GreenCine / ˈ ɡ r iː n s iː n / was an online DVD rental service similar to Netflix . Based in San Francisco , California , with its distribution center in the Los Angeles area ( Van Nuys ), it had a collection of over 30,000 titles, as well as over 9,000 video on demand titles. It carried a wide range of anime , rare, and independent studio films, as well as adult films on its sister site, BlueCine. It also dedicated 1% of its profits to support independent filmmaking, using the money to both fund and promote independent films that were distributed through the service. It was one of the first video rental services to offer video on demand and fund its own productions, a decade before Netflix and Amazon .
4-499: On 2 February 2015, GreenCine's Facebook page carried a message that the business had closed. GreenCine also operated the GreenCine Daily blog , which collected links to interviews, articles, podcasts and reviews posted online. This United States retail business article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . GreenCine Daily GreenCine Daily was a film and film criticism news site operated by
8-452: The defunct video rental service GreenCine . The site was originally edited by David Hudson, who developed a format that curated links to articles, reviews, interviews and podcasts . Over the course of Hudson's tenure, the site became one of the centers of the online film community. In 2009, Hudson moved the format to the website of IFC as the "IFC Daily," and later to Mubi as the "Daily Mubi." Between 2009 and 2013, GreenCine Daily
12-512: The film website Mubi , where it became known as the "Daily Mubi." During his tenure, Hudson described the site as "not a blog people come to read about movies; it's a blog people come to find out where to read about movies." Though GreenCine itself is based in San Francisco , Hudson lives in Berlin and published the site from there. Since January 1, 2009, GreenCine Daily was edited by Aaron Hillis,
16-402: Was edited by Aaron Hillis . The site's emphasis was on original content, and it included writings by critics such as Vadim Rizov , Nick Schager and Steve Dollar . The site was originally edited and written by David Hudson, who held in his position until December 31, 2008, after which he moved the format to a similar blog at the website of IFC . Soon afterwards, Hudson moved the format to
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