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Belated notification for the 1% of us who use the Criterion Channel app on the Xbox: a few months back they finally enabled English subtitles for English movies! This week I caught up with two brilliant films: Smooth Talk (harrowing) and The Arbor (grueling). I recommend both highly, but...

I just heard back from their customer support. They informed me they had just rolled out a server side fix for this issue, and right now it's working for me again (!). I am using a Chromecast Ultra with Android 9 (Kernel 4). They also provided a list of "tips" for people who still don't have...

Chromecast support is broken again. The app wasn't updated as far as I can tell, and the cast icon is still there, but many people on forums (including myself) can no longer stream movies. After connecting and tapping play, the movie appears to load for a second on the TV, but then the app...

My charter membership is partly a vote of confidence in the idea of The Criterion Channel - and what it could (should) be, given enough time and tinkering. Ideally everything would be smooth out of the gate, but many streaming services don’t hit the ground running. As I’ve mentioned elsewhere...

Possibly good news for those of you with Chromecast. The Android and iOS versions of the Criterion Channel app have been updated to support casting (for real this time, not the browser-cast loophole). The only caveat is that some earlier devices may not support Vimeo's DRM schema. I can confirm...

They updated the Android app today and removed the cast button from videos. Yikes. Pretty disappointing. Yes, it's a launch, but the support staff has been dismissive about a large quantity of their subscribers unable to stream on mainstream devices, or about how the app is missing basic...

PSA: The Criterion Channel does NOT support Chromecast. What a bummer! The app's support staff (in the Android store) have insinuated it's a legal issue over which they have no control, but I think it's a technical issue related to the DRM technology they're using to stream the content...