Sony Pictures Classics 30th Anniversary Collection UHD Review

Sony celebrates 30 years of its Sony Pictures Classics division in this 11-film collection, 10 of which are new to the 4K UHD format.

The Production: 4/5

It all began back in 1992 when Merchant-Ivory were faced with a dilemma when Orion Pictures, the production company’s home for all of their previous adaptations of E.M. Forster’s novels, was about to file bankruptcy as their latest production, Howards End, was nearing completion. Two of the executives at arthouse division Orion Classics took positions at Sony Pictures to launch that studio’s arthouse division, acquiring Howards End from Orion, and thus Sony Pictures Classics was born.

Although Howards End is not included in this 11-film set due to current ownership issues (The Cohen Group currently controls distribution rights), the studio has hand-picked a collection of noteworthy films, many debuting on 4K UHD, as a way to celebrate the division’s 30^th anniversary.

Orlando: 3/5
The set kicks off with 1993’s Orlando, based on the novel by Virginia Woolf and starring Tilda Swinton as the gender-bending title character, an English nobleman who is given a large estate by Queen Elizabeth I (Quentin Crisp) on her deathbed, provided he not grow old. Orlando has many transformations throughout the centuries, including transforming into a woman in the early 1700s. Written and directed by Sally Porter, the film succeeds mostly through its stunning visuals, but gets bogged down in plot despite its brief 94 minute running time.

The Celluloid Closet: 4/5
Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s 1995 HBO documentary, inspired by the 1981 book of the same name by Vito Russo, looks at how Hollywood has portrayed homosexual, bisexual and transgender characters through vintage film clips and filmed interviews with Tom Hanks, Harvey Fierstein, Tony Curtis, Shirley MacLaine, Whoopi Goldberg, Susan Sarandon, and Quentin Crisp among others, and narrated by Lily Tomlin. The Celluloid Closet is an interesting look at the history of Hollywood.

The City of Lost Children: 4.5/5
This is a very strange film, indeed, and one rather difficult to explain. Krank (Daniel Emilfork) is aging at an accelerated rate due to his inability to dream. In hopes to reverse the aging process, Krank has a cult of cyborgs known as the Cyclops kidnap children from the nearby port city, using a dream extraction machine to steal their dreams for himself. When the Cyclops kidnap carnival strongman One’s (Ron Perlman) younger adopted brother, One goes on a journey to find and free him, meeting a group of young thieves led by Miette (Judith Vittet), who also wants to stop Krank from his evil plan. The film is filled with spectacular artistry and production design, and the oddities of the story and characters keep the film interesting.

Run Lola Run: 4/5
Writer-director Tom Tykwer’s Run Lola Run may be considered by some an exercise in futility, but for many, it is a masterpiece of telling the same story multiple times with slight variances each time that may or may not change the outcome. Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu) has lost 100,000 Deutschmarks belonging to a mobster while on a subway train. He calls his girlfriend Lola (Franka Potente), telling her that if he cannot come up with the money in 20 minutes, he is as good as dead. It is a frenetic piece of filmmaking that has influenced music videos from Bon Jovi (It’s My Life) and Yellowcard (Ocean Avenue), and has been spoofed on episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Simpsons, Phineas and Ferb, and Pinky and the Brain, as well as Tim Garrick and Brian Ralston’s award-winning short film The Receipt.

SLC Punk!: 3.5/5
Stevo (Matthew Lillard) and his buddy Heroin Bob (Michael Goorjian) are an anomaly – punkers in 1985 Salt Lake City, Utah. Stevo has even recently graduated college with a bachelor’s degree in law. He and Bob decide to take some time off and do some “real damage,” living the punk lifestyle by hanging out at concerts, beating up rednecks, essentially creating mayhem in the very conservative city. SLC Punk! is more a collection of vignettes as told by Stevo (Lillard not only narrates but often breaks the fourth wall by speaking directly to the audience, even meandering through a party and introducing us to many of his “friends”), many of which are comedic, yet the film does take a more serious tone in the third act when tragedy strikes. Released in the spring of 1999, SLC Punk! kind of came and went at the box office (it earned just under $300,000), was released on DVD later that year, and could be considered forgotten as it never received a Blu-ray release. Its inclusion in this boxed set even took the film’s writer/director James Merendino on Twitter (even though he recorded a new video featurette for this release).

