2023 Other Label Awards

[swo17]

If my long list of Best Release nominations is overwhelming and anyone would like me to narrow it down to the top recommendations, those would be:

Bollywood Horror (Mondo Macabro)
The Criminal Acts of Tod Slaughter: Eight Blood-and-Thunder Entertainments (Indicator)
Electric Dragon 80000V (Third Window)
Josephine Massarella: Green Dreams (Black Zero)
Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (CIP)
Robert Cahen: Entrevoir (Re:voir)
Robot Monster 3D (Bayview)
Terminal Degeneration: The Films of Jon Moritsugu (Agfa)

[Therewolf]

It is perhaps too late for anyone to second them, but for best cover I nominate Messiah of Evil, The Dead Mother, and Visible Secret, all from Radiance.

[TechnicolorAcid]

Seconding Bollywood Horror and the Tod Slaughter set for Best Overall Release and Messiah of Evil, Touch of Evil 4K, & Black God White Devil for Best Cover.

[swo17]

I'll second Visible Secret for Best Cover

[ryannichols7]

I'll second The Dead Mother for cover and Kanehsatake for release. going all out on this ballot being good - I can't wait to read everyone's picks (and thoughts, if applicable)

[TechnicolorAcid]

Seconding Hi Diddle Diddle for Best Overall Release at the last minute

[domino harvey]

perfect. we definitely have a much better ballot this year

best cover:
Black God White Devil (Mawu)
Jerzy Skolimowski (Second Run) [note: I nominate all covers here]
Touch of Evil UHD (MoC)

still hoping for some seconds here. also nominate Laurin (Second Run) for best release

I like the Black God White Devil cover, I'll second it. I almost never like Second Run's covers, though, so can't help ya there

[swo17]

OK, the ballot is live in the first post of this thread. There are a couple ways you can vote--either complete this survey, post in this thread, or do both. If you post in this thread, you may like to use this skeleton ballot:

Skeleton ballot:

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Each category includes a number of titles you might vote for, given how many nominees there are. This is merely a suggestion. You are welcome to vote for as many or as few as you like in each category, in order of preference. You can even skip a category or rank every single nominee in a category, whatever you like.

Voting runs through the end of the month. You are encouraged to take that time to familiarize yourself with as many of the nominees as you can reasonably manage

[ryannichols7]

I don't know how we let Elegant Beast slip by on any of the categories, but there's your first vote for "best late discovery" for 2024

working on my votes. my post will be longer than last year

[therewillbeblus]

I don't know how we let Elegant Beast slip by on any of the categories, but there's your first vote for "best late discovery" for 2024

I still haven't watched my copy yet, which only arrived in the last month or two, and I imagine that's probably the reason for others (including you, apparently!) Glad to hear it's as good as it sounds, though!

[Finch]

BEST OVERALL RELEASE

1) Mexico Macabre (Indicator)
2) Big Time Gambling Boss (Radiance)
3) Mexican Gothic: The Films of Carlos Enrique Taboada (Vinegar Syndrome)
4) Cat City (Deaf Crocodile)
5) The Big Gundown (Indicator)
6) In The Line of Duty 1-4 (88 Films)
7) Laurin (Second Run)
8) Martin (Second Sight)
9) The Whip and the Body (88 Films)
10) A Moment of Romance (Radiance)
11) Heroic Times (Deaf Crocodile)
12) Yakuza Graveyard (Radiance)
13) Targets (BFI)
14) The Warriors (Arrow)
15) World Noir Vol. 1 (Radiance)
16) Desire (Indicator)
17) Carlito's Way (Arrow)
18) Touch of Evil (Masters of Cinema)
19) Picnic at Hanging Rock (Second Sight)

BEST FORMAT UPGRADE

1) Blood and Black Lace (Arrow)
2) Border Incident (Warner Archive)
3) Gentleman Jim (Warner Archive)
4) Queen Christina (Warner Archive)
5) Westward the Women (Warner Archive)

BEST BOXSET

1) Mexico Macabre (Indicator)
2) In The Line of Duty 1-4 (88 Films)
3) World Noir Vol. 1 (Radiance)

BEST ARROW RELEASE

1) Blood and Black Lace
2) The Warriors
3) Carlito's Way

BEST BFI RELEASE

1) Targets

BEST DEAF CROCODILE RELEASE

1) Cat City
2) Heroic Times

BEST INDICATOR RELEASE

1) Mexico Macabre
2) The Big Gundown
3) Desire

BEST MASTERS OF CINEMA/EUREKA RELEASE

Touch of Evil

BEST RADIANCE RELEASE

1) Big Time Gambling Boss
2) A Moment of Romance
3) Yakuza Graveyard
4) World Noir Vol. 1

