The Criterion Collection

[monorail91]

Originally Posted by jordan-r

Haven't seen anyone mention this yet, but there are new phantom cast/director pages up for

[Show spoiler]Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Lino Brocka, John Nguyen and Dick Clement

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Yeah, thinking --

[Show spoiler]

• Jon Nguyen – David Lynch: The Art Life
• Lino Brocka – Manila in the Claws of Light

Both of which we kind of already knew.

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by jayembee

If the agreement between CC and B&N on these sales is such that the impact on revenue is 50-50, Criterion might not want to take an additional hit from customers using coupons to reduce that revenue.

I like getting an additional discount as much as the next guy, but truth be told, getting 50% off (plus an additional 10% from my membership) should be enough. If they won't accept the coupons for Criterions during these 50% off sales, that's fine with me. I'll use the coupons for something else. It's not like Criterions are the only thing I buy at B&N.

Problem for me is that Criterions ARE pretty much the only thing I buy from B&N. Even with 20% off, most other items are cheaper elsewhere. I know I'm being greedy expecting 20% off on top of 50% and 10%, but that's what I'm used to.

[Gacivory]

The 15% off coupons being emailed around now Criterion under the list of exclusions. . The 20% don't say they are excluded.

[ShellOilJunior]

Looks like Filmstruck isn't offering PS3/PS4 support.

Also, this made me chuckle:

Will all of the movies stream in HD?
All films will be in HD unless they are not available in that format.

[812crew]

Originally Posted by Tru-way

Read around some places that B&N has shipped out re-wrapped criterions in the past, can anyone here that took part in past sales confirm that?

The re-wrapped Criterion thing is a bit confusing. I've ordered blu-rays from Criterion themselves that don't have the official blue sticker on them, so it's tough to hold that against B&N. Then again, it seems to happen more often with B&N for me, which makes me suspicious that they occasionally do sell items that may have been re-wrapped. Also, if you order just one or two discs, their packaging is terrible, so I would recommend not getting box sets or digipacks.

[Hoke Moseley]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Looks like Filmstruck isn't offering PS3/PS4 support.

How annoying. So I'm guessing the Amazon fire stick is the cheapest option other than hooking up your laptop to the TV?

[omgkitty]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Looks like Filmstruck isn't offering PS3/PS4 support.

Also, this made me chuckle:

They said on twitter that the PS4 app will be out in early 2017.

[Scottie]

Here are all of the films available on FilmStruck.

https://watch.filmstruck.com/#!/browse-all/

EDIT: I wonder why some films like The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, which are clearly Criterion titles, do not have the symbol on the website.

[joie]

Originally Posted by iScottie

Here are all of the films available on FilmStruck.

https://watch.filmstruck.com/#!/browse-all/

EDIT: I wonder why some films like The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, which are clearly Criterion titles, do not have the symbol on the website.

They don't have streaming rights?

[MifuneFan]

Filmstruck just hasn't applied the logo to them yet, nothing more than that. There's a bunch of CC titles that lack the logo.

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Filmstruck just hasn't applied the logo to them yet, nothing more than that. There's a bunch of CC titles that lack the logo.

It could also be that some Criterions appear to be available on the standard package. I think I saw A Hard Day's Night in the standard package. Maybe Filmstruck is using the logo to distinguish those films that are only available via the Criterion package. I'm not really sure. I just signed on last night and just had enough time to browse around and add a few titles to my watch list.

[Blutar]

I am waffling on Fanny and Alexander. Quick! Someone please talk me into or out of it.

[CRASHLANDING]

Originally Posted by belcherman

It could also be that some Criterions appear to be available on the standard package.

Pretty sure this is the reason. The Filmstruck promotional materials say that about 200 CC films will be part of the standard Filmstruck tier at any given time. So they probably use the CC logo to identify those films that are only available with the premium Criterion tier.

[pedromvu]

Originally Posted by iScottie

Here are all of the films available on FilmStruck.

https://watch.filmstruck.com/#!/browse-all/

EDIT: I wonder why some films like The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, which are clearly Criterion titles, do not have the symbol on the website.

Selection looks great , hopefully most are in HD, or at least a bit more than on Hulu.

Also if the English language movies have CC that would be a plus, since they don't in Hulu.

BTW Silence of the Lambs has the CC logo even though it's OOP .

Can't wait till they port their app for my TV platform of choice

Too bad there is nothing in the web interface to differentiate whether a movie is in HD or not.

[jw007]

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

thanks, jw! baseball is second only to my love of film. It hasn't sunk in yet, I think, because I'm still in a bit of shock after the 8th inning.

I'm actually happy the season is over, though, because I haven't watched a movie in several weeks. I've added some great westerns to my collection that I've never seen and will have added about a half dozen or so new CC titles as well as soon as I can wind down and head over to the B&N site.

Bring on movie watching season! ...and woo-hoo! Cubbies!!

I'm very happy for you. I can't imagine the relief Cubs fans are feeling now. There must be a psychological burden lifted off of so many people and if there was such a "billy goat curse", well, that's gone now too. I think the Cubs are going to be a powerhouse franchise for many years to come and I can see many more World Series wins over the next several years.

Now that you can focus on watching films again, which Criterions will you be getting into now?

[bwdowiak]

Originally Posted by jw007

I'm very happy for you. I can't imagine the relief Cubs fans are feeling now. There must be a psychological burden lifted off of so many people and if there was such a "billy goat curse", well, that's gone now too. I think the Cubs are going to be a powerhouse franchise for many years to come and I can see many more World Series wins over the next several years.

Now that you can focus on watching films again, which Criterions will you be getting into now?

I'm looking forward to watching Cat People, A Taste of Honey, Woman in the Dunes, and McCabe and Mrs. Miller. All those are blind buys for me.

I've also got Shane, Once Upon a Time in the West, and Johnny Guitar that I'm very much looking forward too. Haven't seen those yet either.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by Blutar

I am waffling on Fanny and Alexander. Quick! Someone please talk me into or out of it.

Just kidding. Fanny and Alexander is a tremendously good Criterion title, and it was one of the first titles in the Collection that I upgraded from DVD to Blu-ray when I jumped formats years ago.

The 322-minute television version is well worth your time.

[Blutar]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

[Fanny and Alexander is a tremendously good Criterion title, and it was one of the first titles in the Collection that I upgraded from DVD to Blu-ray when I jumped formats years ago.

The 322-minute television version is well worth your time.

Good to hear. A couple follow ups if I may.

On a scale of 1 to Mulholland Dr., how freaky is the horror-ish element?

On a scale Bambi to D2 The Mighty Ducks, how uplifting is the end? (specifically is it affirming enough to cancel out most of the bleak)

[ChromeJob]

I'm underwhelmed with Filmstruck. "Free 14-day trial!!" Whoopeee ... except I can't cast from Android to my Chromecast, and there's no iOS app to play via Airplay or native on my Apple TV.

WTF good is a new film service I can only watch on a tablet or phone??

I want to sign up with the $100/year subscription, but there's no reason to start trial that I can't watch on my TV (unless I do mirroring on my Chromecast, which would be lame).

[Scottie]

I browsed my Samsung's app section for FilmStruck and could not find it.

Hopefully an app is released soon.