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: 4.5/5
Ang Lee’s Oscar-winning epic masterpiece that introduced American audiences to Chow Yun Fat and Michelle Yeoh, as well as open the floodgates on “mainstream” Chinese cinema with films from director/actor Stephen Chow (Sony Pictures Classics would distribute his Kung Fu Hustle four years later). It is the epic love story and breathtaking fight scenes that captured audiences worldwide, and the film’s positive word of mouth helped it to cross over from art house to playing in more suburban cinemas.

The Devil’s Backbone: 4.5/5
Director Guillermo Del Toro’s third film, following the disastrous experience of making Mimic for Miramax, marks a return to his native Spanish language in this tale of a boy living in an orphanage during the Spanish Civil War. Del Toro has referred to this film as a companion piece to his later film Pan’s Labyrinth (which also takes place during the Spanish Civil War), two films that nicely bookend each other. For a more comprehensive review of the film, see Matt Hough’s review of the 2013 Criterion Blu-ray release.

Volver: 4/5
Penélope Cruz stars in Writer-Director Pedro Almodóvar’s Volver, a dark comedy thriller revolving around an eccentric family of women living in the La Mancha region of Spain. The film opens as Raimunda (Cruz), along with her daughter Paula (Yohana Cobo) and sister Sole (Lola Dueñas), are polishing the tombstone on her mother’s grave in the village where she and her sister grew up. They stop to visit their elderly Aunt Paula (Chus Lampreave) who is suffering from dementia, and the neighbor across the street, Agustina (Blanca Portillo), who looks in on Aunt Paula. When they return home to Madrid, Raimunda’s husband Paco (Antonio de la Torre) is drunk on the sofa watching TV and tells her that he lost his job. The next day, Paula is waiting at the bus stop for Raimunda, and as they return home, Paula admits to killing Paco in self-defense after he tried to rape her. Raimunda quickly cleans up the blood and hides Paco’s body in the freezer of an abandoned restaurant owned by former employer Emilio (Carlos Blanco). That same evening, sister Sole calls to tell her that Aunt Paula has died, and Raimunda tells her that she cannot attend the funeral. A few days later, while checking on the body at the restaurant, a member of a film crew shooting nearby enters the restaurant, inquiring about catering for the crew. Desperate for cash, Raimunda reopens the restaurant to accommodate the film crew, hiring her daughter Paula as help. When the film crew wraps production, Raimunda closes the restaurant. But someone is now interested in purchasing the restaurant, and Raimunda must act fast to dispose of Paco’s body once and for all. To make matters worse, her mother, who was killed along with her father in a tragic fire a few years back, has returned from the dead to take care of some unresolved issues.

The films of Pedro Almodóvar are definitely an acquired taste, and while Volver may be his more accessible film for the masses, it is still a very odd and dark film. Penélope Cruz earned an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, and it was definitely well-deserved.

Synecdoche New York: 2.5/5
Charlie Kaufman’s directorial debut, Synecdoche New York, is not an easy film to describe or watch. The film is a bleak look at the life of a theatre director, Caden Cotard (Philip Seymour Hoffman), who while suffering from some mysterious disease decides to create the ultimate theatrical experience inside an abandoned warehouse, gathering a group of actors who are given the simple instruction of living their lives within the constructed sets inside the warehouse as if it was there actual home. Kaufman has filled his film with a wonderful cast, including Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Catherine Keener, Emily Watson, Dianne Wiest, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hope Davis, and Tom Noonan, but I found the story so depressing and at times incoherent that I quickly lost interest in what was happening on screen.

Still Alice: 4/5
Alice Howland (Julianne Moore, in an Oscar-winning performance) is a distinguished linguistics professor at Columbia University who notices that she’s forgetting words and sometimes gets lost on campus. Concerned, she goes to see a neurologist (Stephen Kunken), who after some tests, diagnosis her not only with early onset Alzheimer’s Disease, but a form that is genetic, meaning she may have passed this on to her children. It is a heartbreaking story as we see Alice’s condition worsen over time and how it also affects her husband (Alec Baldwin) and children (Kristen Stewart, Kate Bosworth, and Hunter Parrish). The movie never degenerates into a disease-of-the-week TV movie, thanks to an intelligent script by directors Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland (based on the novel by Lisa Genova), and strong performances by its cast.

