Vincent Cassel · 1990s

dir. Mathieu Kassovitz

S-Tier BFI 4K. Kassovitz's 1995 French film about police brutality. The Criterion 4K announcement was a relief for North American collectors who had been paying inflated import prices for the BFI disc. The film still feels current, and first-time viewers keep calling it a masterpiece.

BFI · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Luc Besson

The 4K existed before this, buried inside the Luc Besson 9-film box set from Sony last November. Both the 148-minute US cut and the 158-minute international version, Dolby Vision, Atmos. Now Gaumont is giving it a proper standalone release in June with a steelbook illustrated by Flore Maquin and a wild Fnac-exclusive 6-disc edition that includes a vinyl soundtrack and a 232-page making-of book. The big question for importers is subtitles. The film was shot in English, but French releases have a history of forced French subs or swapped opening sequences. English subs are listed on the French Amazon page, which is encouraging. Sony holds the US rights and StudioCanal has the UK, so a Region A standalone may or may not follow. Collectors who grabbed the Besson box already have the disc, but anyone waiting for a single release finally has a date.

Gaumont · 4K Ultra HD Steelbook

dir. Shekhar Kapur

The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.