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  • Here is Criterion's announcement

    We started the Criterion newsletter and blog more than ten years ago with the promise to keep you up-to-date about new releases and any exciting goings-on around here. Today, we're excited to share the latest news about the launch of FilmStruck and the Criterion Channel, which we think is truly a game changer for us, for our fans, and for all people who enjoy great films.

    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 an incredible team like the one 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.

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    • Wonder if this will be available in Canada?

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      • Right now it is US only.

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        • Strictly speaking for myself, they get enough of my money already. Especially this year.
          "His lives inside of his own heart. That's an awful big place to live in."
          -Billy Bob Thornton, 'Sling Blade' (1996)

          "Some roads you shouldn't go down."
          -Billy Bob Thornton, 'Fargo' (2014)

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          • Originally posted by Derrick King View Post
            Right now it is US only.
            Sigh. It'll probably stay that way.

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            • Originally posted by Mark Tolch View Post
              Sigh. It'll probably stay that way.
              Yeah, they say that they are looking at expanding into other countries. It seems that making it available in Canada shouldn't be too difficult, as Criterion (and, I imagine, the other companies on FilmStruck) have, with some exceptions (Scanners and The Brood come to mind,) the rights to both Canada and the US, but who knows.

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              • Used to love T M when we had cable, I was hoping for the best.

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                • If you canooks want it bad enough & are willing to pay for it, you can just bypass it the same way with Hulu when they began cracking down on proxies. Just use a VPN with a dedicated US IP address. A $130 plus a year for this is too rich for my blood. If they offered a la carte pricing or a day pass, i might consider it.

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                  • Hulu requires a US credit card billing address as well...you can buy credits online, but you pay for that service. Add a VPN , and it can start getting pricey.

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                    • Originally posted by Mark Tolch View Post
                      Hulu requires a US credit card billing address as well...you can buy credits online, but you pay for that service. Add a VPN , and it can start getting pricey.
                      and don't forget that our douchebag Prime Minister wants to outlaw foreign VPN use!

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                      • And if he stops with selfies, he might do it!

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                        • Not that this means anything (although I hope it does and Criterion is actually working on Night of the Living Dead), George Romero was at the FilmStruck launch party last night

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                          • Please let you be right.
                            "His lives inside of his own heart. That's an awful big place to live in."
                            -Billy Bob Thornton, 'Sling Blade' (1996)

                            "Some roads you shouldn't go down."
                            -Billy Bob Thornton, 'Fargo' (2014)

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                            • Yes, we need a definite edition of this monolith of American horror.

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