UK
328 films on Best Blurays
Type: Region
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Films where UK is in a pick or an upcoming release.
Directors: Emeric Pressburger & Michael Powell
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · filmalert101.blogspot.com (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
FiM encode and none of the low-pass filtering present on the Criterion 4K, resulting in more detail and better handling of highlights on Imprint
Review, comparisons
All HD and 4K sources use the same 2009 restoration. Criterion's master (also used by Imprint) is a bit more rolled off, though the difference is minor.
Director: Laurence Olivier
2024 StudioCanal UK 4K Blu-ray
Director: Abraham Polonsky
Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Kino Lorber Blu-ray is significantly worse with potential DNR see caps
OOP Olive Films Blu-ray seems to be the same transfer as Arrow but with Quicktime Gamma Bug see comparison
Director: René Clément
Sources: metrograph.com (opens in a new tab)
StudioCanal UK/France has Blu-ray, kinda old transfer
There is a 4K DCP but no home release yet
Directors: Henry Hathaway & Howard Hawks & Henry King & Henry Koster & Jean Negulesco
Director: Guy Hamilton
Kino Lorber US Blu-ray - Brit Noir: Collection I set
Both DVD and BD use the same transfer. Blu-ray is more cleaned up (hiss, clicks, pops) but loses detail in quiet moments due to noise gating and sounds less natural throughout.
The old discs use a significantly worse transfer with faded colors, color fringing and a strong green tint throughout.
UK BFI 4K Blu-ray or Ignite 4K Blu-ray
Director: Carol Reed
Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)
UK StudioCanal Blu-ray has minimally better encoding than Kino Lorber Blu-ray see caps
US VCI Blu-ray or UK Second Run Blu-ray
Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)
No comparison available, and none of the Blu-rays have original aspect ratio.
Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)
UK MoC OOP Blu-ray is strongly preferred over US Twilight Time OOP Blu-ray: the color on Twilight Time looks very off and loses a lot of shadow details, overall just looks wrong see caps
Otherwise HD Streaming is available
Director: Jacques Becker
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
France StudioCanal Blu-ray better encode than UK/Germany StudioCanal Blu-ray
Director: Michael Powell
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
2024 StudioCanal UK 4K Blu-ray
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