We have just a few video rental stores, but we ALSO have a "video archive" bar that has a secret speakeasy door: [link]

we ALSO have a "video archive" bar that has a secret speakeasy door

That place looks amazing. I wanna visit just for the cocktails alone!

msbelle, it might also be useful to see if Netflix carries any of the older films you're interested in but couldn't find in their "DVD rental only" selection, which is (or at least used to be) much bigger than their streaming selection. If they do, you can maybe subscribe to the DVD rental service on top of the streaming for a limited period of time during your project? Just a thought.

I've checked my full list against kanopy, hoopla, Netflix, and my library. I need to do amazon prime. If I am going to pay to see them I will pay a local business like Family Video or Movie Trading Company to rent the DVDs . Shockingly for the TX burbs, we have 3 such movie rental places

Looks like movie trading co has locations in Tx, ok, mo, ks, co, nm, ut, ark Family video in Tx, ok, ks, mo, mn, ia, wi, mi, il, in, oh, pa, sc, ky, ny

I may see if any of the other local libraries have the ones I need. My parents belong to a different library and I bet I could find members at the other 2 nearby.

Amazon Prime is really the best of the main streaming services for classics. Since my free Family & Friends Prime doesn't come with streaming and I have to pay per movie, I only use them as a last resort when the library doesn't have something. (Or when the Math Greek decides we NEED to watch a specific thing right then and not something freely available on the multitude of streaming options we have combined.) My library system is huge and has most things but Amazon definitely fills in the gaps when I do various classic film projects.

I need to utilize the collection at my local library more, especially since I work like 3 blocks away from the main campus library.

I'm also pretty weak in the 1960s and 1970s so I would definitely be interested in taking on those decades whenever you do.

I checked out the Best Picture nominees in those decades and while I've seen a decent amount of stuff from the 60's, I really fall down hard on the 70's films, which have always been a big blind spot. Barely seen half of the nominated films, including some of the all-time classics. (Taxi Driver, I am looking at you.) (Yes, you may take away my 'film fan' card right now)

I'm just not that into watching movies at home, so I saw Taxi Driver for the first time a few years ago when they re-released it into theaters, and guess what? It's pretty good!

That's what they are saying!

I've seen snippets of it, like that scene of Robert De Niro in front of the mirror, and clips with him with young Jodie Foster, but never the whole thing. 70's Martin Scorsese in general -- it's possible I've seen none of it? Uhm. I mean, my favourite Scorsese movie is Age of Innocence, which probably says a lot.

But yeah, I'm totally gonna catch up with that movie this year! I thought Paul Schrader's First Reformed was great (justice for Ethan Hawke! *fist pump*) and it's gotten a lot of comparison to Taxi Driver.

I only saw The Godfather trilogy a couple of months ago. (My verdict: Eh.)

I only saw The Godfather trilogy a couple of months ago. (My verdict: Eh.)

I still have never seen the third one. I like the first two well enough but Taxi Driver was part of my Great Unseen project and I found it repellent. Like, I could admire some of the filmic qualities, but the misogyny and racism was just too brutal. Scorsese is one of those filmmakers I want to like way more than I actually do when I watch his films and see the subjects he decides to shine a light on. YSMV.