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Radiance

41 films on Best BluraysBest video release: 14 in 4K27 in HD4 more announced

Best 4K release by tier:
  • Excellent
    11
  • Solid
    3
Based in United KingdomFounded 2022radiancefilms.co.uk (opens in a new tab)

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

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

14 of 41 films match

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

Director: Claude Miller

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray, see review

Director: Robert Butler

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

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: Ivan Passer

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray

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

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

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

Best Video:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray see review

Director: Harry Kümel

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Director: Richard Rush

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Upcoming Release:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Director: Brian De Palma

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray

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

Best Video:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray see caps vs Arrow

Director: Shōhei Imamura

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Director: Robert Bierman

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Radiance Transmission 4K Blu-ray

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

Best Video:

Radiance Transmission 4K Blu-ray see caps

Director: Wojciech Has

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray

Director: Dennis Hopper

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

2026 Radiance 4K Blu-ray

Director: Todd Solondz

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Solid upgrade and the increase in resolution works well with the 16mm source in making it appear a bit more film-like than the Blu-ray, which is obviously very good as well

Director: Marina de Van

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Fine new master that is largely rebuilt from the original negative instead of the HD DI. HDR / DV runs slightly too hot in the highlights but the DP supervised it and Radiance presents it as delivered to them by Severin.

Director: Takashi Miike

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

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.

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