{"id":1837,"date":"2009-06-05T20:19:44","date_gmt":"2009-06-06T03:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.candlelightstories.com\/?p=1837"},"modified":"2009-06-12T12:50:49","modified_gmt":"2009-06-12T19:50:49","slug":"theauteurscom-offers-international-cinema-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/2009\/06\/05\/theauteurscom-offers-international-cinema-online\/","title":{"rendered":"TheAuteurs.com Offers International Cinema Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1836\" title=\"laventura\" src=\"\/\/www.candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/laventura.jpg\" alt=\"laventura\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/laventura.jpg 400w, https:\/\/candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/laventura-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><em>The Auteurs<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theauteurs.com\">www.theauteurs.com<\/a>) is a site for art film lovers.&nbsp; Their mission is to offer a huge selection of international art films by the world&#8217;s best directors for simple online viewing.&nbsp; Last night I watched an Italian film from 1960 called <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/L%27avventura\"><em>L&#8217;Avventura<\/em><\/a>, directed by<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michelangelo_Antonioni\"> <em>Michelangelo Antonioni<\/em><\/a>.&nbsp; The image quality was excellent and the sound was also very clear.&nbsp; It was one of the best experiences with watching a film online that I&#8217;ve ever had.&nbsp; The image in this post is a reduced screenshot taken while I watched.&nbsp; The film itself is one of the great examples of Italian cinema and is one you will never forget.&nbsp; Apparently, The Auteurs has partnered with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.criterion.com\/\">The Criterion Collection<\/a> to bring many of the best films online.&nbsp; Each month The Criterion Collection selects three or four films to run on the site for free viewing in a sort of revolving festival of great cinema.&nbsp; This is an important connection for The Auteurs because Criterion is probably the very best thing that ever happened to DVDs.&nbsp; Their efforts at finding the very best sources for their films set them far apart from any other DVD producer.&nbsp; If you are serious about international cinema on DVD, you always look for what Criterion has to offer.<\/p>\n<p>The site, which is still in beta, has about 120 films available at this point.&nbsp; Most of these cost $5 for a 7-day viewing period.&nbsp; There are also articles, film reviews, and member forums for discussing films and writing your own reviews.&nbsp; The monthly curated festivals look like a really good idea and seem to be offering a few free films each month.<\/p>\n<p>But the key to success with a film site like this is volume.&nbsp; They must secure the rights to show many more films very quickly.&nbsp; Nothing makes people lose interest in a film site faster than a limited selection.&nbsp; For now, there are many films listed on the site which are not actually available which is somewhat disappointing.&nbsp; The site is trying to give visitors an idea of the kind of films they will offer, but it is a distraction that is unnecessary.&nbsp; Hopefully, the site will use its relationship with Criterion to drastically increase its library which shows great promise.&nbsp; The idea for a site that culls the best of international cinema is an excellent and overdue one.&nbsp; Now it remains to be seen if <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theauteurs.com\">TheAuteurs.com<\/a><\/em> can keep the attention of film lovers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Auteurs (www.theauteurs.com) is a site for art film lovers.&nbsp; Their mission is to offer a huge selection of international art films by the world&#8217;s best directors for simple online viewing.&nbsp; Last night I watched an Italian film from 1960 called L&#8217;Avventura, directed by Michelangelo Antonioni.&nbsp; The image quality was excellent and the sound was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,4],"tags":[455,452],"class_list":["post-1837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-film-comment","category-movies","tag-cinema","tag-criterion-collection"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1837"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1909,"href":"https:\/\/candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1837\/revisions\/1909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}