The 2024 All Labels Matter Awards

[Finch]

Seconding Scarface for worst cover and North by Northwest for best upgrade.

Nominating Watership Down from BFI as best upgrade.

[MV88]

Seconding Body and Soul for Best Upgrade.

[Maltic]

NOMINATED for Best release:
The Dark Side of Cinema XVII [Vice Squad / Black Tuesday / Nightmare] (Kino)
Phase IV (VS) SECONDED
Pursued (Kino)SECONDED
Bluebeard (Kino)SECONDED
Scarlet Street (Kino)SECONDED
He Walked by Night (Kino)SECONDED
Nostalghia (Kino) SECONDED
Columbia Noir #6: The Whistler (Indicator) SECONDED
The Golden Coach (Raro US) SECONDED
The Valiant Ones (Eureka) SECONDED
Witchfinder General (88) SECONDED
Floating Clouds (BFI) SECONDED
I Was Born, But.../ There Was a Father (BFI) SECONDED
The Shootist (Arrow US) SECONDED

NOMINATED for Best Upgrade:
Real Life (Criterion)
Southern Comfort (VS)SECONDED
All That Money Can Buy (Criterion) SECONDED
The Tin Star (Arrow US) SECONDED
Blood on Satan's Claw (88) SECONDED

SECONDED for Best release:
The Cat and the Canary (Eureka)
The Frank Capra Collection (Columbia)
Cemetery Man (Severin)
Scorsese: Films of Faith (Imprint)

SECONDED for Best collection of short films:
Vitagraph Comedies

[domino harvey]

I’ll second Golden Coach and Tin Star and the Whistler box and the Valiant Ones

Nominate All That Money Can Buy for best cover

[swo17]

Best collection of short films (was this meant as an extras category though?):

There's a category for individual short films and then one for releases that have a number of them (where nominating individual films would be unlikely to find a consensus). Vitagraph Comedies is a great example of something that fits best under "collection of short films." The Peter Strickland set, previously mentioned, would also fit well here even though that set also includes feature-length films

[Finch]

Seconding All That Money Can Buy for Best Cover.

[Yakushima]

SECONDING for Best release:

Witchfinder General (88)
Floating Clouds (BFI)
Two Films by Ozu [I Was Born, But.../ There Was a Father] (BFI)
The Shootist (Arrow US)
Daiei Gothic (Radiance)
Cemetery Man (Severin)

SECONDING for Best upgrade:

All That Money Can Buy (Criterion)
The Tin Star (Arrow US)
Blood on Satan's Claw (88)
Matinee (Shout)
North by Northwest (Warner)
Peeping Tom (Criterion)
Red Rock West (Cinématographe)
Häxan (Radiance)

SECONDING for Best cover:

All That Money Can Buy (Criterion)

NOMINATING for Best cover:

Häxan (Radiance)

NOMINATING for Best Release:

Directed by Roman Polanski (Imprint)
Otar Iosseliani – Complete collection (Carlotta)
Brief Encounters / The Long Farewell: Two Films by Kira Muratova (Criterion)

NOMINATING for Best Upgrade:

The Tenant (Vinegar Syndrome)
Galaxy Quest (Paramount)
Spider (Metropolitan)
The Silence of the Lambs (Arrow)
A Simple Plan (Arrow)
Seven Samurai (Criterion)
Seven Samurai (BFI)

[swo17]

SECONDING for Best upgrade:
Seven Samurai (Criterion/BFI)

First, I don't believe anyone else has nominated this. Second, I think the Criterion and BFI should be treated as separate releases

[criterionsnob]

Seconding Otar Iosseliani – Complete collection (Carlotta) for best release.

[Yakushima]

SECONDING for Best upgrade:
Seven Samurai (Criterion/BFI)

First, I don't believe anyone else has nominated this. Second, I think the Criterion and BFI should be treated as separate releases

Agreed, Swo! I can't believe I am the first to nominate it! I'll edit my original post. Also, does the word "second" in your reply qualify as seconding?

[swo17]

It does not

[TechnicolorAcid]

It does

I’ll also second Seven Samurai (Criterion).

