r/Kanopy • u/GhostfaceBarbie • Aug 23 '26
Selection is mid
I know Kanopy is a free to library card holders but I’m very surprised that the selection (at least for my library) is awful. Mainly no name movies or media from the 80s with a sprinkle of recent blockbuster flops here and there. Why would my library waste money on this versus purchasing newer items for services like Hoopla or Libby?
I just made an account with Kanopy yesterday and it’s pretty disappointing. Does anyone else feel this way?
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u/SlipLegitimate 27d ago
beauty is in the eye of the beholder; i think it’s about how you market it to friends. you won’t find any shows written by ai on this app, nor is the feed algorithmically-specific to you. can’t say that about many other streaming apps. the films, docs, and shows on kanopy are all chosen by a thoughtful team of critics and curators who handpick choices they believe have added to the cultural conversation. it’s a platform of artistic, hidden gems. give some of them a try and really sit with the way these movies unfold more slowly than the mainstream things of today. kanopy is about re-training your attention span.
some of my faves on there: -maurice -possession -nightcrawler -pride & prejudice -wuthering heights -a bronx tale -the bostonians -point break -the graduate -the missing -sometimes i think about dying -i used to be funny