Call Me by Your Name: 3/5
It is the summer of 1983. Teenager Elio Perlman (Timothée Chalamet) is vacationing in Lombardy, Italy with his mother (Amira Casar) and father (Michael Stuhlbarg). Since his father is on a working vacation of sorts, he hires 24 year old American grad student Oliver (Armie Hammer) as his assistant, who ends up sharing a bedroom with Elio. Although Elio is enjoying a summer fling with young local Marzia (Esther Garrel), Oliver slowly awakens a different sexual desire in Elio. As you would expect, a romance eventually develops between the two men.

Call Me by Your Name is beautifully photographed Sayombhu Mukdeeprom (2018’s Suspiria), capturing the lushness of the Italian countryside. However, I was never really able to connect with the characters, and found the pacing too slow for my taste. I understand and can see why this is such a highly acclaimed film, but find myself agreeing to disagree with those who found this film fascinating.

Video: 4.5/5

3D Rating: NA

Note: All of the films in this collection sport a 2160P HEVC-encoded transfer with both HDR10 and Dolby Vision high dynamic range. No Blu-ray editions or digital copies have been included in this set.

Orlando: 4/5
Although this was my first viewing of the film, based on reviews of the original Blu-ray, this 4K UHD disc is a noted improvement, as it appears relatively free of dirt and debris. The transfer still suffers from some heavy grain at times and an overall light sepia tone, but those are likely artistic choices by the director.

The Celluloid Closet: 4/5
A question could be made as to why a documentary that uses archival footage, vintage movie clips (often in the wrong aspect ratio), and newly created (at the time of production) interviews be released on 4K UHD Blu-ray with Dolby Vision high dynamic range. Picture quality on documentaries of this sort are often all over the place, and that is definitely the case here. The interview footage is what really stands out, appearing very filmic with solid colors, great clarity, and deep blacks. Considering that the movie has never been released on Blu-ray, I guess we should be lucky it has been included in this 4K set.

The City of Lost Children: 5/5
The film’s scrumptious production design and cinematography, as well as the film’s use of color and shadows seem tailor-made for 4K and HDR, and Sony’s 2160p HEVC-encoded transfer with both Dolby Vision and HDR10 high dynamic range is exceptional. The transfer retains the film’s 1.85:1 aspect ratio as well as a fine layer of film grain. Colors are bold and vivid without appearing oversaturated. Detail is excellent, bringing out every aspect of the set, costume, and makeup design. Contrast features deep blacks with strong shadow detail.

Run Lola Run: 4/5
This is a very film-like 2160p HEVC-encoded transfer, retaining the movie’s original 1.85:1 theatrical aspect ratio. There are some occasional blemishes such as dirt that appear throughout the film, but I assume these are baked into what Sony received from the original rights holders, and are barely noticeable unless looking for them specifically. Dolby Vision and HDR10 high dynamic range are included, allowing for more vivid colors and better contrast.

SLC Punk!: 4.5/5
Sony’s new 2160p HEVC-encoded transfer breathes some new life into this low budget film, and the Dolby Vision high dynamic range (HDR10 is also included) really assist with deeper blacks and more vivid colors. Detail is very good, allowing fabric textures and facial features to shine through with a healthy level of natural film grain that is noticeable but never obtrusive.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: 5/5
The only film in this set to have been previously available on 4K UHD Blu-ray, Sony has taken that already stellar transfer and added Dolby Vision high dynamic range this time out (HDR10 is also included). The transfer contains an organic but noticeable level of film grain, yet does offer vivid colors, deep blacks, and strong shadow detail.

The Devil’s Backbone: 5/5
This is the best this film has ever looked on a home video format. The new 2160p HEVC-encoded transfer with both Dolby Vision and HDR10 high dynamic range preserves the film’s 1.85:1 theatrical aspect ratio. Colors are vivid and bold without appearing overly saturated (the bright blue sky at the 5 minute mark is gorgeous), and detail is exceptional (the patchwork and rust on the unexploded bomb in the courtyard, for example). Blacks are deep and inky with strong shadow detail (the dropping of the bomb in the opening sequence, night shots inside the orphanage).

Volver: 5/5
Director Pedro Almodóvar is known for his uses of color in his films, and the bright primary colors of red, blue, and green really pop in this 2160p HEVC-encoded transfer. Blacks are deep and inky with strong shadow detail during the many nighttime sequences. Detail is exceptional, revealing minute textures in clothing, facial features, and food. Film grain is present and organic, yet never obtrusive.