BEST SECOND RUN RELEASE

1) Laurin

BEST SECOND SIGHT RELEASE

1) Martin
2) Picnic at Hanging Rock

BEST VINEGAR SYNDROME RELEASE (vote for 1+)

1) Mexican Gothic: The Films of Carlos Enrique Taboada

BEST WARNER ARCHIVE RELEASE (vote for 3+)

1) Border Incident
2) Gentleman Jim
3) Queen Christina
4) Westward the Women

BEST LABEL

1) Radiance
2) Indicator
3) Deaf Crocodile
4) Warner Archive

BEST BOOK/BOOKLET

1) Picnic at Hanging Rock (Second Sight)

BEST PACKAGING (vote for 1+)

1) Mexico Macabre (Indicator)

BEST ALTERNATIVE TO A CRITERION RELEASE

1) The Double Life of Veronique (Curzon)
2) Targets (BFI)
3) Partie de campagne (BFI)
4) La Règle du jeu (BFI)

[swo17]

...

Thanks but would you mind ranking your votes? If you don't rank them, I suppose I could take the total score that a ranked list would give and spread that evenly across all your votes, but note that the voting instructions say "feel free to vote for as many or as few as you like (in order of preference)"

[therewillbeblus]

I just assumed his order of preference was perfectly alphabetical across all categories

[Finch]

Yeah it was alphabetical but I can rank them later today if that helps!

EDIT: now ranked

[Maltic]

Best Overall Release
01 Three Films by Yasujirō Ozu (BFI)
02 The Whip and the Body (88 Films)
03 Jerzy Skolimowski (Second Run)
04 It Follows (Second Sight)
05 Foolish Wives (Flicker Alley)
06 The Long Voyage Home (Imprint)
07 A Moment of Romance (Radiance)
08 Carlito's Way (Arrow)
09 Millennium Mambo (Kino) - I love these Metrograph releases, but having read nicolas' review, I wonder whether Spectrum's UHD release should've taken the nomination instead of this BD
10 Three Ages (Masters of Cinema)

Best Upgrade
01 The Strawberry Blonde (Warner Archive)
02 Rancho Notorious (Warner Archive)
03 Angel Face (Warner Archive)
04 Gentleman Jim (Warner Archive)
05 Westward the Women (Warner Archive)
06 35 Shots of Rum (Cinema Guild)

Best Boxset
01 Three Films by Yasujirō Ozu (BFI)
02 Jerzy Skolimowski (Second Run)
03 Bruce Lee at Golden Harvest (Arrow)
04 The End of Civilization: Three Films by Piotr Szulkin (Radiance)
05 Andrzej Żuławski: Three Films (Masters of Cinema)

Best Arrow Release
01 Carlito's Way
02 Bruce Lee at Golden Harvest
03 The Desperate Hours

Best BFI Release
01 Three Films by Yasujirō Ozu
02 Bluebeard's Castle

Best Deaf Crocodile Release
01 Benny's Bathtub

Best Indicator Release
01 The Big Gundown
02 The Kiss Before the Mirror
03 I admire what they're doing with those boxsets, just haven't gotten into that stuff (yet)

Best Kino Release
01 Millennium Mambo
02 Counsellor at Law

Best Masters of Cinema/Eureka Release
01 Three Ages
02 Touch of Evil
03 Valley Girl

Best Radiance Release
01 A Moment of Romance
02 Messiah of Evil
03 The End of Civilization: Three Films by Piotr Szulkin
04 Big Time Gambling Boss

Best Second Run Release
01 Jerzy Skolimowski

Best Second Sight Release
01 It Follows
02 Martin

Best Vinegar Syndrome Release
01 From Beyond
02 eXistenZ

Best Warner Archive Release
01 The Strawberry Blonde
02 Rancho Notorious
03 Angel Face

Best Label
01 Warner Archive
02 Arrow
03 BFI

Best Encoding
-
Best Commentary
01 Michael Brooke, Barrier (Second Run)
02 Michal Oleszczyk, Hands Up! (BFI)

Best Bonus Film
01 Medea (Lars von Trier Collection, Artificial Eye)

Best Collection of Short Films
01 Laurel & Hardy: Year One (Flicker Alley)

Best Other On-Disc Extra
01 The Final Game of Death, Bruce Lee (Arrow)
02 Skolimowski A to Ż, EO (BFI)

Best Book/Booklet
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Best Cover
-
Worst Cover
01 Rosemary's Baby

Best Packaging
-
Best Late Discovery
01 Three Women (Kino)

Best Alternative to a Criterion Release
01 Bruce Lee at Golden Harvest (Arrow)
02 EO (BFI)
03 Partie de campagne (BFI)

[swo17]

Best Other On-Disc Extra
1. The Final Game of Death, Bruce Lee at Golden Harvest (Arrow) + Skolimowski A to Ż, EO (BFI)

Are you gonna make me tap the sign again?

