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Cinephiles and filmmakers alike have been freaking out since WarnerMedia announced it would beclosing FilmStruck on November 29.

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The Criterion Channel is set to launch in spring 2019, scoopingWarnerMedias FilmStruck facsimileby several months.

The Criterion Collection library will still be available through that service.

This means cineastes only have one lonely winter to endure without classic films.

May they do it stoically and with dramatic lighting, like Ingmar Bergman would want.

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