The Criterion Collection

[lilboyblu]

I watch physical media about 90% more than I stream on any service. I’ve experienced too many quality issues to ever bother with it anymore than that. However, it’s still a “nice to have” when it is working, and I’m truly sorry to anyone who purged their entire Criterion and/or Warner Archive Collections in favor of a lifetime of Filmstruck.

[bwdowiak]

does anybody use this streaming service? it is free w/ a library card, although not every library card holder has access to it. I have a Chicago Public Library card and I cannot use the site. a lot of university libraries allow access, though.
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[regeyer]

Originally Posted by lilboyblu

I’m truly sorry to anyone who purged their entire Criterion and/or Warner Archive Collections in favor of a lifetime of Filmstruck.

Wow! I never even thought of that. But you're right. I'm sure that while most of us used FilmStruck to compliment our physical libraries, there are probably some who sold their collections thinking that physical discs were no longer needed.

[Hoke Moseley]

I tried to sign up for Kanopy but it's not eligible with my local library. Sad stuff.

[ogjongray]

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

does anybody use this streaming service? it is free w/ a library card, although not every library card holder has access to it. I have a Chicago Public Library card and I cannot use the site. a lot of university libraries allow access, though.
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I just recently started using it. I'm in Oklahoma City and the library system here allows access to 6 films a month for free. It's a good service that offers access to lots of independent and world films. My library also allows cardholders to make requests for media purchases and they have bought about 90% of the things that I have requested.

[peschi]

oh welp, back to Mubi I guess.

[willtopower]

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

does anybody use this streaming service? it is free w/ a library card, although not every library card holder has access to it. I have a Chicago Public Library card and I cannot use the site. a lot of university libraries allow access, though.
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I use it as my university has synced access. They have a good selection, although I didn't take the time to compare it directly to filmstruck. Definitely some Janus films as that's where I watched the Ivan the Terrible films.

[hariseldon]

Originally Posted by SleazyForWeasley

I know the B&N Criterion sale will be in Nov, but do we know the start date yet? I haven't seen anything.

Preliminary start date Nov 2- Dec 3 as leaked by a BN Employee on reddit. I'd say it's a pretty strong rumor given the last couple sales though note that the start date of July sale changed 3 times in the last 10 days

[ShellOilJunior]

Not offering day 1 support for popular devices like PS4 surely did not help.

[natureboy]

Originally Posted by lilboyblu

I watch physical media about 90% more than I stream on any service. I’ve experienced too many quality issues to ever bother with it anymore than that. However, it’s still a “nice to have” when it is working, and I’m truly sorry to anyone who purged their entire Criterion and/or Warner Archive Collections in favor of a lifetime of Filmstruck.

Yes, one of my earliest Filmstruck mistakes was deleting a bunch of Fritz Lang movies from my DVR I recorded from TCM, only for them to disappear a month later. I've slowly re-recorded them again over the past couple of years.

[filmbuffTX]

Originally Posted by Hoke Moseley

I tried to sign up for Kanopy but it's not eligible with my local library. Sad stuff.

Try hoopla.

https://www.hoopladigital.com

[Reddington]

I read recently that Warner is launching its own streaming service next year, and is already removing content from existing platforms (the article indicated Netflix is losing the Friends television show as a result of Warner's decision). Assume this is a factor in FilmStruck being closed down?

[ShellOilJunior]

I'd like to see Criterion partner with Amazon for a new channel. Amazon is pushing to get as much content as possible in 4k. Naturally, 1080p would be available, too. This would be a good partnership and the cost would be reasonable.

Of course they can include it for free with Prime, too, but that may not be reasonable.

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by Reddington

I read recently that Warner is launching its own streaming service next year, and is already removing content from existing platforms (the article indicated Netflix is losing the Friends television show as a result of Warner's decision). Assume this is a factor in FilmStruck being closed down?

I'd hate to think that each major studio will try to launch it's own streaming service. What I liked about FilmStruck was the mix of content. While Warner controls a huge catalog, it's only a portion of the movies I want to see. I can't see shelling out $10/month for every streaming service that comes along. I currently pay to stream from Amazon (via Prime), Netflix, HBO (via Amazon), and FilmStruck. I would gladly replace FilmStruck with a single service that offered similar content, but not with several other services.

These corporate bean-counters aren't as smart as they think they are.

[dig311dug]

just way too many streaming services out there... cutting the cord and only streaming is getting to be almost expensive as a cable package.

(this coming from someone that does not have cable or subscribe to any streaming service)

[Polaroid]

https://vimeo.com/297345448?fbclid=I...1fALiVw1ojyvMM

*cries*

Great montage!

[JackSkellington]

Originally Posted by dig311dug

just way too many streaming services out there... cutting the cord and only streaming is getting to be almost expensive as a cable package.

^This.

[taymo016]

Warner Archive Instant and Filmstruck was a great combo for film lovers, and people like me who stream as a window into a larger world. AT&T (now known as WarnerMedia. Ugh) just did away with that because its "niche" in their eyes and doesn't make the $$$ like Netflix does. The fact that the word "portfolios" was even mentioned here tells you everything you need to know about the heads of this new entity.

[MifuneFan]

How about some good news guys? The Film Forum will hae a one-week screening for Ozu's The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952), sourced from a new 4K Restoration, and being distributed by Janus Films.

https://filmforum.org/film/the-flavo...-tea-over-rice

(1952, Yasujirô Ozu) At first glance, Shin Saburi seems the thick-headed dullard wife Michiyo Kogure likens to carp, while she seems a spoiled snob, but then the layers of character peel away, as Keiko Tsushima flees from an arranged marriage and eventual yakuza legend Koji Tsuruta extols buying second-hand, with excursions into the delights of Japan’s nascent pachinko mania. And a resolution seems inevitable at the simple plain meal of the title. DCP restoration. Approx. 115 min.

New restoration courtesy of Shochiku. 4K scanning by Imagica Corporation, Japan.

A JANUS FILMS RELEASE

So now that makes at least two Ozu 4K-restored films from Janus that have screened this year, the other being Floating Weeds. Hopefully a sign of things to come for 2019

[jw007]

I never signed up for FilmStruck and never had any desire. I always believe that physical releases of films have a longer stored value than something digital or what you'd find on a streaming website. Though I fear that the future will be streaming, I will continue to invest in films on blu-ray and until they take away my blu-ray player from my cold, dead hands, I for one will be watching my movies that way.