You're paying for Netflix. Probably Hulu. Maybe Max, Disney+, and something else you forgot to cancel.
You have a library card in your wallet that gets you a completely free streaming service with better films than any of them. You've had it the whole time.
Kanopy is a streaming platform funded by public libraries — sign in with your library card, and you get access to thousands of films at no cost. No credit card. No free trial that converts to a subscription. No ads. Just films.
The catalog is extraordinary. Criterion Collection films. Classic cinema. Independent and art house features. International films with subtitles. Award-winning documentaries. The kind of library that film schools use, because many of them do.
You won't find the latest Marvel movie on Kanopy. That's not the point. You'll find *Tokyo Story*. *Bicycle Thieves*. *Moonlight*. *Grey Gardens*. Films that changed what movies can be, available free because a librarian somewhere decided that access to great cinema is part of what public libraries are for.
Go to kanopy.com, type in your library system, sign in with your card.
If your library participates — and most do — you've had a free Criterion streaming service in your pocket this whole time.
Go find out what you've been missing.