originally published on The Huffington Post

The era of collecting movies may finally be on the wane. Eminent film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum has the centerpiece article in this summer’s Cineaste Magazine, which is dedicated to the video formats of DVD and Blu-ray. It’s not the old debate of whether home video will replace the cinema–it’s an auxiliary point. In what ways have these technologies brought cinephilia new life?

Well, not half the ways that streaming video will, if sites like Netflix and MUBI have their way. The cinematheque of the future is online. » More «