M. Leary

Filmwell Recommends – Streaming in January

Welcome to a new monthly post we will be putting together here at Filmwell. As streaming video and VOD releases have become an essential part of the cinephile diet, keeping an eye on new releases can be a daunting task. In these posts, I hope to separate some of the wheat from the chaff as titles […]

M. Leary

A Few Things The 2014 Emmys Overlooked…

  The Emmy Awards are weird for a few reasons. We know that the nomination and voting process makes any Emmy honor kind of dubious. The award exacerbates the age-old craft vs. popularity issue in mainstream media. It has always been difficult to tell the difference between the comedy and drama categories, as really good TV […]

Jason Morehead

The hidden gems of Netflix and Hulu

One of (few) complaints that I hear levied against streaming services such as Netflix and Hulu is that their selections are too small. I hear this most often in the context of Netflix, which is understandable considering that Netflix’s streaming library contains approximately 20,000 titles compared to the 100,000+ titles available on DVD/Blu-ray. However, as Dave Kehr points out in his recent NY Times piece, “Streaming Video’s Emerging Bounty”, there are plenty of hidden gems in those streaming libraries.

Alissa Wilkinson

Netflix Prepares for the Future

On Twitter, Anne Thompson pointed to an L.A. Times article about Netflix preparing for possible new restrictions by studios that keep rental outlets from being able to rent new DVD releases until several weeks after they go on sale. The studios, of course, hope to boost DVD sales. But Netflix is okay with this: While […]