[Maltic]

Just as long as I don't have to watch a long documentary about OC & Stiggs

[Therewolf]

Best Overall Release
1. Columbo The 70s Seasons 1-7
2. Laurel and Hardy Year One
3. The Desperate Hours
4. Messiah of Evil
5. Hi Diddle Diddle
6. Cosa Nostra
7. Heroic Times
8. A Moment of Romance
9. The Big Gundown
10. The Warriors

Best Upgrade
Counsellor at Law

Best box set
1. Columbo
2. Cosa Nostra

Best Arrow Release
1. The Desperate Hours
2. The Warriors
3. Carlitos’s Way

Best Indicator Release
The Big Gundown

Best Kino Release
1. Columbo
2. Counsellor at Law

Best Radiance Release
1. Messiah of Evil
2. Cosa Nostra
3. A Moment of Romance

Best Label
Radiance

Best Collection of Short Films
Laurel & Hardy Year One

Best Cover
1. Messiah of Evil
2. A Moment of Romance
2. Visible Secret

Worst Cover
1. The Exorcist
2. Rosemary's Baby
(At least Rosemary’s Baby let me throw away the slipcover and keep the original artwork)

[swo17]

As a reminder, there is one more week to vote

[Yakushima]

Here are my votes:

Best Overall Release
01 Brief Encounters/The Long Farewell (StudioCanal)
02 The End of Civilization: Three Films by Piotr Szulkin (Radiance)
03 The Lucas Moodysson Collection (Arrow)
04 eXistenZ (Vinegar Syndrome)
05 Columbo: The 1970s - Seasons 1-7 (Kino)
06 From Beyond (Vinegar Syndrome)
07 The Man on the Roof (Radiance)
08 Oppenheimer 4K UHD (Universal)
09 Naked Lunch (Arrow)
10 Party Girl (Fun City Editions)
11 Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (Film Movement)
12 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Arrow)
13 Andrzej Żuławski: Three Films (Masters of Cinema)
14 The Sunday Woman (Radiance)
15 Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (Indicator)
16 Drowning by Numbers (Severin)
17 Targets (BFI)
18 Messiah of Evil (Radiance)
19 It Follows (Second Sight)
20 Three Films by Yasujirō Ozu (BFI)
21 Junk Head (Synergetic)
22 Full Body Massage (Unearthed Films)
23 Three Ages (Masters of Cinema)
24 Laurel & Hardy: Year One (Flicker Alley)

Best Upgrade
01 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Arrow)
02 Morgiana (Second Run)
03 A Zed and Two Noughts/The Falls (Kino)

Best Boxset
01 The End of Civilization: Three Films by Piotr Szulkin (Radiance)
02 The Lucas Moodysson Collection (Arrow)
03 Columbo: The 1970s - Seasons 1-7 (Kino)
04 Andrzej Żuławski: Three Films (Masters of Cinema)
05 The Psycho Collection (Arrow)
06 Cosa Nostra: Franco Nero in Three Mafia Tales by Damiano Damiani (Radiance)
07 World Noir Vol. 1 (Radiance)
08 Bruce Lee at Golden Harvest (Arrow)
09 Jean Rollin series (Indicator)
10 Mexico Macabre (Indicator)

Best Arrow Release
01 The Lucas Moodysson Collection
02 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
03 Naked Lunch
04 The Psycho Collection
05 Bruce Lee at Golden Harvest
06 The Warriors

Best BFI Release
01 Targets
02 Three Films by Yasujirō Ozu

Best Indicator Release
01 Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
02 Jean Rollin series

Best Kino Release
01 Columbo: The 1970s - Seasons 1-7
02 A Zed and Two Noughts/The Falls

Best Masters of Cinema/Eureka Release
01 Andrzej Żuławski: Three Films
02 Three Ages

Best Radiance Release
01 The End of Civilization: Three Films by Piotr Szulkin
02 The Man on the Roof
03 The Sunday Woman
04 Messiah of Evil
05 World Noir Vol. 1
06 Cosa Nostra: Franco Nero in Three Mafia Tales by Damiano Damiani

