This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (6th August)

Heard of BFI Player? Well, there’s also BFI Player+, a subscription service that offers an all-you-can-eat selection of hand-picked classics.

Every Friday, Mark Kermode highlights one of the collection’s titles with a video introduction. This week, it’s A Matter of … Read More

VOD film review: Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures

An insight into a boundary-pushing photographer that dares to take sex seriously.Read More

UK TV review: Mr. Robot Season 2, Episode 4

This review contains spoilers. Not caught up with Mr. Robot Season 2 yet? Read our spoiler-free review of Episode 1 and 2.

Stalemate. That’s where we start in Episode 4 of Mr. Robot Season 2.

As is so typical of … Read More

VOD film review: Oranges and Sunshine

A calm, moving debut for Ken Loach Jr, Oranges and Sunshine is simply told and shockingly accurate.Read More

VOD film review: Project Nim

James Marsh’s documentary about a chimp raised by humans is powerful, upsetting, provocative viewing.Read More

UK TV review: The Living and the Dead (spoilers)

Warning: This contains spoilers for the end of The Living and the Dead. For a spoiler-free review of the show, click here.

“You mistook me for a ghost… of my former self.” That’s Nathan Appleby in the final episode of … Read More

VOD film review: Dugma: The Button

“We long for the moment when we blow them up with a car bomb,” says one person in Dugma: The Button. “But first there’s the wedding.”

It’s an absurd sentence to comprehend, which is exactly why Paul Refsdal’s documentary is … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Beat Bugs

Season 2 of Beat Bugs is on Netflix UK from Friday 18th November.

This summer, all you need is… animated insects singing covers of songs by The Beatles? That’s the premise behind Netflix’s new kids series, which lands on Wednesday … Read More

Walter Presents TV review: The Hunter (Le Chasseur)

What is Walter Presents? Click here for everything you need to know about All 4’s new VOD service.

If you like your men dressed in a dark suit, sporting a French accent, and holding a gun, then The Hunter is … Read More

Catch up TV reviews: Wasted, Naked Attraction, Wild Animal Reunions, Shed of the Year

What’s available on-demand on Freeview? Keep up-to-date with our weekly catch-up TV column, including reviews of shows on ITV Hub, new releases on All 4 and a guide to My5.  

(For BBC TV reviews and round-ups, see our … Read More