The 2024 All Labels Matter Awards

[swo17]

We're going to try doing this a little differently this year. Instead of having Criterion awards and then Other Label awards, we'll just have one awards thread for all labels combined. That's a lot of eligible titles and extras, so to make this more manageable for everyone, we will first construct a ballot out of the things that at least two people want to be able to vote for.

STEP 1: Review this first post to see if there is anything you'd like to vote for that isn't already on the ballot. If it's already on the ballot, there's no need to mention it.
STEP 2: If it's not on the ballot, review the rest of the thread to see if anyone else has already nominated that same thing.
STEP 3: If no one else has, then you can post that you would like to nominate that thing for the applicable category. If someone else has nominated it, then you can post that you would like to second that nomination. After something has been both nominated and seconded, I will add it to the ballot.
STEP 4: You are encouraged to explore other people's nominations to see if you find them worthy of seconding.

ROUND 1 FOR NOMINATIONS AND SECONDS ENDS MARCH 16. ROUND 2 FOR VOTING PROPER WILL RUN THROUGH THE END OF MARCH.

I will keep a running tally here of everything that is eligible for the final ballot. Depending on what is nominated, I will create additional categories at that time (best boxset, best label, best release by label, etc.). The idea behind having a fairly long time for Round 1 is to give people time to order releases from later in the year, to make thoughtful recommendations about worthwhile releases and extras, and to give other people time to explore those recommendations.

BEST OVERALL RELEASE
All parts of a series released during 2024 may be nominated as a single entry

Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet (Deaf Crocodile)
Allonsanfan (Radiance)
All the Haunts Be Ours Volume Two (Severin)
American Gigolo (Arrow)
Bandits of Orgosolo/The Lost World (Radiance)
Blood on Satan's Claw (88 Films)
Bluebeard (Kino)
Body and Soul (Kino)
The Bounty Hunter Trilogy (Radiance)
The Cat and the Canary (Eureka)
Cemetery Man (Severin)
City of Hope (Sony)
Close Your Eyes (Film Movement)
Columbia Noir #6: The Whistler (Indicator)
Columbo: The Return (Kino)
Daiei Gothic: Japanese Ghost Stories (Radiance)
Daisy Miller (Kino)
Fallen Leaves (Mubi)
Floating Clouds (BFI)
Frank Capra at Columbia (Sony)
The Golden Coach (Raro)
Happiness (Criterion)
Has Anybody Seen My Gal (Kino)
Häxan (Radiance)
He Walked by Night (Kino)
Hundreds of Beavers (Cartuna)
I Am Cuba (Criterion)
Intégrale Otar Iosseliani (Carlotta)
I Walked with a Zombie/The Seventh Victim (Criterion)
I Was Born, But.../There Was a Father (BFI)
The Kingdom Trilogy (Mubi)
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two (Flicker Alley)
Lone Star (Criterion)
Looking for Mr. Goodbar (Vinegar Syndrome)
Louis Feuillade: The Complete Crime Serials 1913-1918 (Eureka)
Man's Castle (Sony)
Martin Scorsese: Films of Faith (Imprint)
Matinee (Shout)
Michael Powell: Early Works (BFI)
The Music Lovers (BFI)
Nothing Is Sacred: Three Heresies by Luis Buñuel (Radiance)
Paper Moon (Criterion)
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (Criterion)
Phase IV (Vinegar Syndrome)
π (A24)
The Project A Collection (88 Films)
Pursued (Kino)
Red Rock West (Cinématographe)
Risky Business (Criterion)
The Roaring Twenties (Criterion)
Shinobi (Radiance)
The Shootist (Arrow)
The Silence of the Lambs (Arrow)
Southern Comfort (Vinegar Syndrome)
Starting Over (Kino)
Stop Making Sense (A24)
Tchao pantin (Radiance)
The Tenant (Vinegar Syndrome)
The Tin Star (Arrow)
The Valiant Ones (Eureka)
Werckmeister Harmonies (Criterion)
Witchfinder General (88 Films)
The Zone of Interest (A24)