Synecdoche New York: 4.5/5
Synecdoche New York was photographed on 35mm film in the Super 35 format using Arricam LT and ST cameras and likely completed as a 2K digital intermediate in the 2.39:1 aspect ratio. Sony’s 2160p HEVC-encoded upscale adds Dolby Vision and HDR10 high dynamic range. It’s a fairly pleasing image, improving the black levels and shadow detail over previous releases. Colors are stable, often leaning to browns and yellows, and never appear overly saturated. Detail is very good, revealing fine facial features and fabric textures. Film grain appears natural and organic.

Still Alice: 4/5
When taking into consideration what Still Alice is, which is a small independent drama, it looks very good in 4K UHD. It is not a visually striking film shot digitally on Arri Alexa cameras, yet Sony’s 2160p HEVC-encoded transfer provides a nice film-like image and benefits nicely from the use of Dolby Vision high dynamic range (HDR10 is also included). Colors are natural and subtly muted. Detail is very god for the most part, although there are a few spots where the image is a bit soft. Blacks are also generally very good, with some minor instances of crush.

Call Me by Your Name: 5/5
Photographed on 35mm film stock and completed as a digital intermediate in the 1.85:1 aspect ratio, Sony’s 2160p HEVC-encoded transfer includes Dolby Vision and HDR10 high dynamic range. This is a gorgeous transfer that captures the beautiful cinematography by Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, with lush greens, yellows, and reds that really pop. Contrast is also excellent, providing deep blacks and bright highlights without any noticeable crush or washout. Detail is extremely good, with fabric textures and facial features very noticeable, as well as a nice organic level of film grain.

Audio: 4.5/5

Orlando: 4/5
The film was originally released theatrically with an optical Dolby Spectral Recording (SR) stereo track with matrixed surround. The disc’s lossless DTS-HD MA 2.0 track makes good use of the wider dynamic range that Dolby SR tracks were designed to handle, especially low-end bass even without a dedicated LFE channel, and being a dialogue-driven film, the need for a 5.1 or even Atmos remix is not necessary. Dialogue is clear and understandable throughout. Atmospherics and ambience, as well as the score by David Motion and Sally Porter, are spread nicely across the front soundstage and rear surrounds.

The Celluloid Closet: 4/5
What really matters with a documentary of this sort is that the interviews and narration, as well as the film clips, come across clearly and are easy to understand. The DTS-HD MA 2.0 stereo track does just that, and really nothing more.

The City of Lost Children: 4.5/5
Sony recycles the same lossless DTS-HD MA 2.0 stereo French mix found on the previous Blu-ray release. This is a very impressive and immersive matrixed surround track, with a wide front soundstage and active surrounds. Although I do not speak French, dialogue sounded clear and well-prioritized. The English dub has been upgraded to lossless DTS-HD MA 2.0 stereo this time around.

Run Lola Run: 5/5
The German DTS-HD MA 5.1 track is the one to listen to here (the English dub is horribly acted). Surrounds are intensely active, and even fun at times. LFE provides a nice punch to crashes and the percussive electronic score. Dialogue sounds clear throughout, although I do not speak German.

SLC Punk!: 4.5/5
Despite the film’s low budget, the 5.1 mix in lossless DTS-HD MA on this disc, is quite impressive. Essentially a dialogue-driven film, the soundstage is wider than expected, making good use of the surrounds during scenes that take place in music venues, adding ambience and atmospherics to the mix. LFE adds some nice low-end to the punk rock soundtrack. Dialogue is clear and understandable throughout.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: 5/5
The disc contains the same Dolby Atmos track as the previous 2016 and 2020 releases. It is a subtly immersive mix for most of its running time, becoming much more active in the third act. The score by Dun Tan (with cello solos by Yo-Yo Ma) is highly immersive throughout, with individual instruments spread around the viewing area.

The Devil’s Backbone: 4/5
This is likely the same DTS-HD MA 5.1 track found on the Criterion Blu-ray release from 2013. From Matt Hough’s review: The DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 sound mix has moments of impressive surround activity, but many opportunities for more haven’t always been exploited. Dialogue has been captured wonderfully and has been placed in the center channel. Javier Navarrete’s music is mostly spread across the front soundstage with mostly only echoes in the rear channels. There is some effective use of the LFE channel to add spooky atmosphere to the early visuals before we get the entire story of the ghost’s presence at this orphanage.

