kenmorefield Posted December 16, 2016 Report Share Posted December 16, 2016 MUBI is now on Roku...yeah! If anyone is going to sign up for the free month trial, please PM me and I can send a referral (that way I get a free additional month). Quote 1More Film Blog Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema, Volume II Link to post Share on other sites
Brian D Posted January 14, 2017 Report Share Posted January 14, 2017 I receive this news like a late Christmas present: Amazon Prime has added Cameraperson, The Fits, and The Innocents, all (I think) within the past week. Amazing that movies like these appear with almost no fanfare, whereas the latest Amazon TV shows on Prime are advertised non-stop. Sometimes it seems to me that streaming services like Amazon Prime and Netflix need to hire some more staff who understand independent, foreign, and otherwise obscure films. Not only that, but who understand those who love those films. In any case, I have completely rearranged my film viewing schedule for the next few weeks. Thank you, Amazon Prime, even if you are a little like the Tim Robbins pitcher in Bull Durham when he threw a brilliant pitch and said something like "what did I just do?” Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peter T Chattaway Posted January 14, 2017 Report Share Posted January 14, 2017 Brian D wrote: : Amazon Prime has added Cameraperson, The Fits, and The Innocents, all (I think) within the past week. Only in the U.S., it seems. The Innocents is on Netflix in Canada, though. Quote "Sympathy must precede belligerence. First I must understand the other, as it were, from the inside; then I can critique it from the outside. So many people skip right to the latter." -- Steven D. Greydanus Now blogging at Patheos.com. I can also still be found at Facebook, Twitter and Flickr. See also my film journal. Link to post Share on other sites
ralfy Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 "Netflix, Streaming Video and the Slow Death of the Classic Film" Quote Netflix’s selection of classic cinema is abominable—and it seems to shrink more every year or so. As of this month, the streaming platform offers just 43 movies made before 1970, and fewer than 25 from the pre-1950 era (several of which are World War II documentaries). It’s the sort of classics selection you’d expect to find in a decrepit video store in 1993, not on a leading entertainment platform that serves some 100 million global subscribers. Netflix’s DVD subscribers enjoy a much wider selection (four million customers still opt to receive discs in the mail), but as the company shifts its focus to streaming and original content, cinephiles fear the cinematic canon is being left behind. http://www.newsweek.com/2017/09/22/netflix-streaming-movies-classics-664512.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peter T Chattaway Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 : As of this month, the streaming platform offers just 43 movies made before 1970, and fewer than 25 from the pre-1950 era (several of which are World War II documentaries). I assume these are the documentaries that Netflix posted in conjunction with the brand-new documentary Five Came Back, which is about the *making* of those documentaries. : It’s the sort of classics selection you’d expect to find in a decrepit video store in 1993, not on a leading entertainment platform that serves some 100 million global subscribers. Netflix’s DVD subscribers enjoy a much wider selection (four million customers still opt to receive discs in the mail) . . . Netflix doesn't have any DVD subscribers outside of the US. And it bears mentioning that Netflix's selection varies from country to country, so it's possible that there are different numbers of pre-1970 and pre-1950 films in each territory. Quote "Sympathy must precede belligerence. First I must understand the other, as it were, from the inside; then I can critique it from the outside. So many people skip right to the latter." -- Steven D. Greydanus Now blogging at Patheos.com. I can also still be found at Facebook, Twitter and Flickr. See also my film journal. Link to post Share on other sites
kenmorefield Posted November 25, 2018 Report Share Posted November 25, 2018 Film Movement now has Film Movement Plus with its own Roku channel. I think they have a great selection. Quote 1More Film Blog Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema, Volume II Link to post Share on other sites
kenmorefield Posted January 18, 2019 Report Share Posted January 18, 2019 OVID.tv announced today via press release. Bold added to highlight distributor labels onboard: Quote (New York, January 17, 2019) Jonathan Miller, of Icarus Films, announced today an unprecedented collaborative effort between six of the most noteworthy independent film distributors in the U.S., each respected for the depth of their industry experience and the vitality of their collections. Together, they are supporting the launch of OVID.TV, an innovative new video-on-demand subscription service drawing from the catalogs of these leading content providers of quality arthouse, documentary, and social issue films. The six founding content partners are Bullfrog Films, Distrib Films US, First Run Features, Grasshopper Film, Icarus Films, and KimStim (details below), with more companies expected to join soon. Quote 1More Film Blog Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema, Volume II Link to post Share on other sites
kenmorefield Posted August 27 Report Share Posted August 27 Has anyone here used Kast? I think it would helpful for sharing content (viewing parties), but i haven't quite figured out, even after wading through their Q&A it is is legal to share content. (My understanding is, for example, that I could rent a movie from Amazon and invite someone to watch it with me by sharing my window.) Quote 1More Film Blog Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema, Volume II Link to post Share on other sites
kenmorefield Posted October 29 Report Share Posted October 29 Kino Lorber is offering 8 free movies to stream between now and November 15: https://kinonow.com/series/anniversary-binge Quote 1More Film Blog Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema, Volume II Link to post Share on other sites
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