Shudder has a similar passive stream, but they include the title of the film in the little window streaming the movie. The Criterion channel is just a black tile with the C logo. Just hope that they aren't in the middle of The Devils or Cruising when you have company over!

When my son comes home for the weekend from college "Let's watch a movie" becomes a half hour of him scrolling through thousands of thumbnails on various services as I say "wait, that one looks good...what about that one....I've read that was a good one...let me know when you find something...."