Filmstruck / Criterion Channel

well...

But why can I watch content on other sites and apps?
Many sites and apps have different content protection requirements, and implement DRM solutions in a variety of different ways. Because of this, it’s likely that behaviors will be different across our content and theirs. However, if you’re using a supported browser or a dedicated app, and still having trouble, it might be due to HDCP protection.

another update via Reddit

I sent an email to customer service asking about the Chromecast streaming problems. This is their reply:

I’m sorry you’re having trouble playing Criterion’s content on your Chromecast.

While we have plans to build Chromecast support in the coming months, right now the technology used for our DRM implementation is not compliant with Chromecast. I’m very sorry for the frustration and disappointment I know this must bring. In case you have other options, Criterion has an app for Apple TV, Amazon Fire, Roku, and Android TV. If you have a Smart TV, you can see if it’s a TV partner with Android apps here: https://www.android.com/tv/

Yeah, this is all why i figured that a smart tv was worth a shot. I've had the same tube for about ten years and it has some weird buggy thing where it overheats occasionally and won't turn off unless you unplug it. Curious to see what this 4k shit is all about and it would be nice to be able to dial up mubi and criterion without any hassles... i might likely watch them more often

I wouldn't trust a smart TV for apps, get an AppleTV.

I actually just got a big "smart TV" yesterday. Runs on Roku, works great so far.

Our last TV was 1080p, worked/works great, but the new one is huuuuuge and cost maybe half as much as that one did 7 years ago. I got a discounted floor model of a TV that was already on sale at Costco, and no joke, the person helping me politely asked for a second, walked off, then came back and offered it for another $50 off before I even said anything.

yeah, i'm getting a TCL/Roku 43" for under $300. This shit got MUCH cheaper than the last time I bought a set... i think i paid 800 a decade ago for the one i currently have.

Roku runs Android right? Really looking forward to having some flexibility with apps; my tivo is locked into Plex/YouTube/Hulu/HBO/Netflix/Amazon and that's about it.

Tried one of the HDMI splitters for removing HDCP and no dice. Might could be I got the "wrong" one since I guess different ones work with different setups? But not interested in pursuing it further, just gonna pull the plug on this. Can't believe it can be so complicated to watch movies on TV in 2019.

After Filmstruck died I rebooted the DVD-thru-mail element of my Netflix subscription and honestly cant believe I ever stopped, they have like 98% of what was in my old queue, still lots of OOP Criterion stuff floating around in the system, think I'm just gonna keep riding that horse till they decide to put it down for good.

xpost I don't think Roku is Android, I think it's its own thing? I only use it for Netflix/Amazon/Plex/Hulu and now Criterion, but they all seem to work.

Honestly I fully don’t get the appeal of smart TVs when you can get a Roku for like $50 that will be way speedier, more stable, have way more channels, etc

My smart tv is a top of the line Vizio from 2017 and it CRASHES!! Like it will freeze and I have to turn it off and back on and it takes like 30-60 sec!

30-60 sec!

Sacre bleu!

Like my dedicated Roku was ever particularly reliable.

I didn't get a smart TV because it was a smart TV, I got a new TV that happened to be a smart TV (see also: 4K, HDR, etc, features that will have next to no bearing on what and how I watch but which are pretty much the default as of late). We'll see how it goes with crashes and stuff, but so far Plex at the least seems to work faster than it did via dedicated Roku.

AppleTV is great, just fyi.

I'm gonna plug an ethernet cable directly into this sucker; hope i'm not seeing the issues y'all are describing.
will keep apple tv in mind but i tried it years ago and was sorta meh. Then again i'm a devoted tivo guy so don't trust me.

okay, so I got one of these:
https://www.tclusa.com/products/home-theater/4-series/tcl-43-class-4-series-4k-uhd-hdr-roku-smart-tv-43s425
and on day one, it's great! set up netflix, hulu, prime, plex, mubi, criterion, youtube, pbs, spotify for streaming easily and without a hiccup; tivo/switch/ps4 are more quickly accessible than they've ever been.picture quality seems fine, but i'm going to have to tinker. all in all, fixed the problems with a reasonably cheap entry point... presuming it don't bust shortly.

asked and answered

https://films.criterionchannel.com

Very nice.

