Cannes 2018
VOD film review: The Image Book
December 2, 2018 | Martyn ConterioGodard’s latest video essay is an acquired taste, but is insightful, intriguing and always watchable.Read More
Where you can see MUBI’s The Image Book in UK cinemas
November 26, 2018 | David FarnorJean-Luc Godard is coming back to the big screen this December, as MUBI releases the director’s latest film, The Image Book.
A kaleidoscopic film essay examining the role of cinema in world history in a characteristically bold and innovative way, … Read More
VOD film review: Cold War
August 31, 2018 | Martyn ConterioThis soulful love story set in the years after WWII is another artistic triumph for Pawel Pawlikowski.Read More
Trailer: Netflix’s Next Gen arrives this September
August 16, 2018 | David FarnorNetflix’s latest original animation, Next Gen, will arrive this September, and a new trailer gives us a first look at the film.
The action-adventure, which Netflix snapped up at Cannes this year, explores the bittersweet power of memories. It tells … Read More
Netflix acquires Cannes winners Happy As Lazzaro and Girl
May 20, 2018 | David FarnorNetflix may not have been at Cannes this year, but the streaming giant was out in force on the closing weekend of the French film festival, snapping up the rights to not just one award winner but two.
Happy as … Read More
Cannes 2018 Reviews: Everybody Knows, Ash Is Purest White, The House That Jack Built, The Dead and the Others, The Gentle Indifference of the World
May 18, 2018 | Martyn ConterioThe 71st Cannes Film Festival may have lacked the big guns of previous years, but the official selection has been consistently strong, whether In Competition, the Un Certain Regard sidebar or Out of Competition. With Netflix trying to snap up … Read More
VOD film review: Fahrenheit 451 (HBO)
May 16, 2018 | Martyn ConterioRamin Bahrani’s HBO-backed adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s dystopian novel is a disappointingly damp squib.Read More
Amazon’s Cold War joins Cannes 2018 line-up, as Netflix sits out
April 12, 2018 | David FarnorThe films set to premiere at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival have been unveiled, and Amazon’s Cold War is part of the line-up.
The movie, which is directed by Oscar-winning director Pawel Pawlikowski, will chart a romance across Poland, Berlin, … Read More
Netflix confirms it will not be at Cannes 2018
April 12, 2018 | David FarnorNetflix has confirmed that it will not be at Cannes 2018, after the festival refused to play the streaming giant’s films in competition at the event.
Netflix made a big splash as the French event last year, screening both Bong … Read More