Why choose this option: If you want to see some of the films that would normally be playing in theaters right now, this is the way to go. Think of watching each one as the equivalent of going to a box office and buying a ticket. Where to find them: Any major service that sells movies à la carte - Amazon, Google Play, iTunes, your cable package - should have these, although they aren’t included in any subscriptions. Recent titles worth seeing: “Never Rarely Sometimes Always,” a drama about a teenager seeking an abortion - Manohla Dargis described the film as “a low-key knockout” in her New York Times review - or “The Invisible Man,” a remake starring Elisabeth Moss that Dargis called “a creepy-scary overhaul with an unsettling #MeToo spin.” And in many cases, the movies are the ones those theaters would be screening now. Those services work the same way as TVOD rentals, except that part of each admission price supports a real-life cinema of your choosing. Virtual cinemas are a newer, related option, set up to benefit theaters - art houses in particular - that the pandemic has shuttered. (That said, changing rights issues over time mean that unlike with physical media, movies you have bought might not always be there to grab off your virtual shelf.) The selection tends to be broader, and purchases theoretically last forever. Transactional video on demand, or TVOD, means paying for movies individually, either to rent for a limited time or to buy. Subscription Video on Demand, or SVOD, refers to a streaming service like Netflix or the free titles offered through your cable package, for instance a monthly charge buys you unlimited viewings of select titles. Distributors are only releasing a handful of titles, and the kind of film you’re interested in - mainstream, art house, revival - affects where you ought to look.įirst, video on demand is a blanket term.
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If you thought choosing a film at the multiplex was difficult, finding that same new movie in the current hodgepodge is potentially paralyzing. With most movie theaters closed for the foreseeable future, new releases have migrated to virtual cinemas or to video on demand.
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