BFI
160 Films
BFI
160 Included Films
The British Film Institute, also a UK label
Aliases: bfi
Type: Label/Studio/Platform
Twilight Time > BFI >> Kino Lorber/MoC
Twilight Time > BFI >> Kino Lorber/MoC
Director: Oscar Micheaux
BFI Pioneers of African American Cinema boxset is much better than Kino Lorber Blu-ray boxset
Director: Oscar Micheaux
BFI Pioneers of African American Cinema boxset is much better than Kino Lorber Blu-ray boxset
Director: F. W. Murnau
MoC > Kino Lorber, BFI different resto that some may prefer
2006 Restoration: Eureka Blu-ray > Kino Lorber Blu-ray (Kino Lorber has messed up framerate)
1995 photochemical restoration: BFI Blu-ray that some may prefer
Director: F. W. Murnau
MoC > Kino Lorber, BFI different resto that some may prefer
2006 Restoration: Eureka Blu-ray > Kino Lorber Blu-ray (Kino Lorber has messed up framerate)
1995 photochemical restoration: BFI Blu-ray that some may prefer
The 2025 BFI Blu-ray isn't a new remaster, and itonly has a Pet Shop Boys score. it's somehow more cropped than the 2012 BFI Blu-ray.
See caps https://slow.pics/c/MaYpZjsV 2012 BFI Blu-ray > 2025 BFI Blu-ray (cropping) > 2010 Kino Lorber Blu-ray (worse PQ)
For the length it's also different and not just intros:
BFI 2025: 1:15:06
BFI 2012: 1:08:49
Kino Lorber:
1:12:12the Russian intertitles playlist is 1:11:48
The 2025 BFI Blu-ray isn't a new remaster, and itonly has a Pet Shop Boys score. it's somehow more cropped than the 2012 BFI Blu-ray.
See caps https://slow.pics/c/MaYpZjsV 2012 BFI Blu-ray > 2025 BFI Blu-ray (cropping) > 2010 Kino Lorber Blu-ray (worse PQ)
For the length it's also different and not just intros:
BFI 2025: 1:15:06
BFI 2012: 1:08:49
Kino Lorber:
1:12:12the Russian intertitles playlist is 1:11:48
Director: René Clair
Director: René Clair
BFI Blu-ray or OOP fixed Image Entertainment Blu-ray
1925 silent version: BFI Blu-ray for HD reconstruction (complete 1925 print is lost)
1929 silent version: OOP fixed Image Entertainment Blu-ray
1930 sound version: 2003 Image Entertainment DVD (excellent transfer, but severely compromised by indiscriminate over-use of the restoration process)
BFI Blu-ray or OOP fixed Image Entertainment Blu-ray
1925 silent version: BFI Blu-ray for HD reconstruction (complete 1925 print is lost)
1929 silent version: OOP fixed Image Entertainment Blu-ray
1930 sound version: 2003 Image Entertainment DVD (excellent transfer, but severely compromised by indiscriminate over-use of the restoration process)
No comparison between Milestone (Kino Lorber) and BFI but Milestone has a lot of shorts
No comparison between Milestone (Kino Lorber) and BFI but Milestone has a lot of shorts
No comparison between Milestone (Kino Lorber) and BFI but Milestone has a lot of shorts
No comparison between Milestone (Kino Lorber) and BFI but Milestone has a lot of shorts
Directors: Anthony Asquith & A.V. Bramble
Directors: Anthony Asquith & A.V. Bramble
BFI PAL DVD is likely the original source, especially considering Kino Lorber DVD is PAL converted to NTSC.
See https://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=36341
BFI PAL DVD is likely the original source, especially considering Kino Lorber DVD is PAL converted to NTSC.
See https://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=36341
Director: Luis Buñuel
Director: Luis Buñuel
Eureka Blu-ray has better encode than Flicker Alley Blu-ray. Kino Lorber/BFI are older restoration and are worse.
Eureka Blu-ray has better encode than Flicker Alley Blu-ray. Kino Lorber/BFI are older restoration and are worse.
Director: Luis Buñuel
4k transfer, no disc https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2019/films/lage-dor/
Director: Luis Buñuel
4k transfer, no disc https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2019/films/lage-dor/
Directors: Robert Siodmak & Edgar G. Ulmer
Directors: Robert Siodmak & Edgar G. Ulmer
Director: Clarence G. Badger
According to the George Eastman Museum 2015 Book "The Dawn of Technicolor, 1915-1935", the BFI National Archive holds a 35mm incomplete nitrate print 160 ft.
Director: Clarence G. Badger
According to the George Eastman Museum 2015 Book "The Dawn of Technicolor, 1915-1935", the BFI National Archive holds a 35mm incomplete nitrate print 160 ft.
Directors: Leontine Sagan & Carl Froelich
BFI or Kino Lorber?
Seems like BFI similar A/V to Kino Lorber, but more extras https://www.dvdcompare.net/review.php?rid=6545
Directors: Leontine Sagan & Carl Froelich
BFI or Kino Lorber?
Seems like BFI similar A/V to Kino Lorber, but more extras https://www.dvdcompare.net/review.php?rid=6545
Director: Frank Borzage
BFI Blu-ray with minimal encoding improvement compared with Kino Lorber Blu-ray see DVDBeaver caps
BFI has alternative ending as extras that's not present on Kino Lorber
Director: Frank Borzage
BFI Blu-ray with minimal encoding improvement compared with Kino Lorber Blu-ray see DVDBeaver caps
BFI has alternative ending as extras that's not present on Kino Lorber
Director: Yasujirō Ozu
Director: Yasujirō Ozu
Director: René Clair
Director: René Clair
Director: Jack Glenn
BFI 720p Streaming: https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/collection/the-march-of-time
BFI 720p Streaming: https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/collection/the-march-of-time
Director: Jack Glenn
BFI 720p Streaming: https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/collection/the-march-of-time
BFI 720p Streaming: https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/collection/the-march-of-time
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