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How Roger Ebert Finds Movies Online
Movie reviewer Roger Ebert shares his process for finding movies online in a rant about Facebook on his blog.
When I want to see a movie, I check first to see if I can Instant Stream it on Netflix, and if not, stream it via Amazon for $2.99. There are other good online delivery platforms. Mubi.com calls itself an “online art theater,” and specializes in indie, foreign, classic and festival films. Asia Pacific Films.com streams an enormous variety of films from the Pacific Rim that are not available anywhere else; for example, it currently lists 199 films from South Korea, whose film industry has been so fertile in the last 20 years. Fandor.com streams indie, offbeat and non-mainstream films, and has Facebook plans. Hulu.com matches Netflix at $7.99 a month, and has a ton of TV but seems weaker on films. It also arrives on your TV through Roku and game devices. All of these sites have active communities.
Numéro Nº37, ”Doux Comme Un Agneau”, Natalia Vodianova photographed by Jean Baptiste Mondio, 2002
I’ve been blogged about! I’m getting the Web 2.0 shivers here. Social media is real after all!
I’ve been featured on Cover Me as one of this week’s best covers on Bandcamp, for my cover of On Melancholy Hill by The Gorillaz. Needless to say, I’m pretty stoked.
Watch this space to see me rocket into the stratosphere of web hype!