by Judy Berman
Feb 26, 2018
Cinephiles, rejoice! The streaming service FilmStruck, which specializes in foreign, indie, classic and art-house cinema, just got a whole lot bigger. Thanks to a deal with Warner Bros. Digital Networks, the streaming service, which is developed and managed by Turner Classic Movies and offers films from the Criterion Collection, is adding hundreds more classic titles to its existing library - including a treasure trove of outstanding selections from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
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"Casablanca," "Citizen Kane," "Rebel Without a Cause," "Singin' in the Rain" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" are a few of the classics that have been made available exclusively on FilmStruck. The service has also introduced a monthly feature called TCM Select, which pairs a selection of Warner touchstones with bonus materials, including new introductions by the TCM host Ben Mankiewicz.
The partnership is a result of Warner's decision to shut down its Warner Archives subscription streaming service, which debuted in 2013.
"We were going to go bigger, add more films, and invest in improving the user experience," Craig Hunegs, the president of Warner Bros. Digital Networks, told Variety on Monday. "But after sitting down and looking at it, rather than having two overlapping services going after the same audience, we decided to combine them."