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# How to Stream Movies at Home and Support Local Theaters During Pandemic
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/kino-marquee/
- Published: 2020-03-30T17:43:24.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T15:43:14.000Z
- Description: Kino Now partnered with over 150 theaters in the US to launch a virtual marquee.
- Author: Dan Schindel
- Tags: Film, COVID-19, Film Forum, movie theaters, Review, Streaming, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:41 (2019, 2020, part 2)

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From Bacurau (courtesy New York Film Festival)

In just a few weeks, mass forced isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic has drastically upended our entertainment options. Streaming services, for instance, have seen [a boom](https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/03/27/covid-19-is-a-short-term-boon-to-streaming-services?ref=hyperallergic.com). Various film festivals have [moved online](https://hyperallergic.com/film-festivals-go-online-covid/). With movie theaters across the country closed, various efforts have been put in to help such establishments and their employees. The independent repertory theater [Light Industry](http://www.lightindustry.org/?ref=hyperallergic.com) has organized [a successful GoFundMe](https://www.gofundme.com/f/cinema-worker-solidarity-fund?ref=hyperallergic.com) for workers at shuttered cinemas, for example. And recently, distribution company [Kino Lorber](https://www.kinolorber.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com) began using its streaming service, Kino Now, as a platform for various theaters as part of a new program called [Kino Marquee](https://www.kinolorber.com/news/article/id/76?ref=hyperallergic.com).

The initiative has partnered with over 150 theaters around the country. Its first major title is the gonzo Brazilian sci-fi western [*Bacurau*](https://www.kinolorber.com/film/bacurau?ref=hyperallergic.com). By choosing to stream the film via one of the partner theaters, a portion of the proceeds from your “ticket” will go to that theater, allowing people to support their local establishments from home. It’s a middle ground between using subscription services and putting recent releases that were meant to come out in theaters instead [straight to VOD with higher price tags](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/focus-features-never-rarely-sometimes-gets-early-vod-release-1287070?ref=hyperallergic.com). Currently, Ken Loach’s festival favorite [*Sorry We Missed You*](https://kinonow.com/sorry-we-missed-you-film-forum?ref=hyperallergic.com)is also available through the program, in partnership with Film Forum and other theaters. Kino Lorber is hoping to include more releases in the series, for however long this crisis lasts.