Elliott Kanbar

A Guide to Streaming Great Films Elliott Kanbar

Advanced technology has produced superb flat screens, many with 4K and ultra-high definition (UHD). Throw in a high-performing sound bar, and you can practically duplicate a theatrical experience right in your own home. "A Guide to Streaming Great Films" will help you navigate the wide-ranging, almost overwhelming new world of streaming films. This guide includes the following helpful information: * How to buy the best TV's, sound bars, media streamers, routers, and modems * The most popular transactional (TVOD), subscription (SVOD), and advertising-based (AVOD) digital platforms. * Where to access free films * Digital platforms offering public domain films * Streaming special interest films * A list of helpful hints * Recommended film series now being streamed * A glossary of digital terms & definitions Elliott Kanbar was president of the QUAD CINEMA, a venerable art house theater in New York, a guest lecturer at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, and a participant at Columbia University's Center for the Arts Program. He is the author of two popular books on film distribution and is currently president of CINEMAflix Distribution in New York.