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How to discover new movies and shows without streaming services? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 month ago by ErsatzCoalButter@beehaw.org to c/entertainment@beehaw.org

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If you are cool like me, you have probably cancelled all mega-corp owned streaming services. While it is really nice managing my own media library like an adult instead of letting corpos decide arbitrarily what I can watch on a given day, that does mean I no longer have their input on new content. So I can obviously pick up on what shows and movies are hugely popular, but that's a very small fraction of what gets released and simply non-representative of what is out there waiting.

Since most search engines are rendered useless by AI spam and SEO chasers, you can't exactly just google "best goofball comedies" or you'll just end up with the same 10-15 lousy suggestions on repeat.

Where do you go to discover shows and movies?

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[–] Ignatz@beehaw.org 6 points 1 month ago

            
              Wikipedia: go to Wiki pages for shows and movies that you do like and go down a rabbit hole. You can branch out quickly by finding links to other work from the same studio, same actors, same director, same writer... There are also sometimes related works linked, or links to works that inspired the movie, and pages on general movements/scenes (ex: french new wave, Dogme 95)
Metacritic: Good for checking in on new releases, skews towards major releases (has plenty of "indie" coverage, still big budget but stuff that isn't coming to every theater).
Letterboxd: Follow filmmakers or critics that you like, or just browse the lists they have on there.
Film Festival Programs: Check out what was accepted at Sundance, Toronto FF, Berlin FF, True/False FF, any other FF you may like. Usually a couple years after festival premier until there is distribution, so you should check older schedules from at least 2 years prior.