Multimedia
48/60 pts
The Criterion Channel
On-line review · 48/60 pts
A library that happens to be an app
I spent a Tuesday with a 1960s picture instead of a new one. That is the product working.
The Criterion Channel
MINUTECRITIC · Jun 16, 2026
Criterion Channel is the anti-algorithm. You open it and a dead director is the homepage. I watched something I could not have named that morning and felt like a person. That sounds pretentious. It felt like the opposite. It felt like going to a library.
The interface is a little precious. Fine. Precious is better than autoplay. If you already pay for four other apps, cancel one of those and keep this if you will use it.
Worth it if you will actually press play. A badge on your home screen is not a personality.
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