Keeping up with films and TV shows that catch my interest is proving to be increasingly more difficult, if not for any other reason than the fact that there are so many these days.

Partially, I believe the reason for this is due to the fact that producing a film and TV show is a lot less difficult and a lot less expensive than what it used to be. At one point, film production was solely concentrated by a handful of companies. Today, we're witnessing an accelerating number of independent film producers hitting up the festivals and taking over the box office charts.

Which isn't to say that producing a film is dirt cheap; it's not. These independent film producers are still putting in quite a bit of money, but it's nowhere near what the cost used to be, and this is largely thanks in part to the technology behind modern film production.