Robert Beeson and Pam Engel launched this London arthouse distributor in 2008 after years running Artificial Eye. It releases contemporary world cinema in UK cinemas, then on DVD, Blu-ray and on demand, with a slate built around festival auteurs such as Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Miguel Gomes, Lucrecia Martel and Claire Denis.
New Wave
5 films on Best BluraysBest video release: 5 in HD1 more for audio only
Films where New Wave's release is the pick. How picks are made
Films where New Wave's release is the pick. How picks are made
5 in HD
Best video release on Blu-ray or HD streaming · by Letterboxd rating
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Best Video:
Video Notes:
Caps for France vs Germany vs UK vs Turkish release https://slow.pics/c/jYBS2CWE not sure what the correct grading is but Germany release looks too dark
Best English-Friendly:
Cinema Guild vs New Wave Blu-ray?
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Best Video:
Not sure which Blu-ray is better
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Strand Releasing Blu-ray vs New Wave Blu-ray?
1 for audio only
The best audio is New Wave's; the video and English-friendly picks are other releases · by Letterboxd rating
Director: Claire Denis
Best Audio:
US Cinema Guild Blu-ray has lossless stereo audio. UK New Wave DVD has 5.1. audio.
Best English-Friendly:
Best Video:
US Cinema Guild Blu-ray, 2K trasnfer
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