A Hitch flick I haven't seen. Thanks. Free on PLEX

:laughing: Though I never really got Fellini.

I'll check this one out. Criterion Channel, I presume.

Always thought I was more of an Antonioni guy myself, but saw Roma in a theater a few months ago and was blown away by how sharp and funny and original it was. This one is a pretty similar film, every bit as funny and brilliant. I torrented it, right now I don't have to worry about the provider turning off my internet cause of that, I'm temporarily in a safe zone for illegal downloads so I don't have to subscribe to any streaming services.

Wow, I didn't know someone somewhere is actually getting into trouble for torrenting. Do vpns help?

Btw how do they understand you're torrenting and not streaming? The amount of data should be the same.

They don't. Especially if you watch torrents on movie sites like Sflix. That particular one is my backup when I can't find what I want on the myriad streaming sites I frequent. Streaming/ownership rights have forced most of the legit sites to stream the same content anyway, which reminds me -

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one flew over the cuckoo's nest (1975, milos forman)

Legit free streamer on tubi. Haven't seen it since... the 70s. :)

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A hero - Asghar Farhadi (2021)

Another masterpiece from the director of A separation (for which he won an Oscar). Should be subtitled The road to hell is paved with good intentions. 2h of anguish as good but not great people try to wrangle the system and catch a break.

Claudine, starring Diahann Carroll and James Earl Jones. Been listening to the soundtrack lately, which piqued my interest in the film. Such a bittersweet movie with really endearing performances by Carroll and Jones. I was pleased to learn it's in The Criterion Collection.

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Queued. Thanks.

People do get in trouble for torrenting in Canada/US. I was a very prolific piratebay user for years in Canada but nothing happened probably because I was downloading relatively esoteric or at least foreign stuff, not something Disney or whoever might have any stake in. But later when a neighbor in NYC showed me the letter he got for downloading a new season of Rick and Morty (first strike out of three), I got spooked and stopped.

VPN is too advanced for me, and since it isn't free, doesn't it defeat the purpose?

Couldn't say what's the difference between streaming and torrenting, I go to streaming sites mostly to watch soccer.

I got an email once but the general consensus I see online is that whatever company contacts your ISP provider, who does not disclose your identity to that company, and it's the ISP provider who then sends you something threatening but will just throttle your connection if they're contacted again by a company. So you're probably still safe legally unless you're doing something more than just stealing Beauty and the Beast for your own personal use.