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Offbeat 4K UHD Blu-ray Review: After Hours — The Criterion Collection
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Jul 19, 2023
Spine #1185 Distributor: Criterion Collection (USA) Release Date: July 11th, 2023 Region — 4K UHD: Region Free Blu-ray: Region A Length: 01:37:20 Video — 4K UHD: 2160P (HEVC, H.265 — HDR10 + Dolby Vision) Blu-ray: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio (4K UHD & Blu-ray): 1.0 English LPCM Audio Subtitl read more
Offbeat Blu-ray Review: Arsenic and Old Lace — The Criterion Collection
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Oct 13, 2022
Spine #1153 Distributor: Criterion Collection (USA) Release Date: October 11, 2022 Region: Region A Length: 01:58:15 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: 1.0 English Linear PCM Audio (48 kHz, 1152 kbps, 24-bit) Subtitles: English (SDH) Ratio: 1.37:1 Bitrate: 35.92 Mbps Notes: This is the film’s read more
Offbeat Blu-ray Review: What Lies Beneath
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Oct 24, 2021
Distributor: Paramount Pictures Release Date: October 05, 2021 Region: Region A Length: 02:09:53 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: 5.1 English Dolby TrueHD Audio Alternate Audio: 5.1 French Dolby Digital Audio Subtitles: English, English SDH, French Ratio: 2.39:1 Bitrate: 35.90 Mbps Notes read more
Offbeat Blu-ray Review: The Window
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Sep 22, 2021
Distributor: Warner Brothers Release Date: September 21, 2021 Region: Region A Length: 01:13:27 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: 2.0 English Mono DTS-HD Master Audio Subtitles: English SDH Ratio: 1.37:1 Notes: This is the film’s North American Blu-ray debut. “He lived in two worlds at read more
Down By Law (1986): An Offbeat Jarmusch Noir
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on May 27, 2021
A raspy vocal emanates from the screen verging on spoken word as it sings to a mambo-infused rhythm. Casual tracking shots lead us by the local architecture at the pace of a car ambling along on a Sunday afternoon. I only confirmed after the fact this is Tom Waits singing his tune “Jockey Ful read more
Offbeat Blu-ray Review: Crimson Peak
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Oct 4, 2019
Distributor: Arrow Video Release Date: October 22, 2019 Region: Region A & B Length: 01:58:42 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: 7.1 English DTS X / 7.1 English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 English DTS X (Headphone Mix) Alternate Audio: English Dolby Digital Descriptive Audio Subtitles: English read more
Offbeat Blu-ray Review: Gaslight
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Jul 10, 2019
Distributor: Warner Archives Release Date: June 25, 2019 Region: Region Free Length: 01:53:46 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: 2.0 English Mono DTS-HD Master Audio (48kHz, 24-bit) Subtitles: English SDH Ratio: 1.37:1 Bitrate: 34.99 Mbps George Cukor’s Gaslight has long drawn comparisons to read more
Offbeat Blu-ray Review: Sisters – The Criterion Collection
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Nov 14, 2018
Spine #89 Distributor: Criterion Collection (USA) Release Date: October 23, 2018 Region: Region A Length: 01:32:42 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: English Mono Linear PCM Audio (48 kHz, 1152 kbps, 24-bit) Subtitles: English SDH Ratio: 1.85:1 Bitrate: 34.71 Mbps Notes: The Criterion Collectio read more
Offbeat Blu-ray Review: Night Train to Munich – The Criterion Collection
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Sep 7, 2016
Spine #523 Distributor: Criterion Collection (USA) Release Date: September 06, 2016 Region: Region A Length: 1:35:19 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: English Linear PCM Mono Audio (48 kHz, 1152 kbps, 24-bit) Subtitles: English Ratio: 1.34:1 Bitrate: 34.98 Mbps Notes: A DVD edition of this tit read more
Offbeat Blu-ray Review: Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Aug 10, 2016
Spine #828 Distributor: Criterion Collection (USA) Release Date: August 16, 2016 Region: Region A Length: 1:54:16 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: 5.1 Multi-Language (Swedish, English, Italian, and French) DTS-HD Master Audio Subtitles: English, English SDH Ratio: 1.78:1 Bitrate: 32.33 Mbps read more
