Newspaper article on hard to find films and streaming

[GlacierTuba]

There's an interesting article in The Guardian that lists a bunch of films that are deemed to be difficult to find on physical media or not available on streaming services.

Here's the link:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/202...n-uk-streaming

I'm not sure if they are just focusing on physical media and streaming in the UK but I don't think they looked very hard for most of the films listed are readily available. Just need to look at importing over domestic releases.

For those interested I've listed the films here, alongside physical releases.

Kings and Desperate Men - VHS or Archive
Last Summer - VHS or Archive
Sweetie - Blu Ray (Region A) Criterion Collection
The Clockmaker of St Paul - Blu Ray (Region A) Kino, (Region B) Studio Canal (.fr only)
Chungking Express - 4K UHD (.de only) Koch Media - Blu Ray (Region A and B) Criterion and (Region B) Artificial Eye
Eraserhead - Blu Ray (Region A and B) Criterion Collection, Umbrella, Potemkine, Paramount Japan etc
The Case of Barnabáš Kos - Blu Ray (Region B) SDPA Slovakia (now oop?)
Love Streams - Blu Ray (Region A) Criterion Collection and (Region B) Wild Side (.fr)
Simone Barbès ou La Vertu - VHS and DVD R2 (.fr) (both long OOP)
The Heartbreak Kid (1972) - DVD (R1) Starz, Anchor Bay and (R2) Golem Video (.it)
On the Silver Globe - Blu Ray (Region B) TC Entertainment (.jp) and Eureka (.uk)
To Kill a Tiger - ???
Short Cuts - Blu Ray (Region A) Criterion Collection
The Commitments - Blu Ray (Region A) RLJ, (Region B) Metropolitan (.fr) Concorde (.de) RLJ (.uk)
Peking Opera Blues - Blu Ray (Region A) CMS entertainment (.hk) also a bootleg version is available

Anyone able to fill in the blanks? Most of these titles are readily available in different countries. I'd wager the Criterion discs are all on their streaming service perhaps?

[Mothravka]

They mean films not available on UK streaming, so they only care about that and not if the film in question is available on Blu-ray (even domestically) or available to stream in other countries.

[GlacierTuba]

Originally Posted by Mothravka

They mean films not available on UK streaming, so they only care about that and not if the film in question is available on Blu-ray (even domestically) or available to stream in other countries.

Ah fair enough. Misinterpreted so.

Oh well, at least there is options if folks want to import or buy locally if the title is available in their country.