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not following those threads with this username, my bad.

ulysses, Thursday, 28 April 2016 14:15 (eight years ago) link

four months pass...

http://betaportal.filmstruck.com/sign-up-now/

Won't let me sign up, though

Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 8 September 2016 16:43 (eight years ago) link

me neither. Super exciting tho'!

thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Thursday, 8 September 2016 16:47 (eight years ago) link

More info:
http://filmstruck.com/pdf/filmstruck-announcement.pdf
apparently launching in the fall; still no word on how it connects (i presume an app? Hopefully starting with PS4 and iOS and tivo...) or pricing

thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Sunday, 18 September 2016 21:07 (eight years ago) link

two weeks pass...

On October 19, the Criterion Collection and Turner Classic Movies will launch a subscription streaming service built by people who love movies for people who love movies. It will be unlike anything out there, with thematic programming, introductions, special features, and much more. FilmStruck, the primary service, programmed by the team at TCM, will feature a rotating selection of Criterion titles alongside movies licensed from sources around the world. A premium option for FilmStruck subscribers, the Criterion Channel will be our home base in the streaming space, programmed and produced by the Criterion team, where we can take our mission to a whole new level.

Criterion Channel subscribers will have unlimited access to the largest selection of Criterion titles ever available on a streaming service—all the time. Our own ever-expanding streaming library includes many of the best-known classics in the Criterion Collection, along with hundreds of rare films you won’t find in any other medium, but we’ll also be featuring full Criterion special editions of titles licensed from major studios as well as out-of-print titles and films that have never been available to us on home video. We’ve worked hard to make the Criterion Channel a worthwhile addition for our core Criterion Blu-ray and DVD customers and regular FilmStruck subscribers alike by creating original, channel-exclusive content, director profiles, live events, guest-curated series, and a programming rotation where there will be something new happening just about every night of the week.

We’ve had a great five years at Hulu, but the opportunity to build our own channel with the help of the incredible team at TCM is a dream come true for our company. FilmStruck will be the exclusive streaming home of the Criterion Collection as of November 11, when our library will be leaving Hulu. The monthly cost of FilmStruck and the Criterion Channel together will be $10.99, but you can sign up for the FilmStruck newsletter to receive a free two-week trial offer when the services go live.

We have talked (and debated) for years about the best way to bring some sort of subscription plan to our viewers, and with FilmStruck and the Criterion Channel, we believe we’ve finally found it. The first week on the channel, we’re bringing back the out-of-print commentary from The Silence of the Lambs. Catch a double feature on Friday nights. Find a short with a feature on Tuesdays. The possibilities are endless, and we’ve just begun to explore them. It’s been thirty-three years since Criterion published its first special edition laserdisc and nearly twenty since the dawn of DVD. The launch of FilmStruck and the Criterion Channel marks another exciting beginning for us. We are as committed as ever to publishing the world’s greatest films in definitive Blu-ray and DVD editions, but we think these new services are going to add a whole new dimension to the Criterion experience, and we hope you’ll give them a try.

the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:21 (eight years ago) link

Muthafuckin' flash sale on the site. Goddamnit.

Hey, Criterion, if I give you my pay schedule, would you be willing to maybe work with me a little? Totally make it worth your while.

People Have No Idea The Support (Old Lunch), Monday, 17 October 2016 18:20 (eight years ago) link

(Also almost simultaneously got an email about a Scream Factory flash sale, for the more lowbrow among us.)

People Have No Idea The Support (Old Lunch), Monday, 17 October 2016 18:23 (eight years ago) link

Open letter to Criterion. Interesting issue:

http://imgur.com/a/xvAoL

Evan, Tuesday, 25 October 2016 21:18 (eight years ago) link

one month passes...

Give me Ran back in print, or give me death

Dominique, Monday, 28 November 2016 17:24 (seven years ago) link

just get the studiocanal version

Einstein, Kazanga, Sitar (abanana), Wednesday, 30 November 2016 11:46 (seven years ago) link

I heard it is from a worse transfer -- is that not the case?

Dominique, Wednesday, 30 November 2016 15:20 (seven years ago) link

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/blu-ray_reviews_71/ran_blu-ray.htm

both the lionsgate and uk blu-rays look ok to me, much better than the criterion dvd. uk 4k version probably has more accurate colors.

Einstein, Kazanga, Sitar (abanana), Wednesday, 30 November 2016 15:34 (seven years ago) link

seven months pass...

Anyone With An L.A. Public Library Card Can Stream The Criterion Collection

http://laist.com/2017/07/13/criterion_lapl.php

𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 14 July 2017 15:58 (seven years ago) link

three weeks pass...

why not just borrow the discs?

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 15:50 (seven years ago) link

subway

Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 17:43 (seven years ago) link

when FWWM is on CC this fall, Lynch will be able to say "don't watch my movie on the subway"

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 17:45 (seven years ago) link

one year passes...

Technically off topic but heads up on a solid Kino sale featuring a number of films likely to appeal to Criterion heads (planning to go ham on the Fritz Lang myself): https://www.kinolorber.com/list/view/code/junesale19

Morrie Antoilette (Old Lunch), Thursday, 13 June 2019 23:59 (five years ago) link

Some tempting stuff on there - never came across Woman in the Moon before, looks interesting. Also tempted by The Vampires.

One Eye Open, Friday, 14 June 2019 00:28 (five years ago) link

(Hint: both of those films are in the Lang box set that's on sale.)

Morrie Antoilette (Old Lunch), Friday, 14 June 2019 23:18 (five years ago) link

(Oops, my bad, that is not true of Les Vampires obvs.)

Morrie Antoilette (Old Lunch), Friday, 14 June 2019 23:24 (five years ago) link

Everything I want is “Ships to USA and Canada only” gah

an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Friday, 14 June 2019 23:55 (five years ago) link


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