While I’m going on about films, I’d be crazy not to mention Ironweed Film Club. This is a monthly service, a bit similar to Film Movement (except they’ll actually deliver to Canada!), but the films are mostly documentaries with a progressive viewpoint. The price is US$14.95/month, and all the films I’ve received so far have been excellent and thought-provoking. Here are some of the films they’ve featured over the past few months:
- April 2006: Street Fight
- May 2006: The Education of Shelby Knox
- June 2006: Private
- July 2006: Shakespeare Behind Bars
- August 2006: Genesis
- September 2006: American Blackout
The way I discovered them was while searching for a DVD of “The Education of Shelby Knox,” an amazing documentary I saw at Hot Docs in 2005. Another bonus is that even when some of these films are available on DVD elsewhere, Ironweed’s are almost always cheaper and often include bonus films.
FULL DISCLOSURE: If you click the Ironweed link above and sign up with them, I get a free month. But my desire to get lots of free months should tell you how much I really value a service like this. Please sign up!
So for $14.95/month they send you a DVD to keep? And they select what DVD you are essentially buying each month?
Have you had any films you thought weren’t very good? Sounds a lot like going to TIFF but all year round.
Yeah, they pick. It’s actually a lot like Doc Soup. So far so good. I think it’s a cool idea.
Has anyone been tracking the Ironweed Films lately?
Stella