[therewillbeblus]

I’ll second the BFI. Let the battle commence

[Maltic]

The idea is to keep the old Criterion BD for the (lavish) extras, and get the BFI UHD for the upgrade + yet another full-length commentary (Adrian Martin), right?

I'll second The Walking Dead (WAC) for upgrade, btw.

[ryannichols7]

The idea is to keep the old Criterion BD for the (lavish) extras, and get the BFI UHD for the upgrade + yet another full-length commentary (Adrian Martin), right?

always speaking my language.

I do think some of these "release" and "upgrade" should be the other way around. like I see both Seven Samurai as "upgrades" as they were already on BD and are mostly a format upgrade (BFI adding a new commentary + booklet, though). I personally see Arrow's Silence of the Lambs as a whole new release as they did tons from the ground up. so I'll vote accordingly

NOMINATING:
best release:
The Shape of Night (Radiance) [if we're doing "best rescue/discovery" I'm voting for this]
Suzhou River (Radiance)
Tattooed Life (Radiance)
World Noir Vol. 2 (Radiance)
Michael Powell: The Early Works (BFI)
Ikiru (BFI)
You & Me (Indicator)
Silence of the Lambs (Arrow)
Trainspotting (Criterion)

best upgrade:
The Long Good Friday (Arrow)
Withnail and I (Arrow)

best cover:
The Landlord (Radiance)
Slap the Monster on Page One (Radiance)
Michael Powell: The Early Works (BFI)
The Escapees (Indicator)
Demon Pond (Criterion)

SECONDING:
best release:
Nostalghia (Kino)
Paper Moon (Criterion)
Werckmeister Harmonies (Criterion)

best upgrade:
none for now but I want this post format so I'm leaving this here

best cover:
Haxan (Radiance)

biggest disappointment:
Once Upon a Time in the West (Paramount)
Chantal Akerman (Criterion)

still working through plenty - Indicator has a little less love here but I bought like 18 of their releases from this year and haven't gotten to go through them yet

[therewillbeblus]

Nominate

Release
The Sweet East (Utopia)

Best Cover
Gummo (Criterion)
The Sweet East (Utopia) - only if slipcovers count

Packaging
Louis Feuillade: The Complete Crime Serials 1913-1918 (Eureka)

Late Discovery
Two Orphan Vampires (Indicator)

[criterionsnob]

Seconding The Tenant (Vinegar Syndrome) for best upgrade.

[domino harvey]

Oh, forgot Six in Paris for best upgrade or release or both

[therewillbeblus]

Oh, forgot Six in Paris for best upgrade or release or both

I'll second it for both. Would this count as a collection of shorts too, or are portmanteau films ineligible?

[swo17]

I think the spirit of the "shorts collection" category is to recognize labels for putting multiple shorts together on a release, as opposed to whoever commissioned the portmanteau film in the first place

[criterionsnob]

These are a few of my favourite discoveries from 2024, so I'd nominate these for Best Release:

Supermarkt (Subcultur USA 4K UHD)
Tchao Pantin (Radiance)
The Runner (Criterion)

[therewillbeblus]

Supposedly the Potemkine Sweet East has over half an hour of deleted scenes as an extra. Has anyone seen it?

[videozor]

SECONDING for the Best Release:
Bunuel: Nothing Sacred
NOMINATING for the Best Cover:
Lone Star

[TechnicolorAcid]

I’d like to nominate The Battle of Chile and Archangel for Best Upgrade and for Best Release:
Coffin Joe (Arrow)
Mean Streets (Second Sight)
An American Tragedy (Indicator)
Man’s Castle (Columbia)
3 Films by Ousmane Sembene (Criterion)
The Music Lovers (BFI)

Also for Most Disappointing:
True Lies 4K

[Yakushima]

I’d like to nominate The Battle of Chile and Archangel for Best Upgrade and for Best Release:
Coffin Joe (Arrow)
Mean Streets (Second Sight)
An American Tragedy (Indicator)
Man’s Castle (Columbia)
3 Films by Ousmane Sembene (Criterion)
The Music Lovers (BFI)

Also for Most Disappointing:
True Lies 4K

Seconding The Music Lovers (BFI) for Best Release and True Lies 4K for Most Disappointing.

Nominating The Hitcher LE 4K UHD (Second Sight) for best release.