nowhere else will you find gordon ramsay’s kitchen nightmares and half my letterboxd watchlist on one platform….feels like im flipping channels on cable tv again
if this was the only streaming service I had i would be satisfied (although mubi seems like fun). right now I’m using it to watch all of yasujiro ozu’s work, which is real neat. plus it’s got stuff like “the cat from outer space.” really something for everyone!
Before this crisis, we had another one: the global pandemic. If you recall, everything shut down pretty much everywhere…which gave a few film lovers the chance to become film programmers. Using under-the-radar streaming services (like Twitch, but dodgier), several collectives started running daily movie streams. It was a refreshing alternative to going on Netflix/Hulu/Criteria and weighing the options for an hour. Instead of having to pick a movie, you just go to the URL and feast your eyes on the stream. The one I was most obsessed with was Cinephobe, but Cathode Cinema, Moviepassed and SpectacleNYC all gave me much-needed joy, as depression, despair and death colonized human consciousness. A few major discoveries were Golden Mouth, Brimstone and Treacle, Play Dirty and Scalpel. These programmers earn my gratitude and admiration. I think Cathode is the only one still going strong and I highly recommend you check it out.