BEST UPGRADE
For titles, perhaps mostly barebones or with no new extras, that you are just glad to finally have with an improved transfer

Act of Violence (Warner Archive)
All That Money Can Buy (Criterion)
The Battle of Chile (Icarus)
Bringing Out the Dead (Paramount)
Cabin in the Sky (Warner Archive)
Ikiru (BFI)
The Long Good Friday (Arrow)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Warner Archive)
North by Northwest (Warner)
Nostalghia (Kino)
Peeping Tom (Criterion)
Scarlet Street (Kino)
Seven Samurai (BFI)
Seven Samurai (Criterion)
Six in Paris (Icarus)
The Tall Target (Warner Archive)
They Drive by Night (Warner Archive)
3 Godfathers (Warner Archive)
The Walking Dead (Warner Archive)
Withnail and I (Arrow)
You're a Big Boy Now (Warner Archive)

BEST COMMENTARY
Only those appearing on disc for the first time

BEST BONUS FILM

BEST COLLECTION OF SHORT FILMS

Vitagraph Comedies (Kino)

BEST OTHER ON-DISC EXTRA

BEST BOOK/BOOKLET

MOST DISAPPOINTING RELEASE

Aliens (Sony)
Chantal Akerman Masterpieces 1968-1978 (Criterion)
Once Upon a Time in the West (Paramount)
Tales of the Four Seasons (Criterion)
True Lies (Sony)

BEST COVER



All That Money Can Buy (Criterion)
Demon Pond (Criterion)
Häxan (Radiance)
Slap the Monster on Page One (Radiance)

WORST COVER



Scarface (Criterion)

BEST PACKAGING

π (A24)
Paper Moon (Criterion)
Stop Making Sense (A24)

BEST LATE DISCOVERY
For a title released prior to 2024 that was not eligible in 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, or 2019

BEST THREAD
I Saw the TV Glow (Jane Schoenbrun, 2024)

[TechnicolorAcid]

I’d love to nominate for best overall release:
Pat Garrett (Criterion)
Happiness (Criterion)
Val Lawton Double Feature (Criterion)
Lone Star (Criterion)
I Am Cuba (Criterion)
Farewell My Concubine (Criterion)
Werckmeister Harmonies (Criterion)
The Louis Feuillade Set (Eureka)
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet (Deaf Crocodile)
Love Me Tonight (Indicator)
Haxan (Radiance)
Allonsanfan (Radiance)
Tchao Pantin (Radiance)
Bandits of Orgosolo (Radiance UK)
Dante’s Inferno (Terror Vision)
The Frank Capra Collection (Columbia)

And for best upgrade:
They Drive by Night
Humoresque
The Tall Target
Fear and Desire
Peeping Tom
La Haine

[domino harvey]

Nominees for best UPGRADE:

KL:

Body and Soul
Daisy Miller
Has Anybody Seen My Gal
La fille sur le pont
La Bride sur le cou

WA:
Act of Violence
Cabin in the Sky
Friendly Persuasion
I Remember Mama
Mr and Mrs Smith
the Nun’s Story
the Tall Target (I don’t think anyone’s seen it yet, but I am still seconding it)
They Drive by Night (seconded)
3 Godfathers
the Walking Dead
You’re a Big Boy Now

Criterion:
I Am Cuba

BEST RELEASE & BEST DISCOVERY: Allonsanfan (Radiance)

BEST RELEASE:
Funny Girl (Criterion)
Paper Moon (Criterion)

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT:

Rohmer four seasons box being almost barebones, high MSRP, and disastrously mismanaged with regards to its faulty disc. An utter embarrassment for a quartet of films that deserved better in every direction

[swo17]

I don't have a category for Biggest Disappointment, but if anyone wants to second that nomination I can create the category

[TechnicolorAcid]

I’ll second it and nominate the Chantal Akerman set for that.
Oh also Swo will we have award categories for Member and Thread of the Year this year?

[swo17]

You can make nominations and we'll see

[swo17]

disastrously mismanaged with regards to its faulty disc

I received a replacement disc without issue. Did others fare worse?