Volver: 4/5
The film’s original Spanish 5.1 mix is presented here in lossless DTS-HD MA. For a film that relies more on dialogue than action, it is a fairly good track. The front soundstage is wide, offering good stereo separation with dialogue directed mostly to the center channel. LFE offers some nice low-end enhancements to the track overall. Surround activity is minimal but present, creating a slightly immersive feel.

Synecdoche New York: 4/5
This was a small independent film, and the 5.1 mix (encoded here in lossless DTS-HD MA) suits the film well. Dialogue is clear and understandable throughout. Surrounds are used more for atmospherics and music extension. LFE is minimal, but that is rather expected from a film of this type.

Still Alice: 4/5
This is a very dialogue-driven film, and the lossless DTS-HD MA 5.1 track suits the film just fine. Dialogue is clear and understandable throughout, mostly mapped to the center channel. Atmospherics and music are spread nicely across the front soundstage and surrounds. LFE is minimal but offers modest low-end emphasis to the score.

Call Me by Your Name: 4.5/5
The lossless DTS-HD MA 5.1 does what it needs to do for a film of this type very well. Dialogue is always clear and understandable. The soundstage is wide, providing a good sense of atmospherics from the fronts to the surrounds.

Special Features: 4/5

The set comprises of eleven discs total (all UHD), each film getting its own disc housed in its own keepcase with a dedicated slipcover. All eleven keepcases are housed in a fold-out box.

Collectible Booklet: A 24-page soft-bound booklet featuring a brief introduction by Sony Pictures Classics founders and executives Michael Barker and Tom Bernard; an essay on the studio division by David Thomson; a summary for each film including cast, director(s), notable awards, and brief synopsis; and an alphabetical index of every film released under the Sony Pictures Classics label.

Orlando: 4/5
The studio has ported over all of the special features included on the previous Blu-ray release.

“Orlando” Goes to Russia (upscaled 1080p; 32:58)

“Orlando” Goes to Uzbekistan (upscaled 1080p; 51:55)

Jimmy Was an Angel (upscaled 1080p; 8:03)

Audio Commentary with Director Sally Porter and Actress Tilda Swinton

Venice Film Festival Press Conference (upscaled 1080p; 23:21)

An Interview with Sally Porter (upscaled 1080p; 13:21)

Select Scenes Commentary with Director Sally Porter (upscaled 1080p; 10:17)

Theatrical Trailer (upscaled 1080p; 1:16)

The Celluloid Closet: 4/5
The studio has ported over nearly all of the special features included on the previous DVD release, all upscaled from analog standard definition sources.

Interview with Vito Russo (upscaled 1080p; 4:20)

Rescued from the Closet: Additional Interviews (upscaled 1080p; 55:59)

Theatrical Trailer (upscaled 1080p; 2:05)

Audio Commentary with Filmmakers and Lily Tomlin

Audio Commentary with Vito Russo (1990)

The City of Lost Children: 4/5
Audio Commentary with Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Actor Ron Perlman

**NEW** Audio Commentary with Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Featurettes (upscaled 1080p; 44:25): includes the “Making of” Featurette, Les Archives de Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Interview with Jean-Paul Gaultier. All are in French with English subtitles.

Teasers and Trailers (upscaled 1080p; 4:51): Includes the Domestic Trailer, International Teaser #1, International Teaser #2 and the International Trailer.

Run Lola Run: 4.5/5
Making-Of “Run Lola Run” (upscaled 1080p; 39:30): In German with English subtitles.
Still Running (1080p; 16:58): In English.

Believe Music Video (upscaled 1080p; 4:01)

Audio Commentary with Director Tom Tykwer and Editor Mathilde Bonnefoy: In German with English subtitles.

Audio Commentary with Director Tom Tykwer and Actor Franka Potente: In English.

Theatrical Trailer (1080p; 1:29)

SLC Punk!: 3.5/5
Sony has ported over most of the special features from the 1999 DVD release. Missing from this release is the isolated music track.

Audio Commentary with Writer-Director James Merendino and Actors Matthew Lillard & Michael Goorjian

**NEW** “SLC Punk!” Revisited (1080p; 12:14): Writer-Director James Merendino discusses how the film came to be after another project he was supposed to do with Spike Lee fell through, casting, and many other memories of making the film. Merendino recorded the video from his home office on a webcam, but it looks and sounds very good.

