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Unless you live in or near a fairly large urban center, or some large college towns, you won't find movie theaters showing small films.



On the other hand they are easier than ever to stream.

Legal streaming has more movies than a good video shop had 20 years ago. Less legal distribution has even more.


Why are you blaming Hollywood for the lack of local distribution?

Hollywood made the movies. It's up to the local theater to actually show them. They generally don't because it's not worth the money to do so outside of big cities and college towns.

(Hollywood hasn't controlled the theater industry since 1948, when the courts ruled that studios owning theaters was a violation of antitrust law. See United States v. Paramount.)




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