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Have A D.C. Library Card? You Can Stream The Criterion Collection And Thousands Of Other Movies
Have A D.C. Library Card? You Can Stream The Criterion Collection And Thousands Of Other Movies
by Rachel Sadon in Arts & Entertainment on Aug 3, 2017 3:48 pm
As is the case in Los Angeles (and soon to be in New York), D.C.'s public library system comes with a pretty cool perk: access to hundreds of movies from the Criterion Collection.
The company has been amassing cinematic masterpieces since 1984, building up a repository that is treasured by film enthusiasts—and often difficult to find on Netflix or other streaming platforms.
The movies are made available to D.C. Public Library cardholders through the Alexander Street publishing platform. Just sign in using your DCPL log-in information, and 400 films—totaling 660 hours of footage—will be instantly available to stream. Settle in by director, filtering by Ingmar Bergman, Akira Kurosawa, Federico Fellino, and other greats. Or give yourself a film education by going through the collections, from "silent films from Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd" up to "art cinema of the 1980s and 1990s." See the slideshow above for some of our picks.
It's not just the Criterion Collection, though. A D.C. library card also gets you access to thousands of movies, TV shows, stand-up specials, documentaries, and children's shows through three other platforms: Access Video, InstantFlix, and OverDrive.
by Rachel Sadon in Arts & Entertainment on Aug 3, 2017 3:48 pm
As is the case in Los Angeles (and soon to be in New York), D.C.'s public library system comes with a pretty cool perk: access to hundreds of movies from the Criterion Collection.
The company has been amassing cinematic masterpieces since 1984, building up a repository that is treasured by film enthusiasts—and often difficult to find on Netflix or other streaming platforms.
The movies are made available to D.C. Public Library cardholders through the Alexander Street publishing platform. Just sign in using your DCPL log-in information, and 400 films—totaling 660 hours of footage—will be instantly available to stream. Settle in by director, filtering by Ingmar Bergman, Akira Kurosawa, Federico Fellino, and other greats. Or give yourself a film education by going through the collections, from "silent films from Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd" up to "art cinema of the 1980s and 1990s." See the slideshow above for some of our picks.
It's not just the Criterion Collection, though. A D.C. library card also gets you access to thousands of movies, TV shows, stand-up specials, documentaries, and children's shows through three other platforms: Access Video, InstantFlix, and OverDrive.
I have a DCPL card. The Alexandria Library has OverDrive.
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