Potemkine

14 films on Best BluraysBest video release: 2 in 4K12 in HD

Best 4K release by tier:

Disappointing
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Based in FranceFounded 2006films.potemkine.fr (opens in a new tab)

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

Potemkine opened as a DVD shop on rue Beaurepaire in Paris in 2006, began publishing discs in 2007 and has distributed films in French cinemas since 2013. Many editions are co-published with agnès b. Its French Blu-ray catalogue leans on director box sets and restorations: Rohmer, Herzog, Kiarostami, Lars von Trier, Godard and Soviet classics such as The Cranes Are Flying.

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

2 in 4K

Best video release on UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Napoleon (1927)

Director: Abel Gance

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Potemkine 4K

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Potemkine 4K for the 7h Grand Version https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=36908

4.2

Dogville (2003)

Director: Lars von Trier

4K · Disappointing

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Italy Eagle Pictures 4K Blu-ray or France Potemkine Blu-ray

Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

(needs gamma correction)

The movie was shot in HD and France Potemkine Blu-ray (needs gamma correction) has slightly stronger encoding than Italy Eagle Pictures 4K Blu-ray. Curzon Blu-ray is the worst of all three (not by much) see caps.

4.2

12 in HD

Best video release on Blu-ray or HD streaming · by Letterboxd rating

The Cranes Are Flying (1957)

Director: Mikhail Kalatozov

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

2019 Potemkine France Blu-ray

Video Notes:

2019 Potemkine France Blu-ray less processing than Criterion. Need to adjust luminence from 16-235 (limited) to 0-255 (full) to fix crushed blacks

4.5

The Ascent (1977)

Director: Larisa Shepitko

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

2022 France Potemkine Blu-ray

Video Notes:

2022 France Potemkine Blu-ray > Criterion

Best Audio:

France Potemkine

Audio Notes:

France Potemkine > Criterion

4.4

Taste of Cherry (1997)

Director: Abbas Kiarostami

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion, 4K transfer

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Potemkine Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Criterion is regraded with no reference information provided. Comparisons

4.3

My Night at Maud's (1969)

Director: Éric Rohmer

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Rohmer Potemkine set

Video Notes:

Rohmer Potemkine set vs Criterion set?

Best Audio:

Netherlands 2006 Homescreen DVD

4.2

F for Fake (1973)

Director: Orson Welles

Best English-Friendly & Video:

France Potemkine Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

France Potemkine Blu-ray is new 4K master

4.2

Holy Motors (2012)

Director: Leos Carax

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Shout! Factory BD (caveat: burned-in English subtitles)

Best Video:

France Potemkine Blu-ray

Additional Info:

The Indomina release (and possibly some other releases) censor a scene of full frontal nudity via optical blurring, the Shout release is uncensored.

3.9

Four Nights of a Dreamer (1972)

Director: Robert Bresson

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Potemkine France Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Potemkine France Blu-ray is a recent 4K restoration compared to the old Japan Imagica Blu-ray, it unfortunately also has the eclair teal https://slow.pics/c/BIIWAPtO

Given that it's a Janus theatrical release, an English-friendly and Criterion release can be expected in the near future.

3.9