The MUBI Weekly Digest | 14th September 2019

MUBI bids farewell to summer with the intensely gripping Plein Soleil, based on Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr. Ripley, and follows it up with a plunge to Terence Davies’ Deep Blue Sea. They kick off a week that continues MUBI’s … Read More

Avengers sales surge as Endgame stays top of UK Film Chart

Avengers: Endgame claims a third week at Number 1 on the UK’s Official Film Chart, landing just short of half a million sales in one week, thanks to its release on physical formats – it shifted a massive 494,000 total … Read More

YouTube scraps private messages

YouTube is scrapping its private messaging service to focus more on public sharing.

First introduced in 2017, YouTube Messages allowed users to share videos or short messages with each other, and even a group of up to 30 users. The … Read More

Birders: New documentary flies on to Netflix this September

Bird lovers will flock together this September to watch a new documentary from Netflix, Birders.

The film explores the migration of a diverse number of birds who successfully traverse the US-Mexico border each year, and the bird lovers on both … Read More

Trailer: Leavenworth to premiere on STARZPLAY this October

True crime documentary Leavenworth, exec-produced by Steven Soderbergh, will be released in the UK this October by STARZPLAY.

The STARZ Original five-part docu-series, which has its world premiere at Tribeca TV Festival this Sunday, tells the story of Clint Lorance, … Read More

Netflix inks overall deal with Kuku Studios

Kuku Studios, set up by a team of former Pixar creatives, has inked an overall deal with Netflix.

The multi-year agree,ment will see its key members – Alex Woo, Stanley Moore, Tim Hahn, and Erik Benson – exclusively produce animated … Read More

Matt Reeves to adapt Way station for Netflix

Matt Reeves’ 6th & Idaho has snapped up the rights to adapt Way Station for Netflix.

The Cloverfield director’s production company has a first look deal in place with the streaming giant, with Animal Farm, Button Moon, Idol and Recursion … Read More

Trailer: YouTube Impulse returns for Season 2 this October

YouTube Original series Impulse returns for a second season this October, and a new trailer gives us a glimpse of what’s in store.

The series saw Jumper director Doug Liman dive back into the series of novels upon which the … Read More

His Dark Materials gets November air date

BBC One’s His Dark Materials finally has a release date – and it’s one that’s sooner than you think.

Jack Thorne’s adaptation of Philip Pullman’s series of novels tells the story of Lyra, the young protagonist who lives in Jordan … Read More

Trailer: Modern Love arrives on Amazon this October

Amazon is in the mood for Modern Love this October, and a new trailer gives us a fresh look at the series.

Inspired by the popular New York Times column of the same name, the series is created by Once … Read More