Katherine Groo, a professor of film and media studies at Lafayette College, wrote an — *ahem*, shall we say problematic — assessment of FilmStruck's demise (titled "FilmStruck wasn’t that good for movies. Don’t mourn its demise"). She believes it to be a good thing that the Criterion streaming service shut down last week. Her reasoning for the anti-FilmStruck analysis stems from the first 100 years of cinema being too patriarchal for her tastes.
Read moreFilmStruck replaced by The Criterion Channel; Free-Standing Streaming Service to Launch Spring 2019
The Criterion Collection will have its own independent streaming platform, named The Criterion Channel. The partnership with WarnerMedia is for a “free-standing streaming service” which is set to launch in the Spring of 2019. Cinephiles rejoice!
Read more‘FilmStruck’: Paul Thomas Anderson, Christopher Nolan, Alfonso Cuaron, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and Many More Sign Petition to Save Streaming Service
50,000 signatures have now been gathered to save FilmStruck. Directors such as Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Paul Thomas Anderson, Christopher Nolan, Sofia Coppola, Alfonso Cuaron, Leonardo DiCaprio, Edgar Wright and many more have tried to appeal to Warner Bros Picture Group chairman Toby Emmerich to save FilmStruck, their argument, and it is right the one, is that it would be a vital loss for film culture.
Read moreSign the petition to save FilmStruck!
A Change.org petition, Created by Kevin Bahr, is aiming to to save the streaming serviceFilmStruck from being obliterated into the high heavens by WarnerMedia. The petition has thus far accumulated 32,000 signatures. The goal is rather simple; show WarnerMedia that FilmStruck is not only of the upmost importance to film culture but that the 'niche' market they claim the streaming service to have is actually a worldwide following consisting of millions of cinephiles.
Read moreAre you F**** kidding me?! AT&T shuts down Filmstruck
The downside of the merger has begun. AT&T is the owner of WarnerMedia, Turner andWarner Bros. Digital Networks, and they've decided to shut down Filmstruck because it isn't a cash cow. I've been a subscriber since late last year and absolutely fell in love with the site, a partnership with Criterion, which has hundreds upon hundreds of hard-to-find classic films. Filmstruck will be axed on November 29th. Variety is reporting that AT&T “is looking to eliminate peripheral projects that aren’t major producers of revenue.” Fuck 'em.
