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Radiance

44 films on Best Blurays

Based in United KingdomFounded 2022radiancefilms.co.uk ↗

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

Aliases: radiance, tx, trans, transmission

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Director: Harry Kümel

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray

Director: Elio Petri

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Radiance Blu-ray

Director: Wojciech Has

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray

Director: Iván Zulueta

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Altered Innocence vs Radiance Blu-ray?

Director: Richard Rush

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

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

Best Audio:

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: Eiichi Kudō

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Radiance Blu-ray

Director: Claude Miller

4K · Excellent

Director: Claude Miller

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Radiance UK Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Radiance UK Blu-ray (caps)

Director: Pedro Almodóvar

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray

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

Best Video:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray see review

Director: Robert Bierman

4K · Excellent

Director: Dennis Hopper

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

2026 Radiance 4K Blu-ray

Director: Tom Noonan

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Radiance Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Radiance Blu-ray (caps)

4K restoration from the Original Camera Negative

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.

Director: Shōhei Imamura

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Radiance Blu-ray

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

Audio Notes:

Radiance Blu-ray is the same as R2J DVD https://slow.pics/c/Cg7bPY18

Director: Lou Ye

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Radiance Blu-ray

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

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: Jacques Rivette

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Radiance Blu-ray

Video Notes:

FiM encoded, 4K restoration for both theatrical and director's version

Director: Takashi Miike

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Japan / Australia New Wave Video Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Radiance Blu-ray scheduled for October 2026 release

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