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They Shoot Pictures, Don't They with "The 1,000 Greatest Films" list.

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Director: Elia Kazan

2024: #993
2023: #983
2022: #983

Video format: HD Streaming

Best Video:

Streaming or DVD

Director: Josef von Sternberg

2025: #987
2024: #969
2023: #961
2022: #961

Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini

2025: #989
2024: #992
2023: #950
2022: #950
Best Video:

2019 BFI Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

2019 BFI Blu-ray > Criterion > 2009/2011 BFI. Unsure on Carlotta

Director: Shōhei Imamura

2024: #788
2023: #772
2022: #772

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best Video:

Hong Kong

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · shop.panorama.com.hk (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Hong Kong has new 4k resto

HK has new 4k resto Arrow boxset says 2k resto not sure if they are the same

Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul

2025: #924
2024: #923
2023: #912
Best English-Friendly:

US vs UK Blu-ray?

Best Video:

US vs UK vs Japan Blu-ray?

Director: Roman Polanski

2024: #995
2023: #967
2022: #967

Director: Chuck Jones

2024: #798
2023: #793

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Volume 1

Best Video:

In Looney Tunes Platinum/Ultimate Collection Vol 1

Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien

2025: #947

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best Video:

Japan and France has new 2016 restorations but not English friendly and no reviews yet.
Taiwan has an older 1080i release, but not sure if it's the same master.

Director: Charles Vidor

2025: #994
2024: #976
Best Video & Audio:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray (review)

Audio Notes:

A new transfer from the optical soundtrack negative.

Additional Info:

the older Blu-ray is included in the Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Director: John Akomfrah

2025: #995
2024: #983
2023: #960

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Director: Marcel Ophüls

2025: #906
Best Video & Audio:

Icarus Films DVD

Director: Marlen Khutsiyev

2024: #970

Video format: HD Streaming

Best Video:

HD Streaming or DVD

Director: Michael Curtiz

2024: #997
2023: #990
2022: #990

Director: Jean Rouch

2025: #977
2024: #959
2023: #954
2022: #954

Video format: HD Streaming

Director: Samuel Fuller

2024: #998
2023: #993
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion HD transfer

Directors: Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet

2025: #991
Best Video:

Grasshopper's Moses and Aaron Blu-ray bonus

Sources: grasshopperfilm.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Available in Grasshopper's Moses and Aaron's bonus https://grasshopperfilm.com/film/moses-and-aaron/

Director: Jean-Luc Godard

2025: #1000
2024: #986
2023: #946
2022: #946

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Olive Films DVD

Best Video:

Japan Blu-ray

Director: Ingmar Bergman

2025: #984
2024: #966
Best Video:

BFI Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

BFI better encode than Criterion

Best Audio:

Tartan DVD

Director: Jane Campion

2025: #998
2024: #985
2023: #982
2022: #982