The Movie Filter by Jeff Roedel – Testing my Netflix mood

All apologies to my fellow cinephiles but I have to admit that, over the two months, I have lost complete track of my Netflix queue. The last few red-enveloped deliveries have been complete surprises to me. The Criterion version of David Bowie’s 1976 head scratcher The Man Who Fell to Earth? When exactly did I add that? Last Friday, I was unknowingly hit with a double-whammy of death-obsessed dramas: the cancer-stricken 50/50 and the funeral-fixated indie love story Restless. Why is Netflix trying so hard to cheer me down? Read more…