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Second Run

4 films on Best Blurays
Best video release:
Based in United KingdomFounded 2005secondrundvd.com (opens in a new tab)

How we pick the best Second Run releases

Founded in London in August 2005 by music-industry veteran Mehelli Modi, Second Run releases arthouse films that other UK labels had passed over. Its catalogue leans heavily on Czech, Slovak, Polish and wider Central and Eastern European cinema, alongside documentaries and early works by directors such as Andrzej Żuławski, Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Cristi Puiu, now issued on Blu-ray as well as DVD.

How we pick the best Second Run releases

4 in HD

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

Director: Kazuo Hara

Best Video & English-Friendly:

UK Second Run Blu-ray

Director: František Vláčil

Best Video & English-Friendly:

UK Second Run Blu-ray

Video Notes:

HD transfer from Original Camera Negative

Additional Info:

Not sure if the 2025 restoration is the same one, see MoMA

Director: Luis Buñuel

Best Video & English-Friendly:

US VCI Blu-ray or UK Second Run Blu-ray

Video Notes:

US VCI Blu-ray or UK Second Run Blu-ray share the same 4K restoration transfer and look essentially the same see caps

Best Audio:

2001 R2 Films Sans Frontières DVD

Director: Miloš Forman

Best English-Friendly:

UK Second Run Blu-ray

Best Video:

UK Second Run Blu-ray vs France Carlotta Blu-ray?

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