Sacre bleu!

American TV shows are 19 minutes long: if your TV just decides to turn itself off and takes 60 seconds to turn back on, you've missed over 5% of the programme.

not missing much

xp, full film list not yet on the app tho'

Nope. And in the filter function, they created a button for the 1900s (0 results) but forgot the button for the 1910s. You can do that manually in the URL and get yr 13 results.

Looks like the full film list won't come to the app or iOS. From the email they sent out this afternoon --

The number one request was for an “all films” list, and just in time for your viewing pleasure here it is! This desktop-only feature will allow you to see all the films on the Criterion Channel and organize them by title, director, year, and country. We hope this helps you navigate the more than 1,500 titles available now on the service!

i imagine the app will improve over the upcoming month. Even so, they've rolled out kinda haphazardly tbh.

I mean, this is a boutique proposition, and for clearing the rights on this library alone, it’s cool. I was able to send off my Friday with Querelle and I was very happy.

Is there a reason why some Criterion titles are apparently not available to stream? I subscribed to Filmstruck from the start and never saw The Harder They Come pop up, and it's not listed on the new channel, either.

Prickly rightsholder one presumes.

Same reason Netflix or Prime don't have things, they don't own the streaming rights.

The All Films list is nice, but its usefulness is limited in that there is no way to use it to add films to one's own list, even by clicking through to the film.

I noticed that, very frustrating.

enjoyed the bonus features for Wanda today
the documentary was kinda boring (all about acting!) but i enjoyed the interviews and hearing a little more from Barbara Loden herself

May 2019 lineup: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6314-coming-attractions-the-criterion-channel-s-may-lineup

HOLY SHIT THAT CUKOR LINEUP!!!

"Our Betters" is WONDERFUL and iirc never even made it to VHS (let alone DVD or Blu)

yeah really excited for that--I've only seen Gaslight out of that whole list

B-b-but have you see the original Gaslight?

I have not! I didn't even know it existed until you posted that, but I do love Walbrook

screening on VHS at my house next week

"Our Betters" was pretty delightful--thanks for repping it Stevie. It's basically a filmed play but Constance Bennett and, especially, Violet Kemble-Cooper are such fun. And I don't know what to say about the last five minutes.

Also, I'm not one to swoon over women's fashion, but Bennett looks phenomenal in every scene:

https://pre-code.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/OurBetters26-650x493.jpg

I have to say, having spent the last five years in Canada at a loss for how to see classic/arty/etc cinema, this service has been a godsend. If only they'd put a My List link in the top nav.

oh, ERNEST

Had no idea Criterion was currently hosting a ton of Godzilla!

yeah filmstruck was too, seemed like part of their marketing strategy

So the Channel will have the full edition of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, supplements and such, three and a half weeks before the disc release, as in tomorrow. That's a pretty nice trick.

July titles. Sorry it's an image, that's how I found them and I don't want to retype it.

https://i.imgur.com/8FrbOE1.jpg

* = not available in Canada
** = limited engagement, leaves end of July

Nice, re: Diary of a Chambermaid

CC expirations, July through November, via some Facebook group person who saw it on reddit.

Leaving end of July 2019:

A Woman's Face (George Cukor, 1941)
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (Paul Mazursky, 1969)
Bottle Rocket (Wes Anderson, 1996)
Camille (George Cukor, 1936)
Dinner at Eight (George Cukor, 1933)
Easy Rider (Dennis Hopper, 1969)
Gaslight (George Cukor, 1944)
Girlfriends (Claudia Weill, 1978)
Little Women (George Cukor, 1933)
Midnight Cowboy (John Schlesinger, 1969)
Moonrise (Frank Borzage, 1948)
Mother (Albert Brooks, 1996)
Our Betters (George Cukor, 1933)
Robin and Marion (Richard Lester, 1976)
Sylvia Scarlett (George Cukor, 1935)
The Last Emperor (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1987)
The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
The Women (George Cukor, 1939)
Two-Faced Woman (George Cukor, 1941)
Uptight (Jules Dassin, 1968)
What Price Hollywood? (George Cukor, 1932)
White Heat (Raoul Walsh, 1949)

Leaving at end of August 2019:

Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (Akira Kurosawa, 1990)
Christopher Strong (Dorothy Arzner, 1933)
Craig's Wife (Dorothy Arzner, 1936)
Damn the Defiant! (Lewis Gilbert, 1962)
Dance, Girl, Dance (Dorothy Arzner, 1940)
Don't Look Now (Nicholas Roeg, 1973)
My Beautiful Laundrette (Stephen Frears, 1985)
Our Man in Havana (Carol Reed, 1959)
Performance (Donald Cammell & Nicholas Roeg, 1970)
Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)
Scanners (David Cronenberg, 1981)
Something Wild (Jack Garfein, 1961)
The Card (Ronald Neame, 1952)
The Man Who Fell to Earth (Nicholas Roeg, 1976)
The Prisoner (Peter Glenville, 1955)
The Scapegoat (Robert Hamer, 1959)

Leaving at end of September 2019:

A Room with a View (James Ivory, 1985)
Adua and Her Friends (Antonio Pietrangeli, 1960)
After the Wedding (Susanne Bier, 2006)
Hoop Dreams (Steve James, 1994)
Kaili Blues (Bi Gan, 2015)
Nights of Cabiria (Federico Fellini, 1957)
Othello (Orson Welles, 1952)
Quiet as Kept (Charles Burnett, 2007)
Rocco and His Brothers (Luchino Visconti, 1960)
Room at the Top (Jack Clayton, 1959)
Several Friends (Charles Burnett, 1969)
Sightseers (Ben Wheatley, 2012)
The Final Insult (Charles Burnett, 1997)
The Horse (Charles Burnett, 1973)
The Widow Couderc (Pierre Granier-Deferre, 1971)
When it Rains (Charles Burnett, 1995)

Leaving at end of October 2019:

Archipelago (Joanna Hogg, 2010)
Claire's Camera (Hong Sang-soo, 2017)
Daddy Longlegs (Safdie Brothers, 2009)
Exhibition (Joanna Hogg, 2013)
I Killed My Mother (Xavier Doland, 2009)
Kaos (Tavania Brothers, 1984)
Meek's Cutoff (Kelly Reichardt, 2010)
On the Beach at Night Alone (Hong Sang-soo, 2017)
Padre Padrone (Tavania Brothers, 1977)
River of Grass (Kelly Reichardt, 1994)
The Day He Arrives (Hong Sang-soo, 2011)
The Fallen Idol (Carol Reed, 1948)
The Night of Shooting Stars (Tavania Brothers, 1982)
The Pleasure of Being Robbed (Josh Safdie, 2008)
The Shooting (Monte Hellman, 1966)
The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949)
Time Bandits (Terry Gilliam, 1981)
Unrelated (Joanna Hogg, 2007)
Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt, 2008)

Leaving at end of November 2019:

The Love Witch (Anna Biller, 2016) (LEAVES NOVEMBER 7TH)
Viva (Anna Biller, 2007) (LEAVE NOVEMBER 7TH)
Battle in Heaven (Carles Reygadas, 2005)
Cemetary of Splendor (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2015)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (Robert Hamer, 1949)
Marwencol (Jeff Malmberg, 2010)
Silent Light (Carlos Reygadas, 2007)
Suburbia (Penelope Spheeris, 1983)
Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2006)
The Captain's Paradise (Anthony Kimmins, 1953)
The Decline of Western Civilization (Penelope Spheeris, 1981)
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (Penelope Spheeris, 1988)
The Decline of Western Civilization Part III (Penelope Spheeris, 1998)
The Hours and Times (Christopher Munch, 1991)
The Lavender Hill Mob (Charles Crichton, 1951)
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (Alberto Cavalcanti, 1947)
The Maids (Christopher Miles, 1975)
The Man in the White Suit (Alexander Mackendrick, 1951)
The Plague Dogs (Martin Rosen, 1982)
The Tales of Beatrix Potter (Reginald Mills, 1971)
The Wicker Man (Robin Hardy, 1973)
Tropical Malady (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2004)
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2010)
Yeelen (Souleymane Cissé, 1987)

Ugh. Too much pressure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf7v1iWc4tk

watched girlfriends, elevator to the gallows, and the wicker man (rewatch) this weekend, all great

> elevator to the gallows

in england we call this 'Lift To The Scaffold'.