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Radiance

43 films on Best Blurays
Best video release:
Best 4K release by tier:
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    11
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    5
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How we pick the best Radiance releases

Radiance lists on letterboxd

Francesco Simeoni, Arrow's director of content for twelve years, set up this UK label in 2022 to release library titles on Blu-ray, from art-house films to genre classics. Discs are sold in the UK and, through a distribution deal with MVD, in North America, with on-disc extras and booklets of new and archival writing. Transmission, an imprint launched in 2025, issues cult films in new 4K restorations.

Also known as: Transmission

How we pick the best Radiance releases

16 in 4K

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

Director: Wojciech Has

4K · Excellent
Best Video & English-Friendly:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray

Director: Claude Miller

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray, see review

Director: Robert Butler

4K · Excellent
Best Video & English-Friendly:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray is superior to Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray, see mfunk9786 review:

Despite being at a considerably tighter bitrate than the Kino, the BD-66 from Radiance /Transmission is the release to own. Looks fantastic (FiM again), grain pattern is crisp, and the repeating scene error isn't on it, either. Really nice packaging that isn't as beefy as a Second Sight LE is another big plus.

Director: Shōhei Imamura

4K · Excellent
Best Video & English-Friendly:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray

Director: Ivan Passer

4K · Excellent
Best Video & English-Friendly:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Though note its different color grading from the IP-sourced but poorly compressed Fun City Editions US Blu-ray (caps)

Audio Notes:

Judging from spectrograms at https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=23933756&postcount=57, Fun City Editions US Blu-ray appears to have marginally less filtering than Radiance 4K Blu-ray (whose padded 16-bit depth is a non-issue). There are also loudness differences, though it's unclear whether dynamic range also differs. Caveat: need to A/B both tracks to confirm, but no one has posted actual A/B impressions.

Director: Pedro Almodóvar

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray see review

Director: Richard Rush

4K · Excellent
Best Video, Audio & English-Friendly:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

> Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray (FiM encode on Radiance compared to Duplitech encode on Shout! Factory)

Director: Harry Kümel

4K · Excellent
Best Video & English-Friendly:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray > Blue Underground 4K Blu-ray

Director: Brian De Palma

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray see caps vs Arrow

Director: Robert Bierman

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Radiance Transmission 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Radiance Transmission 4K Blu-ray see caps

Director: Dennis Hopper

4K · Excellent
Best Video & English-Friendly:

2026 Radiance 4K Blu-ray

Director: Takashi Miike

4K · Solid
Best Video & English-Friendly:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray from nic:

Unadvertised HDR10 grade that looks better than the equivalent Blu-ray it's packaged with, grain rendered very clean even when it's heavy. FiM encode so surely it's better than the Media Blasters UHD, but there are still issues with frame stability, some shots have this jitter that kinda hurts to look at. Not a night and day upgrade over the Blu, but it's better and despite its issues, probably the best it'll ever be.

Show all 16 in 4K

27 in HD

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

Director: Forugh Farrokhzad

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Radiance Treasures from the Golestan Film Studio Blu-ray

Director: Dino Risi

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Radiance Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Italy Cecchi Gori DVD/Netherlands Homescreen DVD

TV series

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Radiance Blu-ray

Director: Ermanno Olmi

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Radiance Blu-ray

Director: Luis Buñuel

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Radiance Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Radiance Blu-ray is new 4K restoration

Director: Ebrahim Golestan

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Radiance Treasures from the Golestan Film Studio Blu-ray

Director: Benjamin Christensen

Best Video & English-Friendly:

UK Radiance Blu-ray or OOP Criterion Blu-ray

Additional Info:

France Potemkine Blu-ray has exclusive extras and scores

Director: Jacques Rivette

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Radiance Blu-ray

Director: Luchino Visconti

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Radiance Blu-ray

Director: Tom Noonan

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Radiance Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Radiance Blu-ray (caps)

4K restoration from the Original Camera Negative

Director: Lou Ye

Best Video & English-Friendly:

UK Radiance Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Caps and more caps. In addition, note that the US Strand Blu-ray is erroneously presented at 30 fps.

Best Audio:

(Maybe) Taiwan Welcome Music Blu-ray: OG mono mix

Audio Notes:

All other Blu-rays feature the 5.1 remix only. Per the technical information on page 22 here, new foleys and effects were added to the remix.

Director: Elio Petri

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Radiance Blu-ray

Show all 27 in HD

4 announced

Radiance's release is announced; until it is out, the picks are other releases · by Letterboxd rating

Director: Steve De Jarnatt

Upcoming Release:

UK Transmission 4K Blu-ray in January 2027

Best Video & English-Friendly:

2024 Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Either the 2015 Kino Lorber Blu-ray or the Arrow Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

The 2024 Kino Lorber Blu-ray is botched.

Director: Luchino Visconti

Upcoming Release:

Radiance Blu-ray with 4K restoration

Best English-Friendly:

Image Entertainment DVD

Best Video:

Japan Blu-ray

Director: Shōhei Imamura

Upcoming Release:

UK Radiance Blu-ray

Best Video & English-Friendly:

US Film Movement Blu-ray

Director: Takashi Miike

Upcoming Release:

Radiance Blu-ray scheduled for October 2026 release

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Japan / Australia New Wave Video Blu-ray

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