[domino harvey]

Last I heard, there’s no way to tell if the set is corrected or not until you open it and play the disc

[Yakushima]

I nominate Paramount's Once Upon a Time in the West 4K UHD for Biggest Disappointment.

[therewillbeblus]

Second:

Release
Happiness (Criterion)
Val Lawton Double Feature (Criterion)
Lone Star (Criterion)
The Louis Feuillade Set (Eureka)
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet (Deaf Crocodile)
Love Me Tonight (Indicator)

Upgrade
Daisy Miller
Has Anybody Seen My Gal
Act of Violence
Cabin in the Sky
Mr and Mrs Smith
3 Godfathers
You’re a Big Boy Now

Nominate:

Release
The Kingdom trilogy (Mubi)
Typhoon Club (Cinema Guild)
Columbo: The Return (KL)
Bringing Out the Dead (Paramount)

Upgrade
Matinee (Shout!)
Bringing Out the Dead (Paramount)
Starting Over (KL)

[TechnicolorAcid]

Second The Kingdom, Matinee, and Bringing Out the Dead for Upgrade.
Also like to nominate Columbo: The Return as Most Disappointing Release if only for the faulty aspect ratios.

[therewillbeblus]

Further nominations:

Release
Looking for Mr. Goodbar (Vinegar Syndrome)

Upgrade
City of Hope (Sony)
Red Rock West (Cinématographe)
Shotgun Stories (Sony)
American Giglo (Arrow)

[domino harvey]

Second Starting Over

[Finch]

I'd like to nominate Shawscope Vol 3 and Project A for best overall release.

[Finch]

Seconding Act of Violence and The Tall Target from WAC, Matinee from Shout for best upgrades; seconding for best release Haxan, Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet, Pat Garrett, Val Lewton.

Nominating for overall best release: Daiei Gothic

[therewillbeblus]

On the topic of Radiance, nominate Trenque Lauquen and the upcoming Bunuel set for best release

[TechnicolorAcid]

Second Buñuel, American Gigolo, Project A, City of Hope, Red Rock West, and Mr Goodbar.

Nominate for Release:
Animation Night in Canada
The Cat and the Canary

Best Short Film Collection:
Vitagraph Comedies

Nominate for Upgrade:
North by Northwest
Bob Le Flambeur
Affliction
The Lavender Hill Mob

Nominate for Best Thread:
The Chantal Akerman Criterion Thread
The CC40 Thread

Nominate for Best User:
I’d like to nominate Knives and therewillbeblus namely for the insightful discussions they bring (also shoutout to Swo for keeping the List Projects alive too).

[Matt]

I second Finch's nomination of Shawscope 3 and TechnicolorAcid's nomination of Bandits of Orgosolo (the UK release featuring the short films) for best release. And also second TechnicolorAcid's nomination of North by Northwest for best upgrade.

[ryannichols7]

I'll sit down tonight and get to whatever hasn't been nominated/seconded, but I do just want to say I'm very glad we're doing all labels in one poll this year

also I should probably get around to posting my ballot from last year...I did vote via PM but I do like writing about my choices too, in my usual long post format

[therewillbeblus]

Nominate:

Release:
Cemetery Man (Severin)
Martin Scorsese: Films Of Faith (Imprint)
Peter Strickland collection (Curzon)

Short Films:
Peter Strickland set, if it counts

Worst Cover:
Scarface (Criterion)
That Watership Down cover

If we're going to nominate threads, I'll go with I Saw the TV Glow. It's still only one page, but probably garnered the most interesting, active discussion of a movie this year

[TechnicolorAcid]

Second the I Saw the TV Glow but this is because I’m very biased. However wasn’t Cemetery Man was released last year.

[therewillbeblus]

Nice catch! I'm still waiting on my Black Friday order from A24 so I can't speak for most of their output yet, but I'll nominate Stop Making Sense and Pi for release, upgrade, and packaging

[TechnicolorAcid]

Second both for release and packaging

[swo17]

A24 had a Black Friday sale? How good of a deal was it?

[therewillbeblus]

30% off for members only, but you could buy a membership for $5 with your order, it’d get discounted and then cancel it