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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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[–] remon@ani.social 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The "new uploads" section of several torrent sites.

[–] 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.
[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

I keep loosely-categorized lists of movies and shows to watch. Whenever someone I know, or someone on a Lemmy thread, mentions a show or movie they like, I look it up. If it looks cool, I add it to the list.

Granted I'm not a huge TV or movie person, but for me this list grows faster than I can watch it.

[–] alyaza@beehaw.org 4 points 1 month ago

in terms of outlets: my go-tos right now are Vulture and IndieWire respectively; i don't keep up too much with entertainment though so YMMV

[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

At this point:

[–] Butterbee@beehaw.org 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There's a few movie collectors I follow on youtube and I consider their recommendations and reviews of bluray discs. I've also picked up at least one movie from someone talking about it during one of those wired 'tech' support videos. Following a hashtag like cinemastodon or something can also get you some organic recommendations.

[–] ErsatzCoalButter@beehaw.org 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Butterbee@beehaw.org 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

https://www.youtube.com/@ElliotCoen for reviews of discs and boutique media, sometimes I want to watch stuff I see Corridor Crew talk about, or cinemastix. Edit: I'm very interested if anyone knows of any women out there doing film reviews or discussions. It's mostly dudes out there.