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Director: Elaine May

2026: #741
2025: #729
2024: #741
2023: #748
Video Notes:

Cinématographe 4K Blu-ray > MoC > Olive Films. From nicolas:

The master is good but it’s not that big an upgrade from the Olive Films disc and Vinegar Syndrome’ encode has some blocky highlights. A shame that they didn’t hire David Mackenzie here.

Audio Notes:

Cinématographe has unnecessary noise gating not present on the previous releases.

Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini

2026: #742
2025: #723
2024: #712
2023: #690
2022: #690
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion Passolini 101 box

Director: Kazuo Hara

2026: #743
2025: #748
2024: #737
2023: #726
2022: #726
Best Video:

UK Second Run Blu-ray

Director: Fritz Lang

2026: #744
2025: #728
2024: #733
2023: #713
2022: #713

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

See nicolas review: https://criterionforum.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=841703#p841703 "The new master is simply gorgeous. Beautifully fine-grained, even the opticals don’t look that much less defined than the OCN-shots. Highlights are very nicely graded and the encode preserves them virtually flawlessly. The HDR / DV grade itself is tasteful and makes the film look tasteful. Velvety, silvery and just satisfying to look at. Furthermore, I don’t think NexSpec applied any filtering"

Audio Notes:

Twilight Time Blu-ray slightly better than Criterion 4K Blu-ray. Columbia Hi-Fi VHS probably significantly better (not been checked)

Director: Baz Luhrmann

2026: #745
2025: #721
2024: #717
2023: #791
2022: #791
Best Video:

Fox Blu-ray

Director: Rob Reiner

2026: #746
2025: #732
2024: #726
2023: #766
2022: #766
Best English-Friendly:

US Sony 2023 Steelbook 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

US Sony 2023 Steelbook Edition 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

US Sony 2023 Steelbook Edition 4K Blu-ray > Sony 2019 Standard Edition 4K Blu-ray

US Sony 2023 Steelbook 4K Blu-ray added Dolby Vision and more extras

Best Audio:

Original Mono mix: Columbia Pictures LaserDisc, Sony 4K Blu-ray

5.1 remix: Sony 4K Blu-ray Sony Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

DVD and Blu-ray both have lossy Mono

Additional Info:

The DVD has an isolated score track 
In addition to the new Atmos track, both 4K Blu-ray releases have ported over the previous lossless 5.1 remix from the older 1080p Blu-ray in DTS-HD MA 5.1 and also include the original theatrical mono mix in lossless DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono

Only the US Steelbook has Dolby Vision

Director: Glauber Rocha

2026: #747
2025: #726
2024: #724
2023: #701
2022: #701
Best Video:

DVD

Director: Elia Kazan

2026: #748
2025: #754
2024: #755
2023: #803
2022: #803
Best Video:

WB Blu-ray

Director: Robert Bresson

2026: #749
2025: #733
2024: #751
2023: #732
2022: #732

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

Director: David Cronenberg

2026: #750
2025: #742
2024: #744
2023: #783
2022: #783

Director: Joel Coen

2026: #751
2025: #792
2024: #794
2023: #771
2022: #771
Best Video:

Theatrical Cut: Fox Blu-ray

"Director's Cut": Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Director: Frederick Wiseman

2026: #752
2025: #736
2024: #742
2023: #781
2022: #781
Best Video:

BFI Boxset Blu-ray 

Director: Krzysztof Kieślowski

2026: #753
2025: #727
2024: #729
2023: #695
2022: #695
Best Video:

Criterion Dekalog Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Kino Lorber DVD Mono

Director: Nicholas Ray

2026: #754
2025: #776
2024: #791
2023: #758
2022: #758
Best Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Director: Med Hondo

2026: #755
2025: #747
2024: #734
2023: #716
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion Blu-ray Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project, No. 3

Director: Vincente Minnelli

2026: #756
2025: #738
2024: #739
2023: #740
2022: #740
Best English-Friendly:

WB Blu-ray

Best Video:

Warner Archive, 2k + 4k scans

Director: Fritz Lang

2026: #757
2025: #744
2024: #727
2023: #703
2022: #703

Director: Claire Denis

2026: #758
2025: #799
2024: #796
2023: #852
Best English-Friendly:

US Cinema Guild Blu-ray

Best Video:

US Cinema Guild Blu-ray, 2K trasnfer

Best Audio:

US Cinema Guild Blu-ray has lossless stereo audio. UK New Wave DVD has 5.1. audio.

Director: Charlie Chaplin

2026: #759
2025: #730
2024: #721
2023: #704
2022: #704

Director: Elio Petri

2026: #760
2025: #731
2024: #722
2023: #693

Video format: HD Streaming

Best Video:

Criterion Channel HD(?) Streaming or DVD

Video Notes:

Janus have restored DCP but no Blu-ray release yet