No.10865
Because surprisingly Netflix does not have a monopoly on this shit yet.
I know a lot of folks that have subscriptions to different anime services. Cinema however i don't see as much love.
Personally the only one i'm using for my 'when i'm away from my collection' service is 'SHUDDER'. Its pretty small but lately they got some nice wins like all the Hammer Horror and Universal Monster Movies as well as some exclusives like Sadako vs Kayako -which is surprisingly not dogshit for whats basically Shaun of the Dead for J Horror- and contracted original shorts written by folks like Alan Moore.
Doesn't seem popular in the mainstream but its pretty cheap and i've gotten a lot of good views out of it.
Personally i just wish they expanded their documentary section. Though ROOM 237 is an unintentional comedy i recommend watching if only to question what the fuck makes people like that.
Are there any other movie services you use now the days of the mom and pop video rental store are a thing of the past?
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No.10866
I would like to try Filmstruck and Mubi but I already have too much downloaded stuff that I can't find time to watch.
I've got a Roku though, very handy. I still haven't set up Plex but it's supposed to be a nice way to organize and stream from your personal collection.
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No.12091
I found a new FREE streaming service with a good selection of films. They just added Frederick Wiseman's filmography.
https://www.kanopy.com/
The snag is that you need to have an account at a participating library. I'm having trouble getting one, since my local library is not included yet. I wonder if there are libraries that allow you to open an account online?
http://deadline.com/2018/01/frederick-wiseman-catalog-heading-to-free-streaming-service-kanopy-1202239250/
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No.12093
>>10865
>now the days of the mom and pop video rental store are a thing of the past?
I live near a good one so this isn't an issue for me. They have great titles.
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No.12096
>I know a lot of folks that have subscriptions to different anime services
As an avid anime fan I highly recommend against this, big streaming services like Crunchyroll give barely any of the profits they earn to the people who were actually responsible for the creation of those anime, the subtitles and video quality they provide are often of much lower quality than what you can get through torrentable fan-releases and perhaps most importantly, their collections are quite small and mostly consist of the most mainstream titles out there thus not giving much option for those who are interested in the more mature, alternative works the medium can provide.
There's literally zero reason to make use of these services unless you're A) too retarded to know how to torrent which you could still learn though a quick google search or B) enjoy wasting money on things you don't need but in that case you might as well buy actual physical copies of the anime which are expensive but are probably fun to collect if you're into it.
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No.12101
>>12096
It is extremely fun to invest in a collection.
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No.12109
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No.13397
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No.13398
Meanwhile Hulu has entered the finger wagging business.
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No.13402
>>13398
>>13397
Things aren't getting any good these days, especially if i can't dress up as a kinky african tribeswoman or buy movies for less than 5 bucks
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No.13407
>>13397
Too bad. Is there more explanation? I never used it but I don't like the narrow choice of film streaming.
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No.13408
>>13402
>especially if i can't dress up as a kinky african tribeswoman
Why would you, you already have the privilege of being able to dress up as a slutty Native tribeswoman, after all you're not white are you femanon?
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No.13409
>>13407
>Is there more explanation?
Variety writeup: https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/filmstruck-shutdown-warnermedia-turner-1202998364/
<The move appeared to be the latest by WarnerMedia, under AT&T’s ownership, to streamline operations by cutting niche-oriented business ventures. Two sources familiar with the decision said the plan to kill FilmStruck was made prior to AT&T’s closing the Time Warner deal; in any case, the strategy aligns with the new WarnerMedia blueprint to shift resources to mass-market entertainment services.
One of the commenters recommended Filmatique. It's been around for a year but I never heard of it before. It looks more like Mubi, having a small but hopefully well-chosen catalog.
http://www.filmatique.com/
<Filmatique streams award-winning festival films for US and Canadian audiences— often for the first time.
Free 30 day trials
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No.13410
A few years ago I thought streaming would seriously compete with downloading because it was simply more convenient. Time is money. If you can save people time they will pay you money.
Now Netflix has fewer interesting films than ever, more "original content" than ever. They are not a film library, they are The Netflix Channel.
Criterion says they will return to streaming, so hopefully their new service will be profitable. I wish they'd put their whole catalog online. The Criterion Channel on Filmstruck was limited.
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No.13418
Does paying for watching movies in shit quality over internet give you any advantages over "pirating"?
Also don't you feel like storing terabytes worth of film? The Darkness can come anytime.
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No.13422
>>13418
>Does paying for watching movies in shit quality over internet give you any advantages over "pirating"?
For casual viewing of stuff I don't care too much about, lower quality is okay with me. Sometimes I watch SD versions instead of HD anyway. I'm not subscribed to any streaming sites right now though.
>Also don't you feel like storing terabytes worth of film? The Darkness can come anytime.
Well, the data can pile up and become a chore to manage. I wanted to put everything on an 8TB drive and it won't fit. So I need s second one.
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No.13429
>>13408
>kinky african tribeswoman
That's slang for naked, as non-kinky african tribeswomen only wear a thong
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No.13430
>>13429
Bodypaint.
Thought experiment tier jokes are still thought experiment tier.
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No.13509
Vimeo embed. Click thumbnail to play.
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No.13700
Is Fandor the next to go? Most of staff has been fired and the company has been sold to an unknown entity.
https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/fandor-staff-layoffs-sale-streaming-shutdown-1203084579/
It's too bad they didn't merge with Criterion. From what I saw the Fandor library was a little more eclectic.
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No.14044
Six arthouse distributors are banding together to create a new streaming service called OVID
https://hyperallergic.com/481111/in-march-a-much-needed-streaming-service-for-arthouse-films-will-launch/
>Enter OVID, a recently announced partnership between academic documentary service Docuseek and six independent film distribution companies. Together, these partners — Bullfrog Films, Distrib Films US, Grasshopper Film, Icarus Films, KimStim, and First Run Features — control the rights to thousands of different documentary, arthouse, independent, and international titles. OVID will be an on-demand subscription service offering selections from these various catalogues.
>The site stresses that many of these films will be unavailable to see anywhere else. It promises to feature filmmakers Chantal Akerman, Chris Marker, Bill Morrison, Jean Rouch, Wang Bing, Bi Gan, Pedro Costa, Claire Denis, Bruno Dumont, Cheryl Dunye, Eric Rohmer, Raul Ruiz, and Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet.
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No.14050
>>14044
>control the rights to thousands of different documentary, arthouse, independent, and international titles
It's such a shame that we don't have national restorations that releases the restored films for free in public domain. It's such a shame.
Another shame is, at least in Czech, that there are no filmclubs that project obscure, or at least old not-from-anglosphere films. Seeing it in kino is totally superior and more importantly totally different from seeing it from gauch on 42' tv.
films that were digitalized right away for dvd/bluray should be in public domain publicly accessible after 2-3 years
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