blu-ray > US Flicker Alley Blu-ray see DVDBeaver caps
Best Audio:
MoC Blu-ray offers both restored and an unrestored tracks
Best English-Friendly:
MoC or Kino Lorber
Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)
Best Video:
MoC vs Kino Lorber, different tint http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/blu-ray_reviews_73/early_murnau_blu-ray.htm
Best English-Friendly & Video:
MoC Blu-ray
Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
's encoding is minimally better than Shout! Factory Blu-ray see caps
Director: F. W. Murnau
Best English-Friendly & Video:
MoC Blu-ray
Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
MoC vs Kino Lorber Blu-ray, where Kino Lorber is supposedly a new restoration, different tint but darker and less shadow details http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/blu-ray_reviews_73/early_murnau_blu-ray.htm
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Kino Lorber The Wildcat Blu-ray or MoC Madame Dubarry Blu-ray
Video Notes:
Available in Kino Lorber The Wildcat Blu-ray as extras, or MoC Madame Dubarry Blu-ray but OOP
Best Video:
No comparison available
MoC Early Universal Vol. 2 box set Blu-ray
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
> Kino Lorber (see slowpics for comparison). No information on Potemkine.
Additional Info:
MoC has higher bitrate than Kino Lorber, also the contrast is increased. But there is no noticeable reduction in visible film damage presented between the two offerings.
Directors: Edward F. Cline & Buster Keaton
Best English-Friendly:
MoC Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection 1917-1923 Blu-ray boxset
Best Video:
MoC or Kino Lorber Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection 1917-1923 Blu-ray boxset
Video Notes:
(a newer restoration by Lobster Films compared to the older 1920-1923 boxset)
No comparison between MoC and Kino Lorber available
Additional Info:
MoC boxset has more extras and commentary tracks, while also providing a 184-page book, a substantially better extras package compared to Kino Lorber
Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
UK MoC OOP Blu-ray is strongly preferred over US Twilight Time OOP Blu-ray: the color on Twilight Time looks very off and loses a lot of shadow details, overall just looks wrong see caps
Otherwise HD Streaming is available
Directors: Buster Keaton & Edward F. Cline
Best English-Friendly & Video:
MoC or Kino Lorber Buster Keaton: The Complete Short Films 1917-1923 boxset Blu-ray
Video Notes:
No comparison available
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