Best Second Run Release
01 Morgiana
02 Laurin

Best Second Sight Release
01 It Follows

Best Vinegar Syndrome Release
01 eXistenZ
02 From Beyond

Best Label
01 Radiance
02 Sony
03 Vinegar Syndrome
04 Arrow
05 BFI
06 Deaf Crocodile
07 Kino
08 Indicator
09 Second Sight
10 FCE

Best Encoding
01 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Arrow)
02 Naked Lunch (Arrow)


Best Commentary
01 Michael Brooke, O-bi, o-ba: The End of Civilization (Radiance)

Best Collection of Short Films
01 Laurel & Hardy: Year One (Flicker Alley)
02 Visitors from the Arkana Galaxy (Deaf Crocodile)
03 A Zed and Two Noughts/The Falls (Kino)

Best Other On-Disc Extra
01 The Final Game of Death, Bruce Lee at Golden Harvest (Arrow)

Best Book/Booklet
01 The End of Civilization: Three Films by Piotr Szulkin (Radiance)
02 The Lukas Moodysson Collection (Arrow)
03 Pandora's Box (Masters of Cinema)
04 Cosa Nostra: Franco Nero in Three Mafia Tales by Damiano Damiani (Radiance)

Best Cover
01 End of Civilization (Radiance)
02 Messiah of Evil (Radiance)
03 Party Girl (FCE)
04 Pandora's Box (MoC)
05 Love Me Tonight (Indicator)

Worst Cover
01 Rosemary's Baby (Paramount)
02 Andrzej Żuławski: Three Films (Masters of Cinema)

Best Packaging
01 The Lukas Moodysson Collection (Arrow)
02 Naked Lunch (Arrow)
03 Mexico Macabre (Indicator)

Best Late Discovery
01 Mad God (Shudder)

Best Alternative to a Criterion Release
01 Naked Lunch (Arrow)
02 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Arrow)
03 Bruce Lee at Golden Harvest (Arrow)
04 Il sorpasso (Radiance)
05 Targets (BFI)
06 Time Bandits (Arrow)
07 Breaking the Waves (Curzon)

[domino harvey]

BEST RELEASE

Jerzy Skolimowski (Second Run)
I… comme Icare (Kino Lorber)
Lucas Moodysson Collection (Arrow)
Lars Von Trier Collection (Curzon)
La guerre est finie (Film Desk)
Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife (Indicator)
Broken Lullaby (Indicator)
Desperate Hours (Arrow)
Jet Pilot (Indicator)
Working Class Goes to Heaven (Radiance)

BEST FORMAT UPGRADE

Caged
Angel Face
Counsellor at Law
Clash By Night
Border Incident

BEST BOXSET

Jerzy Skolimowski (Second Run)
Lucas Moodysson Collection (Arrow)
Lars Von Trier Collection (Curzon)

BEST ARROW RELEASE

Lukas Moodysson Collection
Desperate Hours

BEST BFI, DEAF CROCODILE, MoC, SECOND SIGHT, VINEGAR SYNDROME RELEASE: Abstain

BEST INDICATOR RELEASE

Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife (Indicator)
Broken Lullaby (Indicator)
Jet Pilot (Indicator)

BEST KINO RELEASE

I… comme Icare
Counsellor at Law

BEST RADIANCE RELEASE

Working Class Goes to Heaven

BEST SECOND RUN RELEASE

Jerzy Skolimowski

BEST WARNER ARCHIVE RELEASE

Caged
Angel Face
Clash By Night
Border Incident

BEST LABEL

01 Kino Lorber Studio Classics - I get the complaints, truly, but no one is releasing more films right now on disc anywhere in the world, including studios themselves. And the more esoteric your tastes, the more delights they have in store for you / things you can finally cross off your list. No one takes bigger risks (both for good or bad) with this wide sweep approach, and that coupled with the quarterly sales where virtually all of their discs are like under $10 or less makes this an easy vote
02 Warner Archives
03 Indicator
04 Arrow

BEST ENCODING, COMMENTARY, BONUS FILM, SHORT FILMS, ON-DISC EXTRAS, BOOKLET, ALTERNATIVE TO CRITERION: Abstain

BEST COVER

Love Me Tonight

WORST COVER

Rosemary’s Baby

BEST PACKAGING

Lukas Moodysson Collection (Arrow)

BEST LATE DISCOVERY

French Noir (Kino Lorber)

[therewillbeblus]

