Is it possible to have a classic movie in the age of streaming?

Hands-up - how many of you watched The Irishman on Netflix? And how many of you saw it through to the end?

Every week there are new movies being released on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, and other streaming platforms. Expensive, multi-million dollar films. Some of them edging towards $100 million. But how many of them are capturing the attention of the culture? Do we even know they're being watched?

Charles Bramesco at Polygon takes a deep dive into t…