Comic Book Gallery

Red Band Trailer (upscaled 1080p; 2:05)

Theatrical Trailer (upscaled 1080p; 2:00)

TV Spot (upscaled 1080p; 0:32)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: 4/5
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: A Retrospective (1080p; 81:29)

Anniversary Edition Introduction by Director Ang Lee (1080p; 0:52)

Deleted Scenes (2160p HDR10; 7:49)

Audio Commentary with Director Ang Lee and Screenwriter James Schamus

Audio Commentary with Cinematographer Peter Pau

The Making of “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” (upscaled 1080p; 19:02)

A Love Before Time Music Video (English Version) (upscaled 1080p; 3:48)

A Love Before Time Music Video (Mandarin Version) (upscaled 1080p; 3:47)

A Conversation with Michelle Yeoh (upscaled 1080p; 13:49)

Photo Gallery

Theatrical Trailer (1080p; 2:06)

The Devil’s Backbone: 4.5/5
Original EPK Featurette (upscaled 1080p; 12:56): In Spanish with English subtitles.

“Que Es Un Fantasma?” – The Making of The Devil’s Backbone (upscaled 1080p; 27:18): In Spanish with English subtitles.

Summoning Sprits (1080p; 13:47): In English.

Audio Commentary with Director Guillermo del Toro

Audio Commentary with Director Guillermo del Toro and Director of Photography Guillermo Navarro

Director’s Thumbnail Track: A Picture in Picture track featuring sketches and storyboards.

Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary (upscaled 1080p; 3:41)

Sketch, Storyboard, Screen: Multi-Angle (upscaled 1080p; 12:07)

Theatrical Trailer (upscaled 1080p; 2:05)

Volver: 3/5
All special features are in Spanish with English subtitles unless noted otherwise.

Interview with Pedro Almodóvar (upscaled 1080p; 10:12)

Interview with Penélope Cruz (upscaled 1080p; 5:31)

Interview with Carmen Maura (upscaled 1080p; 8:25)

Audio Commentary with Pedro Almodóvar and Penélope Cruz

Making of “Volver” (upscaled 1080p; 7:56)

Tribute to Penélope Cruz (upscaled 1080p; 18:11): Film critic Kenneth Turan interviews Penélope Cruz at AFI Fest 2006, in English.

Photo Gallery

Theatrical Trailer (1080p; 1:40)

Synecdoche New York: 3/5
In and Around Synecdoche New York (upscaled 1080p; 18.59)

The Story of Caden Cotard (1080p; 12:08)

Infectious Diseases in Cattle: Blogger’s Round Table (1080p; 36:38)

Screen Animations (upscaled 1080p; 4:31)

NFTS/Script Factory Masterclass with Charlie Kaufman (upscaled 1080p; 27:40)

Theatrical Trailer (1080p; 2:46)

Still Alice: 2.5/5
Directing Alice (1080p; 8:40)

Finding Alice (1080p; 9:20)

Interview with Composer Ilan Eshkeri (1080p; 6:29)

Deleted Scenes (1080p; 6:08)

Theatrical Trailer (1080p; 2:13)

Call Me by Your Name: 3/5
Snapshots of Italy: The Making of “Call Me by Your Name” (1080p; 10:45)

In Conversation with Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Luca Guadagnino (1080p; 25:10)

“Mystery of Love” by Sufjan Stevens (1080p; 4:09)

Audio Commentary with Timothée Chalamet and Michael Stuhlbarg

Theatrical Trailer (1080p; 2:06)

Overall: 4/5

Sony Pictures Classics 30^th Anniversary 4K UHD Collection is a melting pot of eleven films released between 1993 and 2017. The standouts in the set are The City of Lost Children, The Devil’s Backbone, and the previously available Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

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Todd Erwin

Todd Erwin has been a reviewer at Home Theater Forum since 2008. His love of movies began as a young child, first showing Super 8 movies in his backyard during the summer to friends and neighbors at age 10. He also received his first movie camera that year, a hand-crank Wollensak 8mm with three fixed lenses. In 1980, he graduated to "talkies" with his award-winning short The Ape-Man, followed by the cult favorite The Adventures of Terrific Man two years later. Other films include Myth or Fact: The Talbert Terror and Warren's Revenge (which is currently being restored). In addition to movie reviews, Todd has written many articles for Home Theater Forum centering mostly on streaming as well as an occasional hardware review, is the host of his own video podcast Streaming News & Views on YouTube and is a frequent guest on the Home Theater United podcast.