FrightFest 2020: 10 films to stream

This week sees FrightFest go online for the first time, as one of the UK’s biggest horror film festivals takes to the web for a digital edition. From 27th to 31st August, the festival will stream 25 films – including … Read More

Netflix apologies for inappropriate campaign for Cuties

Netflix has apologised for what it has called an “inappropriate” marketing campaign for its new film Cuties.

The film – called Mignonnes in French – is the feature debut from director Maïmouwon who picked up a César award in 2017 … Read More

Beast, Charlotte Gray, Shallow Grave head to BritBox UK in Film4 collection

BritBox UK is launching a new collection of 25 Film4 titles this September.

The collection, which includes Trainspotting, Charlotte Gray and The Hatton Garden Job, will be available on the service from 17th September. The selection has been curated to … Read More

Netflix nabs coming-of-age movie Desert Dolphin

Netflix has acquired the global rights to Desert Dolphin, a coming-of-age story about a teen girl in rural India.

Prerna comes of age when she’s introduced to the sport of skateboarding. As a result, she has to fight the odds … Read More

Romantics Anonymous: Bristol Old Vic Theatre play launches online streaming tour

As theatres across the UK begin to work out how to reopen during the coronavirus pandemic, the Bristol Old Vic Theatre is going on tour – virtually.

Romantics Anonymous, directed by Emma Rice (Malory Towers, Wise Children, Tristan & Yseult), … Read More

Unsolved Mysteries returns for Volume 2 this October

Unsolved Mysteries will return to Netflix this October.

Presented by Raymond Burr, Karl Malden, and Robert Stack, the true crime docuseries aired back in the 1980s on NBC, before moving to CBS. It ran for 11 seasons and 260 episodes … Read More

MUBI Weekly Digest | 22nd August 2020

MUBI is building up to the exclusive release of Xavier Dolan’s new film at the end of August, but there’s more to the week than that, with one of Almodóvar’s best films continuing the director’s retrospective.

And, of course, there’s … Read More

Netflix cancels The Society and I Am Not Okay with This

Netflix has cancelled two of its high-profile young adult series, The Society and I Am Not Okay with This.

The Society, which is inspired by The Lord of the Flies, follows a group of teenagers who are mysteriously transported to … Read More

Shudder snaps up Lucky, Slaxx and Hunted from Fantasia

Shudder has snapped up a trio of female-led horrors from Fantasia Film Festival.

The Canadian event, which is unfolding online this year during the coronavirus pandemic, is running into September with a series of streaming premieres geo-locked for viewers in … Read More

Virgin’s V Festival heads to ITV2

ITV2 will bring the V Festival to the UK this weekend, with a three-part special.

Hosted by Maya Jama and Joel Dommett, the festival will comprise three one-hour episodes that feature Anne Marie, Olly Murs and Dizzee Rascal as headliners, … Read More