Saturday, September 30, 2023
2:00pm PT
FREE online presentation
Navigating streaming services can be treacherous. Whether it’s Max removing original content like Minx or the weird unavailability of classic movies like All That Jazz, the dream of unending media libraries that corporate streamers like Netflix have sold us has been a big fat lie. In this discussion based on their Scarecrow column, writers and film nerds Chase Burns and Jas Keimig will talk in-depth about how four movies — Crossroads (2002), The Brave Little Toaster (1987), Super Mario Bros (1993), and Heavenly Creatures (1994) — became unstreamable and why physical media matters.
Chase Burns is an editor, writer, and sometimes a drag queen. He also co-writes Unstreamable and serves on the advisory board for Missing Movies. He used to edit The Stranger. Now he edits The Ticket, an arts and events calendar produced by the Seattle Times. He’s juried a lot of porn for Dan Savage’s HUMP Film Festival.
Jas Keimig is a writer and critic based in Seattle. They previously worked on staff at The Stranger, covering visual art, film, music, and stickers. Their work has also appeared in Crosscut, South Seattle Emerald, Variable West, i-D, Netflix, and The Ticket. They also co-write Unstreamable for Scarecrow Video, a column and screening series highlighting films you can’t find on streaming services. They won a game show once.
