Blockbuster
Kong: Skull Island
2017 · Jordan Vogt-RobertsA war film that wandered onto a monster island.
How a night works
Watch films with the people who love them.
A programmer picks a film
A critic, a video essayist or a repertory programmer picks a film, sets a showtime, and writes notes pinned to moments in the runtime.
You reserve a seat
You reserve a seat on the web and attend in the app. One seat costs $2.99.
You watch on your own TV
At showtime you press play on your own copy of the film, on whatever service you already pay for, and the room starts with you.
During the screening
Like DVD commentary, but live and shared.
The film plays on your TV. Your phone carries everything else: the programmer’s notes, the host’s cues and a room full of people watching the same scene.
Notes that land on the moment
Before the night, the programmer pins Liner Notes to moments in the runtime. Each one reaches your phone as that scene plays.
A host who runs the night
The programmer starts the film, pauses it and calls intermissions for everyone at once.
A room that talks back
Live chat runs beside the notes, and the programmer can put a poll to the room.
Your phone as the remote
Pair the app with your TV and it works like a universal remote. When the host pauses, your TV pauses.
Step away without losing your place
Take a break or sit through an ad. Projector tracks how far behind the room you are, so notes and chat reach you at your own point in the film.
Turn your audience into a night out
You have people who follow your taste and no way to turn that into a live evening with an income. Pick a film, set a showtime and sell seats at $2.99.
Write to the runtime
Pin Liner Notes to film time in your run of show. Each one fires for every viewer at the second you chose.
Rehearse before showtime
Run the whole night against the clock on your own, and fix the note that lands a beat late.
Host it live
Start the film, pause it and call intermissions for everyone at once. Put a poll to the room when the argument starts.
We handle the clock and the room
Projector keeps every viewer in step, ad breaks included, and runs the chat. You never touch a stream or a rights deal.
What’s on
Any film you can stream.
New releases, art house and the classics, on the service you already pay for. If you can stream it, a programmer can host it. Projector never plays the film itself.
Blockbuster
Art house
Titane
2021 · Julia DucournauCannes gave it the Palme d’Or. Come argue about why.
Classic
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
1992 · Francis Ford CoppolaCoppola shot the effects in camera, like it’s 1897.
Example nights, to show the range. None of these screenings are on sale.
Someone whose taste you trust.
A critic, a video essayist, a repertory programmer, a podcaster or a pop-culture personality. You follow them already; now you can spend an evening with them.
Be in the room on opening night.
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