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Trailer: Club de Cuervos returns for fourth and final season
January 21, 2019 | David FarnorNetflix’s first Spanish-language original series, created by Gaz Alazraki and Mike Lam, is a comedy set in the world of futbol. If follows a brother and sister battling high expectations and each other, after inheriting a soccer team when the … Read More
Melanie Marnich signs overall deal with Amazon and joins The Expatriates
January 21, 2019 | David FarnorAmazon Studios has inked an overall deal with Melanie Marnich.
The award-winning playwright, who jumped to television with HBO’s Big Love, has racked up an impressive list of shows on her CV. Marnich has been a co-executive producer on The … Read More
American Gods unveils new trailer for Season 2
January 21, 2019 | David Farnor“When people first came to America, they brought us with them…” That’s the sound of Mr. Wednesday (Ian McShane) rallying the troops in Season 2 of American Gods, as a war continues to brew.
The series, based on Neil Gaiman’s … Read More
Twitter renews Buzzfeed’s AM to DM series
January 20, 2019 | David FarnorTwitter has given a second second season order to the social network’s morning talk show, AM to DM.
The series, which launched in 2017, brought together Twitter and the online media giant, with an hour-long weekday news show targeted at … Read More
Curzon Home Cinema to stream 2019 BAFTA Short Film nominees
January 20, 2019 | David FarnorCurzon Home Cinema and the BAFTAs are once again teaming up to stream the BAFTA Short nominees this year.
Short films are perhaps the most overlooked part of the awards season, and unfairly so, as they frequently offer a new … Read More
You watched by 40 million Netflix users in a month
January 19, 2019 | David FarnorYou is on course to be watched by 40 million Netflix users in its first month, the streaming giant has revealed.
The psychological thriller, from executive producers/writers Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble, is based on Caroline Kepnes’ best-selling novel of … Read More
Disabled Britain on Film: BFI Player launches groundbreaking free collection
January 19, 2019 | David FarnorBFI Player has released a groundbreaking new collection charting the representation of disabled people on screen over the last 100 years.
Disabled Britain on Film contains over 170 films from across the UK, comprising a history of disabled people’s everyday … Read More
The Weekly MUBI Digest | 19th January 2019
January 19, 2019 | David FarnorMUBI joins in with MyFrenchFilmFestival once again this year, with a trio of titles that includes a thriller starring Vincent Cassel and a comedy from Rubber director Quintin Dupieux. Along with the latest new filmmakers from across the Channel, MUBI … Read More
MyFrenchFilmFestival launches 2019 line-up
January 19, 2019 | David FarnorMyFrenchFilmFestival is back for its ninth year, and the 2019 line-up is now available to stream around the world. The world’s first online French-language film festival, which brings 28 movies to international living rooms across 50 partnering platforms, had a … Read More
Trailer: Outlander Season 5 premieres this February
January 19, 2019 | David FarnorOutlander will officially return to UK TV for a fifth season this February.
The time-travelling drama, based on Diana Gabaldon’s best-selling book series, follows the story of Claire Randall (Caitriona Balfe), a married WW11 combat nurse from 1945 who mysteriously … Read More