What to watch

Baseball season ended at the end of last month and the last few years when that happens, I reup Netflix to stream The Crown but that show ended last year. This year I wasn’t quite sure what to do. I started searching around for what streaming service had things on it we wanted to watch and, honestly, there wasn’t anything leaping out at me. What a first world problem, all these services but really not being sure I wanted to subscribe to any of them.

Two days ago we decided to sign up for The Criterion Channel. I’ve been curious about the it for a while and like the emphasis on older movies and classics. I’ve been scouring their library and adding things to a list and we’ve already watched three movies with more on the way. There is such wide variety in the library that I’ve been impressed. Not everything is my cup of tea, but quite a bit of it interests me. I’m watching films I’ve read about or heard about but never seen and actually seeing the classic lines. Last night it was Brando, “I coulda been a contender, I coulda been somebody.”

I’m also excited to watch directors I’ve heard so much about but never watched much of their work such as Billy Wilder; Witness for the Prosecution is fantastic with quite the twist at the end. I’m looking forward to catching up on some Coen Brothers films and it’s Noirvember, so we’ve already started watching those. Peter Lorre in The Face Behind the Mask is where we started but I’ve got more on the list.

I’m not sure how long this will be what we’re into, but it’s been a really good way to escape and watching movies has been a nice change from a longer running series. But don’t worry, we’ve still been watching a bit of baseball, Arizona Fall League just wrapped up and a few games aired, but I fear that may be it for a while.