11. Popcornflix
Popcornflix is owned by Screen Media Ventures and is said to offer between 700-1000 movies and shows (with plans to add 50 new films per year). Like many of the other sites, your viewing experience will include ads. This particular service tends to focus on independent films, so you will be able to find some movies here that you might not in the services with much larger libraries. Popcornflix features some shows like Women Behind Bars, some Bollywood and Spanish language films, some documentaries (many which focus on music), and a number of independent films that have been recognized with awards. Again, the selection is small at the moment. I did a check of their offerings under "Drama: A to Z" and counted 125 films in this category (as of 18 November 2013). Yes, this is a small selection, but there are some gems to be found and - again - it's free! Popcornflix is available in Canada, the UK., Australia, New Zealand, Germany, and France.
Scott A. Lukas
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Scott A. Lukas has taught anthropology and sociology Lake Tahoe Community College for sixteen years and in 2013 was Visiting Professor of American Studies at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany. He has been recognized with the McGraw-Hill Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching of Anthropology by the American Anthropological Association (2005), the California Hayward Award for Excellence in Education (2003), and a Sierra Arts Foundation Artist Grant Program Award in Literary–Professional (2009). In 2006, he was a nominee to the California Community College Board of Governors. He is the author/editor of The Immersive Worlds Handbook (2012), Theme Park (2008), The Themed Space: Locating Culture, Nature, and Self (2007), Fear, Cultural Anxiety, and Transformation: Horror, Science Fiction, and Fantasy Films Remade, (co-edited with John Marmysz, 2009), Recent Developments in Criminological Theory (co-edited with Stuart Henry, 2009), and Strategies in Teaching Anthropology (2010). His book Theme Park was recently translated into Arabic. He appeared in the documentary The Nature of Existence and has provided interviews for To the Best of Our Knowledge, The Huffington Post UK, The Daily Beast, The Washington Post, and Caravan (India).
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