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British Film Institute - online film streaming service

Postby DaveBee » Fri Mar 16, 2018 5:48 pm

The British Film Institute (BFI) have a subscription or rental service for films
Rent the latest releases, subscribe to classics and explore the best from the BFI, national and regional archives
Their subscription catalogue includes collections of: "French classics", "Italian classics", "German classics", "Japanese classics".
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Re: British Film Institute - online film streaming service

Postby Xenops » Fri Mar 16, 2018 6:53 pm

DaveBee wrote:The British Film Institute (BFI) have a subscription or rental service for films
Rent the latest releases, subscribe to classics and explore the best from the BFI, national and regional archives
Their subscription catalogue includes collections of: "French classics", "Italian classics", "German classics", "Japanese classics".


This looks sweet! Do you know if they have subtitles for non-English films?
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Re: British Film Institute - online film streaming service

Postby DaveBee » Fri Mar 16, 2018 8:31 pm

Xenops wrote:
DaveBee wrote:The British Film Institute (BFI) have a subscription or rental service for films
Rent the latest releases, subscribe to classics and explore the best from the BFI, national and regional archives
Their subscription catalogue includes collections of: "French classics", "Italian classics", "German classics", "Japanese classics".


This looks sweet! Do you know if they have subtitles for non-English films?
Breathless says "Language: french with english subtitles"

I'm not sure how big their french catalogue is though. I tried searching for "Le Corbeau" earlier, and they didn't have an entry.
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Re: British Film Institute - online film streaming service

Postby Xenops » Fri Mar 16, 2018 11:26 pm

DaveBee wrote:
Xenops wrote:
DaveBee wrote:The British Film Institute (BFI) have a subscription or rental service for films
Rent the latest releases, subscribe to classics and explore the best from the BFI, national and regional archives
Their subscription catalogue includes collections of: "French classics", "Italian classics", "German classics", "Japanese classics".


This looks sweet! Do you know if they have subtitles for non-English films?
Breathless says "Language: french with english subtitles"

I'm not sure how big their french catalogue is though. I tried searching for "Le Corbeau" earlier, and they didn't have an entry.


But if their French movie selection is bigger than that of Netflix, then that is something to be excited about! I'm annoyed that for older films on Netflix (in any language), you have to pay a separate subscription from the streaming one.
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Re: British Film Institute - online film streaming service

Postby MamaPata » Sat Mar 17, 2018 12:25 am

This is something I've been thinking about getting - regardless of language content. I'd be really interested to know if anyone else has and what their experience has ben like!
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