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
75 of 85 films match · Page 1 of 4
Films where Masters of Cinema's release is the pick. How picks are made
Video Notes:
Eureka Blu-ray has better encode than Flicker Alley Blu-ray. Kino Lorber/BFI are older restoration and are worse.
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Upcoming Release:
Flicker Alley 4K confirmed for 2027 https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=24404584&postcount=1
Audio Notes:
MoC audio is better https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=225532&page=3
Director: Fritz Lang
Best Video:
1984 Giorgio Moroder restoration: MoC Blu-ray or Kino Lorber Blu-ray
2001 Murnau restoration: MoC 2-disc DVD set
2010 Murnau complete restoration: MoC Blu-ray
Video Notes:
2001 Murnau restoration: MoC 2-disc DVD set > Kino Lorber 1-disc Restored Authorized Edition DVD
2010 Murnau complete restoration: MoC Blu-ray > Kino Lorber Blu-ray
Director: Ken Loach
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Best Video & Audio:
MoC
Video Notes:
MoC > Criterion
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
MoC slightly better than Criterion http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/blu-ray_reviews_69/kwaidan_blu-ray.htm
Director: F. W. Murnau
Video Notes:
Kino Lorber AR is squished; MoC is correct. Unsure on France Potemkine
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
Eureka MoC Blu-ray, see caps
MoC is sourced from an earlier scan, but still looks more detailed than the later 4K restoration released by Kadokawa in Japan, which has some black crush and DNR. French Capricci disc is sourced from the same scan as MoC but with much worse encoding and wrong levels.
Best Audio:
1991 Daiei LaserDisc
Director: Fritz Lang
Best English-Friendly:
Kino Lorber vs MoC?
Best Video:
Kino Lorber and MoC same resto, no comparison
Director: F. W. Murnau
Best English-Friendly & Video:
MoC Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
MoC seems to be similar to Carlotta, but Carlotta doesn’t have EN subtitles and really really hard to find
MoC: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews49/city_girl_blu-ray.htm
Carlotta: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film3/blu-ray_reviews53/f.w._murnau_boxset_blu-ray.htm
Director: Stanley Kramer
Best English-Friendly & Video:
MoC Blu-ray
Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
> Kino Lorber > Twilight Time. Kino Lorber has slightly worse encoding than MoC, see caps, and Twilight Time is over-exposed
Director: John Ford
Video Notes:
MoC better encode than Olive Films. Brightness levels vary quite a bit between them.
Director: Maurice Pialat
Director: Jean Epstein
Director: G.W. Pabst
Best English-Friendly & Video:
MoC Blu-ray
Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
> Kino Lorber, same restoration, but better encoding. The aspect ratio is slightly difference but not sure which is the correct one. See DVDBeaver
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