True to the article's point, The Criterion Channel is only available in the US and Canada. Mubi and BFI Player offer a good selection of independent films at a fair price in my country, but that's part of the problem - there's an annoyingly complex matrix of services and regional restrictions.

Rarely does anyone have to ask "where can I listen to that album?", because essentially all of the music streaming services have the rights to essentially all music. "Where can I watch that film?" is still a very real problem.