{"id":29725,"date":"2018-12-03T07:59:34","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T12:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=29725"},"modified":"2018-12-03T18:31:03","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T23:31:03","slug":"holiday-gift-guide-film-movement-subscription-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/03\/holiday-gift-guide-film-movement-subscription-service\/","title":{"rendered":"[Holiday Gift Guide] Film Movement Plus Subscription Service"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Fans of cinema both classic and arthouse are still stinging from the closing of \u201cFilm Struck\u201d a few months ago. If you\u2019re still aching for something completely different from the mainstream, I offer you the alternative of \u201cFilm Movement.\u201d I\u2019ve been cognizant of Film Movement for years now and have always intended to subscribe to the service. \u201cFilm Movement\u201d was established in 2002 as mainly a DVD of the month club that mailed DVD\u2019s to respective subscribers. These days while the DVD Club is still available, \u201cFilm Movement\u201d is more of a subscription service that streams movies to subscribers much in the realm of Netflix, except the movies you\u2019ll find here are nothing like you\u2019ll find in the mainstream.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFilm Movement\u201d is primarily a service for cineastes that love movies that challenge them and are completely outside the box. The service of \u201cFilm Movement\u201d thrives of offering movies that you can\u2019t find almost anywhere, and there are even movies offered up that they\u2019ve distributed themselves. The user interface for \u201cFilm Movement\u201d is quite good, and very easy to navigate and the folks behind the service try to offer something completely unique. Rather than offering up films divided by Horror, or Drama, or TV, there are a ton of niche categories for folks with distinct tastes in forms of cinema that are touch to find.<\/p>\n

It was tough to mine through everything they had to offer, but I imagine anyone willing to spare a few days, you might find a dozen or so films that will keep you binging with delight. Among some of the better categories, there\u2019s a list films touted as New York Times Critics\u2019 Picks. There are also Erotic films, Asian films, LGBTQ films, there\u2019s a whole list of films Directed by Women, as well as Latin American Cinema, and Jewish Cinema. That\u2019s just the tip of the iceberg, as the library for Film Movement is incredibly diverse, original, and often times out of the ordinary. There\u2019s even a short film section for folks that appreciate the medium.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Among some of the favorites I noted in the library, there\u2019s \u201cOnce Were Warriors\u201d a wonderful drama from New Zealand about a dysfunctional family destroyed by domestic abuse. There\u2019s \u201cScarlet Diva,\u201d the fascinating semi-autobiographical drama about the life and career of Asia Argento, and Takeshi Kitano\u2019s 1990 crime drama \u201cBoiling Point,\u201d as well as the 1985 apocalyptic classic \u201cThe Quiet Earth.\u201d I especially enjoyed Jody Kramer\u2019s adorable short film \u201cDon\u2019t Tell Santa You\u2019re Jewish\u201d about a Jewish girl who is terrified her visit to Santa will end in disaster. There are a slew of movies in the library, and subscribers can still visit the Film Movement DVD Shop where members are offered discounts on physical media titles.<\/p>\n

Like many streaming services, there\u2019s a new title every month or so, and this December, Film Movement will premiere \u201cThe Great Silence,\u201d the Klaus Kinski starring classic Spaghetti Western from director Sergio Corbucci’s with a new 2K restoration. There\u2019s also \u201cThe Sissi Collection\u201d a trilogy of period dramas starring Romy Schneider, who plays head strong Sissi, a young girl who travels around the world experiencing drama within her royal family. \u201cFilm Movement\u201d is a great alternative for movie fans bored with the same stock movie titles streaming services offer in the mainstream, and will most definitely provide you with something you\u2019ve likely never seen before.<\/p>\n

“Priced at $5.99 per month with a free 14-day trial, the SVOD subscription service, currently available on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, Android TV, mobile (iOS and Android), and Chromecast, offers consumers immediate access to 250 festival favorite feature films and 100 short films.” <\/em>You Can Subscribe Here Today!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Full Disclosure:<\/strong> We were offered the opportunity to sample the \u201cFilm Movement\u201d streaming service, but the opinions presented here are my own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fans of cinema both classic and arthouse are still stinging from the closing of \u201cFilm Struck\u201d a few months ago. If you\u2019re still aching for something completely different from the mainstream, I offer you the alternative of \u201cFilm Movement.\u201d I\u2019ve been cognizant of Film Movement for years now and have always intended to subscribe to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[111,219,302,367,2141,501],"class_list":["post-29725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collectors-den","tag-arthouse","tag-comedy","tag-drama","tag-foreign","tag-gift-guide","tag-indie-film"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29725"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29737,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29725\/revisions\/29737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}