The Joys of Technology
I should not have to invest in ANOTHER electronic device in order to do my job as a film critic but my laptop is no longer playing Indee screeners without them crashing. Buying an iPad is the only option and that's not really an option right now. It shouldn’t be…not in 2023 when there are several Indee-developed screening platforms available on Apple TV or Roku TV.
Once upon a time, the majority of indie films were sending their screeners out through Vimeo links. Nowadays, the majority of screeners that I receive are almost always Indee. What this means is that I have no choice but to not cover films that I want to see because they’re not able to be viewed through an app. They won’t play on my laptop and when they do play, they almost always buffer too frequently before crashing. That’s not fair to me or the filmmakers I’ve had 90 minute Indee screeners that took 2 to 2 1/2 hours to play in the past and yes, I made note of my viewing frustrations in the review.