Filmstruck Struck Down

Sad news arrived in late October for film fans seeking an alternative to the increasingly original content-driven Netflix: the Filmstruck streaming service was being shut down by its new corporate parent, AT&T. Launched in 2016, Filmstruck was created by Turner Classic Movies to address the needs of classic, foreign, and independent film buffs. It was the Criterion Collection’s exclusive U.S. streaming partner, and also hosted titles from Warner Bros., MGM, Oscilloscope Laboratories, and Shout! Factory. At press time, the Criterion Collection hadn’t announced plans for moving its library to a new streaming home base.