Umbrella

33 films on Best Blurays

Based in AustraliaFounded 2001umbrellaent.com.au ↗

Founded in Melbourne by Jeff Harrison, Umbrella distributes film in Australia and New Zealand and specialises in restoring Australian cinema, often with the National Film and Sound Archive. Collector lines include Ozploitation Classics, Sunburnt Screens for landmark local films and Beyond Genres for international cult titles in limited slipcases. Many of its Blu-rays are region free.

Aliases: umbrella

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Cypher (2002)

Director: Vincenzo Natali

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Umbrella 4K Blu-ray

3.2

Infernal Affairs II (2003)

Directors: Alan Mak Siu-Fai & Andrew Lau Wai-Keung

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion US Blu-ray or Umbrella Australia 4K Blu-ray

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

Best Video:

Maybe Umbrella Australia 4K Blu-ray (FiM encode), Plaion Germany 4K Blu-ray, or Pony Canyon Japan 4K Blu-ray. All other existing 4K Blu-rays have terrible compression: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=21423337&postcount=173

The master is heavily DNR'd.

Best Audio:

Original 5.1 from Jokers France 4K Blu-ray or Criterion US Blu-ray or older Blu-rays

3.7

Infernal Affairs III (2003)

Directors: Alan Mak Siu-Fai & Andrew Lau Wai-Keung

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion US Blu-ray or Umbrella Australia 4K Blu-ray

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

Best Video:

Best Audio:

Original 5.1 from Jokers France 4K Blu-ray or Criterion US Blu-ray or older Blu-rays

3.3

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003)

Director: Kim Ki-duk

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Umbrella Blu-ray

4.2

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

Shutter (2004)

Directors: Banjong Pisanthanakun & Parkpoom Wongpoom

Best English-Friendly:

Australia Umbrella 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Australia Umbrella 4K Blu-ray encoded by FiM

Primer (2004)

Director: Shane Carruth

Best English-Friendly:

Arrow Blu-ray or Umbrella Blu-ray

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

Best Video:

According to BR user review (no caps available) Umbrella Blu-ray is a toss-up with Arrow and both are from non-ideal sources

3.6

The Fall (2006)

Director: Tarsem Singh

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Umbrella Australia 4K

4.2

Martyrs (2008)

Director: Pascal Laugier

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Eureka MoC 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Umbrella Australia Blu-ray

3.6

Lake Mungo (2009)

Director: Joel Anderson

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Umbrella 4K Blu-ray

3.4

Daybreakers (2010)

Directors: Michael Spierig & Peter Spierig

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Umbrella 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Umbrella 4K Blu-ray is reported to have a different, more organic-looking master without the DNR on the Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray. Encoding and possibly further mastering by FiM. Still “just” an upscale.

3.0

The Raid (2012)

Director: Gareth Evans

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony/Umbrella 4K Blu-ray

4.0

You Were Never Really Here (2017)

Director: Lynne Ramsay

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Umbrella 4K Blu-ray

3.7

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