MUBI Weekly Digest | 6th March 2021

MUBI releases Gianfranco Rosi’s latest documentary, Notturno, this weekend, with another of his previous works – Below Sea Level – arriving this week. MUBI also begins a retrospective of another distinctive filmmaker, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, starting with his joyful rom-com debut. … Read More

What’s leaving Netflix UK in March 2021?

While people still navigate their way through the coronavirus pandemic and work out when it’s safe to go outdoors, Netflix UK’s sizeable library of movies and TV shows remains a handy resource for keeping entertained indoors.

But before you start … Read More

Operation Varsity Blues: Netflix to explore college admissions scandal

In 2019, a scheme was exposed that revealed the lengths wealthy families would go to for admission into elite colleges. A man named Rick Singer persuaded his wealthy clients to cheat an educational system already designed to benefit the privileged … Read More

Judas and the Black Messiah, The Little Things, Locked Down set for March UK release

Judas and the Black Messiah, The Little Things, Locked Down will all be released online in the UK this March, Warner Bros has confirmed.

Inspired by true events, Judas and the Black Messiah is directed by Shaka King from a … Read More

Trailer: Netflix to find The One this March

What if a DNA test could find your perfect partner? That’s the question asked by The One, Netflix’s new series arriving this March.

Recalling the similar premise behind AMC’s Soulmates, available on Amazon Prime Video, the drama is set five … Read More

Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Oyelowo to star in BBC One’s The Girl Before

Gugu Mbatha-Raw (The Morning Show; Misbehaviour) and David Oyelowo (Selma; Les Misérables) will star in The Girl Before.

The psychological thriller, co-produced by BBC One and HBO Max, is adapted from JP Delaney’ bestselling novel of the same title. Delaney … Read More

Nomadland set for UK release on Disney+ this April

Nomadland will officially be released on UK screens this April, with a digital premiere on Disney+.

The film is based Jessica Bruder’s acclaimed book, adapted by writer and director Chloé Zhao for the screen. It stars Frances McDormand, David Strathairn … Read More

Trailer: Ammonite gets premium VOD UK release this March

Francis Lee’s Ammonite will be getting a premium VOD release later this month.

Starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan the drama takes place in the 1840s, where acclaimed self-taught paleontologist Mary Anning (Winslet) works alone on the wild and brutal … Read More

Asterix heads to Netflix for 3D animated series

Asterix is getting ready to conquer Netflix with a new 3D animated series on the way.

The streamer is partnering Hachette’s Les Editions Albert René to create the first-ever animated limited series based on the timeless classic comics, introducing the … Read More

Trailer: Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer star in Netflix’s Thunder Force

“Don’t touch anything.” Those are the famous last words that begin Thunder Force, Netflix’s superhero comedy starring Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer.

In a world where supervillains are commonplace, the film follows two estranged childhood best friends who reunite after … Read More