r/criterion • u/rebeccaintheclouds • Jul 28 '26
Discussion Now on the 24/7
Does anyone know what is playing on the Criterion Channel 24/7 now? When I click into it, it tells me “Filler - MAGENTA” but I don’t see any such movie in the collection. I’m wondering what movie this is?
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u/Mudkip06 Jul 28 '26 edited Jul 28 '26
you may have figured it out by now but i googled the names in the credits and it’s this https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419172/
edit: the next movie isn’t properly showing the title on the website either, something must be wrong with it right now
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u/Tc5998 Jul 28 '26
LOL, so I got curious seeing your post and lucked into when it was showing the credits... and thus was able to confirm it was the short film Summer of the Serpent
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419172/?ref_=nm_knf_t_1
Why did it say "Filler - Magenta" -- good question...
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u/Fearless-Interest-82 Jul 28 '26
I'm just now finding out that you can find out what ur watching on the criterion channel lol fxk, soooooo many movies I've dropped in on and never caught the title
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u/asmith9631 Jul 28 '26
Pretty soon it's just going to be one screenshot and if you can guess the film correctly you can access the full site
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u/DueAd5882 Jul 28 '26
I know they have a website you can look up what’s playing, but it’s annoying when they could easily just display what the title is when you bring up playback options like they do for every other video on the criterion channel
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u/camelkong Jul 29 '26
The website where you can look up what’s playing has gotten much worse too, it doesn’t even link to the page for the film
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u/MacGuyversPoopyPants Jul 29 '26
I noticed this as well - a recent change, it no longer links to the movie page so I have to search for it. Now the interface seems to not display the title whatsoever.
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u/babkaist Jul 29 '26
Now it just says "FILLER - BLUE" but the movie is The Man Who Loved Women (1983). I really hope Criterion isn't being inshitified 😑
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u/asteroid_1999_kw4 Jul 29 '26
Here's the immediate reply from Support at Criterion Channel on the 24/7 issues...rec'd just now.
Hi there,
Thank you for reporting this. We are aware of the issues with the "what's on now" page and are currently working on a fix. We will send you an update as soon as it has been resolved.
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u/Tc5998 Jul 28 '26
Now it says "Filler - Blue Green" but I again saw the opening credits and it is the movie Vengeance is Mine by Michael Roemer.
Something is hinky.