Strand Releasing

5 films on Best BluraysBest video release: 4 in HD1 in SD

Based in United StatesFounded 1989strandreleasing.com (opens in a new tab)

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

Jon Gerrans and Marcus Hu started Strand Releasing in 1989, and the Culver City company has since distributed more than 300 independent and international films in the US. The catalogue centres on auteurs such as Apichatpong Weerasethakul, François Ozon, Claire Denis and Gaspar Noé, along with a long run of LGBTQ+ cinema. Its theatrical releases usually reach US DVD and Blu-ray under Strand's own home-video line.

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

4 in HD

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

Mysterious Skin (2005)

Director: Gregg Araki

Best English-Friendly:

Strand Releasing Blu-ray

Best Video:

Camera Obscura Blu-ray/Strand Releasing Blu-ray

4.2

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)

Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Strand Releasing Blu-ray vs New Wave Blu-ray?

3.9

Zama (2017)

Director: Lucrecia Martel

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Strand Releasing vs New Wave Blu-ray?

3.6

Time of the Wolf (2003)

Director: Michael Haneke

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best Video:

No comparisons available, UK Curzon Blu-ray boxset, Australia Umbrella Blu-ray boxset, US Strand Releasing OOP Blu-ray, or very old France TF1 Blu-ray

3.5

1 in SD

Best video release on DVD, SD streaming, LaserDisc or VHS · by Letterboxd rating

I Stand Alone (1999)

Director: Gaspar Noé

Best English-Friendly:

US Strand Releasing DVD

Best Video:

FR StudioCanal DVD

Video Notes:

Australia Accent Blu-ray is a poor upscale

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