New on Blu-ray & 4K Ultra HD: KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN (1985) - Criterion Collection

Kiss Of The Spider Woman 1985 New On Bluray And 4k Ultra Hd

Product Description: Featuring indelible performances from Raul Julia and an Academy Award–winning William Hurt, Kiss of the Spider Woman is a work of radical compassion that boldly expands notions of love, gender, and revolution. In the film—directed by Héctor Babenco following his international breakthrough with Pixote, and adapted from the novel by the iconoclastic writer Manuel Puig—Julia and Hurt play Valentin and Molina, a militant leftist activist and a queer, cinema-obsessed window dresser, imprisoned together under a repressive military dictatorship. The two gradually forge a bond that transforms the way they both understand politics, sexuality, and masculinity. Blending raw realism with Molina’s imaginative escapes into sumptuous movie fantasy, this searing human drama offers a powerful vision of personal liberation embedded within broader political struggle.

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MOVIE DETAILS

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Director: Héctor Babenco

Starring: William Hurt, Raul Juliá, Sonia Braga, José Lewgoy, Milton Gonçalves, Míriam Pires

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 120 min

Rating: R

Language: English

Studio: Criterion

Home Video Release Date: January 27, 2026

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Blu-ray - Criterion Collection

4K Ultra HD - Criterion Collection

Amazon Prime Video

VIDEO

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Blu-ray

Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Region: Region A/1

4K Ultra HD

Codec: HEVC / H.265
Resolution: Native 4K (2160p)
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
HDR: Dolby Vision, HDR10
Region: Region A/1

AUDIO

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Dubbed:

Blu-ray: None
4K Ultra HD: None

Audio Formats:

Blu-ray: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, LPCM Mono
4K Ultra HD: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, LPCM Mono

SUBTITLES

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Blu-ray: English SDH

4K Ultra HD: English SDH

SPECIAL FEATURES & EXTRAS

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New 4K digital restoration, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
Alternate uncompressed monaural soundtrack
One 4K UHD disc of the film presented Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
Tangled Web: Making “Kiss of the Spider Woman” (2008), a feature-length documentary
Interview with Suzanne Jill Levine, biographer of Kiss of the Spider Woman author Manuel Puig, about the adaptation
Short program on Puig
Trailer
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: An essay by critic B. Ruby Rich