1959 on 4K UHD

dir. Alfred Hitchcock

S-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. Hitchcock's chase film with Cary Grant, scoring a perfect 5.0 overall. WB's protective steelbook packaging was praised as an industry standard others should follow. A World Cinema Library premium edition exists for the truly dedicated. To Catch a Thief is also coming to 4K, and people want Strangers on a Train and Dial M for Murder next.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Budd Boetticher

Part of Criterion's Budd Boetticher Ranown Cycle set. Barely any standalone discussion since it lives inside a box set. S-Tier transfer of a 1959 western that mostly appeals to Criterion completionists and classic western fans who already know Boetticher's name.

Criterion Collection · The Ranown Westerns: Five Films Directed by Budd Boetticher Starring Randolph Scott

dir. Otto Preminger

S-Tier 4K. Otto Preminger's courtroom drama. The black-and-white photography with all those close-ups of faces gains resolution.

Sony Pictures · 4K Box Set (Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection Volume 2)

dir. William Wyler

Transfer praise is strong. People are watching it for the first time at age 50 and ordering Lawrence of Arabia the next day. The 4K remaster is pulling a new generation into the epic format films.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Kon Ichikawa

S-Tier Criterion 4K. Kon Ichikawa's anti-war film. Criterion's Japanese cinema on 4K has been excellent.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Billy Wilder

In Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as Josephine and Daphne, but further complications set in.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. François Truffaut

S-Tier Criterion 4K. Kon Ichikawa's anti-war film. Criterion's Japanese cinema releases on 4K have been excellent.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Terence Fisher

Dr. Bonner plans to live forever through periodic gland transplants from younger, healthier human victims. Bonner looks about 40; he's really 104 years old. But people are starting to get suspicious, and he may not make 200.

dir. Howard Hawks

Warner's standalone 4K release confirmed after the Classics set, which was good news for collectors who already owned most of the 30-disc box. Multiple first-time viewers came away impressed, with Dean Martin's performance getting the most praise. Tarantino name-dropping it as a favorite adds collector cachet.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Monty Berman, Robert S. Baker

A serial killer is murdering women in the Whitechapel district of London. An American policeman is brought in to help Scotland Yard solve the case.

Severin Films · 4K Ultra HD

dir. John Sturges

A marshal tries to bring the son of an old friend, an autocratic cattle baron, to justice for the rape and murder of his wife.

Paramount Pictures · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Michael Gordon

Universal is giving the Doris Day and Rock Hudson catalog some attention with this May 4K release. The Technicolor photography should translate well to HDR, and it's one of those titles where the new scan will either reveal the production design or flatten it.

Universal Pictures · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Clyde Geronimi

Cursed to die by the evil fairy Maleficent when she was a baby, Princess Aurora is sent into hiding under protection from three good fairies. As she grows up far away, Maleficent becomes increasingly determined to seal the princess's fate.

Walt Disney Studios · 4K Ultra HD