Best Overall Release
1. O.C. and Stiggs (Radiance)
2. Lars von Trier Collection (Artificial Eye)
3. The Lukas Moodysson Collection (Arrow)
4. Drowning by Numbers (Severin)
5. Columbo: The 1970s - Seasons 1-7 (Kino)
6. From Hollywood to Heaven: The Lost and Saved Films of the Ormond Family (Indicator)
7. Magic, Myth & Mutilation: The Micro-Budget Cinema of Michael J Murphy (Indicator)
8. Mexico Macabre (Indicator)
9. Martin (Second Sight)
10. In The Line of Duty 1-4 (88 Films)
11. The End of Civilization: Three Films by Piotr Szulkin (Radiance)
12. Andrzej Żuławski: Three Films (Masters of Cinema)
13. Valley Girl (Eureka)
14. Vengeance Is Mine (The Film Desk)
15. Kids (Umbrella)
16. Naked Lunch (Arrow)
17. Party Girl (Fun City Editions)
18. Picnic at Hanging Rock (Second Sight)
19. Jerzy Skolimowski (Second Run)
20. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Second Sight)

Best Upgrade
1. Caged (Warner Archive)
2. Angel Face (Warner Archive)
3. Counsellor at Law (Kino)
4. A Zed and Two Noughts/The Falls (Kino)
5. Border Incident (Warner Archive)
6. Morgiana (Second Run)
7. Promising Young Woman (Universal)
8. The Strawberry Blonde (Warner Archive)
9. 35 Shots of Rum (Cinema Guild)

Best Boxset
1. Lars von Trier Collection (Artificial Eye)
2. The Lukas Moodysson Collection (Arrow)
3. Columbo: The 1970s - Seasons 1-7 (Kino)
4. From Hollywood to Heaven: The Lost and Saved Films of the Ormond Family (Indicator)
5. Magic, Myth & Mutilation: The Micro-Budget Cinema of Michael J Murphy (Indicator)
6. Mexico Macabre (Indicator)
7. In The Line of Duty 1-4 (88 Films)

Note: The End of Civilization: Three Films by Piotr Szulkin (Radiance) would surely chart here and elsewhere, if I felt comfortable ranking without finishing the set. The only reason I can vindicate my placement on Best Overall Release is on the strength of the films/supplements I've seen, and the impressiveness of Radiance's release in and of itself.

Best Arrow Release
1. The Lukas Moodysson Collection
2. Naked Lunch
3. Carlito's Way
4. The Desperate Hours
5. The Warriors

Best BFI Release
Targets

Best Deaf Crocodile Release
Cat City

Best Indicator Release
1. From Hollywood to Heaven: The Lost and Saved Films of the Ormond Family
2. Magic, Myth & Mutilation: The Micro-Budget Cinema of Michael J Murphy
3. Mexico Macabre

Best Kino Release
1. Columbo: The 1970s - Seasons 1-7
2. Counsellor at Law
3. A Zed and Two Noughts/The Falls

Best Masters of Cinema/Eureka Release
1. Andrzej Żuławski: Three Films
2. Valley Girl
3. Touch of Evil
4. Three Ages

Best Radiance Release
1. O.C. and Stiggs
2. A Moment of Romance
3. Red Sun

Best Second Run Release
1. Jerzy Skolimowski
2. Morgiana

Best Second Sight Release
1. Martin
2. Picnic at Hanging Rock
3. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
4. Chopper
5. It Follows

Best Vinegar Syndrome Release
1. eXistenZ
2. From Beyond

Best Warner Archive Release
1. Caged
2. Angel Face
3. Border Incident
4. The Strawberry Blonde
5. Clash by Night

Best Label
1. KL, or whatever disgruntled acronym-slur is being used today (KLoWDASiBUT)
2. Indicator
3. Radiance
4. Warner Archive
5. Arrow
6. Second Sight

Best Encoding
Naked Lunch (Arrow)

Best Bonus Film
1. Eer (Sick of Myself, Vinegar Syndrome)
2. Medea (Lars von Trier Collection, Artificial Eye)

Best Collection of Short Films
A Zed and Two Noughts/The Falls (Kino)

Best Other On-Disc Extra
The Water is Finally Blue (O.C. & Stiggs, Radiance)

Best Cover
1. A Moment of Romance
2. Party Girl
3. How to Be Loved
4. Full Time
5. Touch of Evil

Worst Cover
Rosemary's Baby (Paramount)

Best Packaging
1. Naked Lunch (Arrow)
2. The Lukas Moodysson Collection (Arrow)

Best Alternative to a Criterion Release
1. Naked Lunch (Arrow)
2. The Double Life of Veronique (Curzon)
3. Three Colours Trilogy (Curzon)
4. Targets (BFI)
5. Time Bandits (Arrow)

[ryannichols7]

how are you guys spelling Lukas wrong

[therewillbeblus]

how are you guys spelling Lukas wrong

Because that's how it's spelled on the first page list, and C+P is still useful

[swo17]

Whoops, sorry!