Offbeat Blu-ray Review: Bicycle Thieves – The Criterion Collection
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Mar 18, 2016
Spine # 374 Distributor: Criterion Collection (USA) Release Date: March 29, 2016 Region: Region A Length: 1:29:27 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: Italian Mono LPCM (48kHz, 24-Bit) Alternate Audio: English Dolby Digital Audio (48 kHz, 192 Kbps) Subtitles: English Ratio: 1.37:1 Bitrate: 34. read more
Offbeat Blu-ray Review: Carol
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Mar 8, 2016
Distributor: Starz / Anchor Bay Release Date: March 15, 2016 Region: Region A Length: 118 min Video: 1080P (MPEG-4 AVC) Main Audio: 5.1 English DTS-HD Master Audio Alternate Audio: 5.1 Spanish Dolby Digital Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish Ratio: 1.85:1 Notes: A DVD edition of this film is also read more
Offbeat Blu-ray Review: In Cold Blood – The Criterion Collection
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Nov 18, 2015
Spine # 781 Distributor: Criterion Collection (USA) Release Date: November 17th, 2015 Region: Region A Length: 2:14:40 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: 5.1 English DTS-HD Master Audio (48 kHz, 3731 kbps, 24-Bit) Subtitles: English Ratio: 2.35:1 Bitrate: 24.50 Mbps Notes: This title is also av read more
Offbeat Book Review: The Making of ‘Gone with the Wind’
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Oct 8, 2014
Publisher: University of Texas Press Release Date: September 1, 2014 Cinemaphiles have grown to expect certain things from “making of” texts. They expect the book to be a comprehensive account of a film’s production. They also expect a few photos to be found hidden throughout the text of the book. read more
Offbeat Blu-ray Review: Gone With the Wind – 75th Anniversary Edition
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Oct 8, 2014
Distributor: Warner Bros. Release Date: September 30, 2014 Region: Region A Length: 3:53:14 Video: 1080P (VC-1 Video) Main Audio: English Dolby TrueHD Audio (48 kHz, 16-bit) English Dolby Digital Mono Alternate Audio: French 5.1 Dolby Digital
Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital
Spanish Dolby Digital Mono
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Offbeat Blu-ray Review: The 400 Blows – The Criterion Collection
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Apr 3, 2014
Distributor: Criterion Collection (USA) Release Date: 08/Apr/ 2014 Region: Region A Length: 1:40:02 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: Uncompressed French Mono Subtitles: English Ratio: 2.34:1 Bitrate: 38.83 Mbps Notes: This release also includes a DVD disc. Criterion released the film as a Blu read more
Offbeat Blu-ray Review: Hitchcock
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Nov 22, 2013
Distributor: 20th Century Fox Release Date: 12/March/2013 Region: A Length: 01:38:20 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC, 32 Mbps) Main Audio: 5.1 English DTS-HD Master Audio Alternate Audio: 5.1 French Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish Dolby Digital Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish Ratio: 2.40:1 Notes: Includes a DV read more
Offbeat Blu-ray Review: Taxi Driver
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Nov 14, 2013
“We looked at Hitchcock’s The Wrong Man for the moves when Henry Fonda goes into the insurance office and the shifting points of view of the people behind the counter. That was the kind of paranoia that I wanted to employ.” -Martin Scorsese Alfred Hitchcock’s influence is qui read more
Offbeat Blu-ray Review: Halloween: 35th Anniversary Edition
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Nov 3, 2013
“I guess the original slasher film was Psycho. That was the film that all of these things are kind of based on… Psycho was the big daddy of them all. And it had a literal slashing scene in it! The famous shower scene…” -John Carpenter It is evident from watching Halloween tha read more
Offbeat Blu-ray Review: The Exorcist: 40th Anniversary Edition (3 Disk Set)
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Nov 1, 2013
“The director that influenced me and almost everyone else is Alfred Hitchcock because he basically invented suspense for the cinema.” -William Friedkin “There is no terror in a bang, only in the anticipation of it.” -Alfred Hitchcock In 1965, Friedkin directed an episode of T read more