On top of that, they constantly rotate in new films and new collections consisting of some films they own and some films they pay the rights to for a few months - for instance right now there's a great "Color Noir" collection on there made up of some Criterion titles and some films that have never been on the service before. We're talking close to a thousand titles that would take years to get through. The foundation of the channel is built on Criterion's mountain of titles, many of which they and Janus Films own the distribution rights to, so it's a foundation that's unshakable. I say this with no embellishment, it is far and away the best streaming service I have ever had, to the point that it's now an important part of my life in general and not just my watching habits. For many years they were known for their DVD and Blu-Ray releases, and in 2018 launched their streaming service, Criterion Channel. Their purpose is to bring the most exciting and diverse collection of films imaginable to their viewers.
Criterion specializes in a lot of things - art films, films of historical significance, underground films, foreign films, sometimes films the people working there just seem to sorta like, and maybe most importantly, the restoration of old films, many of them previously lost or heavily damaged. These two are very, very consistent.įor many film buffs, the Criterion Collection has no equal, but if you've never heard of it before, Criterion is a distribution company founded in 1984 and has maintained a business partnership with Janus Films, possibly the most important American distribution company of all time, since the very beginning all the way til the present day. But in an age of uncertainty, it's good to have consistency. And a lot of you probably already subscribe to both of these so none of this will be particularly helpful to you. In no way do I think either of these are "replacements" so to speak for something like HBOMax if that gets destroyed beyond recognition in the coming months, this is just intended to draw attention to two very good services that are more niche and a lot of folks still might not know about. In this current age of streaming service turbulence, I just wanted to take a moment to recommend two services that I've been using for a long time now and have delivered nothing but consistent quality.
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