Our 2013 New York Film Festival (NYFF51) coverage is coming to a close at the end of the week, and it feels good to be unburdened. There’s a big weight about to be lifted from my shoulders, and it opens up a whole lot of free time to watch stuff on Netflix Instant.
The biggies that caught my eye this week are Quentin Dupieux’s Wrong, the remake of Maniac starring Elijah Wood, and the acclaimed the rockumentary A Band Called Death (read our interview with the band as well as our interview with the film’s directors). Also worth noting on Netflix Instant are the dark Filipino film Graceland, the Ozploitation classic Wake In Fright, the Ki-duk Kim’s oogie Pieta, and the “probably just like the rest of that dumb f**king franchise” film Paranormal Activity 4.
After the cut, the things you can watch on the Netflix this week, and a couple more tunes for the road, whatever that road might be. Like Buckaroo Banzai said: “Wherever you go, there you are.”
- The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Treasure
- Arrow: Season 1
- As It Is in Heaven
- A Band Called Death
- Black Sabbath
- Crash & Bernstein: Season 1
- Damages: Season 5
- Deadliest Catch: Season 8
- Death by China
- Dirty Wars
- Fruits Basket
- Fullmetal Alchemist
- God’s Precious Jewels
- Goosebumps: Specials
- Graceland
- Hammer of the Gods
- Happy Tree Friends
- Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
- The Hot Flashes
- The House of the Devil
- I (Almost) Got Away with It: Season 5
- I, Me aur Main
- Ivan the Incredible
- Jessie: Season 2
- The Jungle Book: Season 1
- Kaze No Stigma: Season 1
- Maniac
- Movie 43
- Okami-san and Her Seven Companions: Ssn 1
- One Day on Earth
- Ouran High School Host Club: Season 1
- Paranormal Activity 4
- Paranormal Activity 4: Unrated Edition
- Pieta
- Russell Peters vs. the World: Season 1
- Russell Peters: Notorious
- Say Yes to the Dress: Bridesmaids: Ssn 2
- A Sea Change
- Self Storage
- Stud Life
- Tanked: Season 2
- TWA: Flight 800
- Vile
- Violeta Went to Heaven
- Wake in Fright
- The Whale
- Wild Animal Baby Explorers: Season 1
- Wild Animal Baby Explorers: Season 2
- Will a Man Rob God?
- Winx Club: Season 1
- Winx Club: Season 2
- Wrong
New additions to Netflix Watch Instantly apply only to readers in the United States. For those in other parts of the world, your choices may vary.
Weekly Netflix Now Awards
Most Likely to Be Watched First
Wrong
Most Likely to Be Watched After Something Else is Watched First
Pieta
Honorable Mention: Graceland
Best Obscure Classic That Should Be Better Known
Wake in Fright
Documentary I’m Most Interested In
Dirty Wars
Documentary I’ll Rewatch for Kicks
A Band Called Death
Way Better Than the Maniac Remake
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Not as Good as Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Maniac
aka Valuable Yaweh Balls
God’s Precious Jewels
Of His Precious Jewels, I Assume?
Will a Man Rob God?
You Mean Robbing God of His Valuable Yaweh Balls?
I (Almost) Got Away with It: Season 5
Say Dance to the Pants
Say Yes to the Dress: Bridesmaids: Ssn 2
Wide Release Movie Made to Be Watched via Netflix Instant
Movie 43
Honorable mention: Paranormal Activity 4
Crappy Movie You Probably Won’t Finish Even Though It’s On Netflix Instant
Movie 43
Honorable mention: Paranormal Activity 4
Pretty Nice This Time of Year
As It Is in Heaven
Probably Contains Several Racial Epithets
Paranormal Activity 4: Unrated Edition
Best Title
God’s Precious Jewels
Honorable Mention: Fruits Basket
Bonus: Because inside joke
