Posts By David Farnor
Mobile video advertising doubles despite YouTube concerns
April 15, 2017 | David FarnorThe amount spent on mobile video advertising has doubled in the last year, despite ongoing debate about inappropriate content on YouTube.
Spend on mobile video ads soared 103 per cent in 2016 to £693 million, according to the latest Internet … Read More
New releases and coming soon to MUBI UK (15th April 2017)
April 15, 2017 | David FarnorAfter kicking off the Easter weekend with Andy Guérif’s 2015 adaptation of the Maestà of Duccio as a tableau vivant, MUBI serves up the next best thing to The Life of Brian: a look back over all of Monty Python’s Flying Circus highlights. Add in Fassbinder, Fellini and a dash of film noir, and it’s a cracking week, indeed.
Here’s what’s new, coming soon and leaving soon to the subscription streaming service:
Amazon and The Roots team up for new kids’ series
April 15, 2017 | David FarnorAmazon and The Roots are teaming up for two new kids’ series.
The hip hop band (comprising Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Kamal Gray, F. Knuckles, Captain Kirk Douglas, Damon Bryson and James Poyser) has won no fewer … Read More
Disney launches Star Wars Forces of Destiny animated web series
April 14, 2017 | David FarnorDisney and Lucasfilm will launch a new web series this summer, featuring iconic heroes from across the Star Wars universe.
Developed by Lucasfilm Animation, Star Wars Forces of Destiny will follow Star Wars canon, showing how choices both big and … Read More
Netflix to compete with Amazon at Cannes 2017
April 13, 2017 | David FarnorNetflix is officially going to Cannes.
After years of being snubbed by the world’s most famous film festival, the streaming giant will be in attendance on the Croisette for the first time in 2017. Two of its original films, … Read More
The Path renewed for Season 3
April 13, 2017 | David FarnorThe Path has been renewed for Season 3.
The drama, which is an original production for US streaming service Hulu, stars Aaron Paul, Michelle Monaghan as three members of a fictional cult, called Meyerism.
Exploring the impact that the secluded … Read More
Watch: London Gay Men’s Chorus introduce Who’s Gonna Love Me Now?
April 13, 2017 | David FarnorThe London Gay Men’s Chorus (LGMC) have recorded a special introduction to Who’s Gonna Love Me Now?, a new documentary a gay Israeli man who flees to London.
Who’s Gonna Love Me Now? is a politically edged exploration of family, … Read More
Guerrilla available to watch online as box set in UK
April 13, 2017 | David FarnorIdris Elba’s new drama, Guerrilla, is getting the box set treatment in the UK.
The show, which stars and is exec-produced by the actor, is a co-production with the USA’s Showtime, and explores one of the most politically explosive times … Read More
New BBC Three series to explore Queer Britain
April 12, 2017 | David FarnorBBC Three is teaming up with YouTuber and journalist Riyadh Khalaf for a new series exploring Queer Britain.
The six-part weekly series aims to get under the skin of queer culture and shine a light on the challenges faced by … Read More
Trailer: Taylor Schilling gets kidnapped in new Netflix comedy
April 12, 2017 | David FarnorOrange Is the New Black may be about to return, but Taylor Schilling has already got her next Netflix project lined up. The actress will be kidnapped in Take Me, the directorial debut from Pat Healy, which will premiere at … Read More