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This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (29th April 2017)
April 29, 2017 | David FarnorHeard 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 Immoral Tales. … Read More
New releases and coming soon to MUBI UK (29th April 2017)
April 29, 2017 | David FarnorFrom violent Japanese cinema to indie French drama, MUBI closes out April and takes us into May in typically diverse style.
Here’s what’s new, coming soon and leaving soon to the subscription streaming service:
UK TV review: Doctor Who Season 10, Episode 3 (Thin Ice)
April 29, 2017 | Mark HarrisonThere’s an elephant in the room in this Regency-era historical.Read More
What’s coming soon to Shudder UK in May 2017?
April 29, 2017 | David FarnorThe only thing scarier than the fact that it’s already May? The line-up of films coming to Shudder.
This month, the horror subscription service teams up with The Final Girls – a London-based screening series focused on exploring feminist themes … Read More
Netflix UK film review: Casting JonBenet
April 28, 2017 | David FarnorThis true crime documentary deconstructs the true crime trend to mesmerising effect.Read More
VOD film review: Heal the Living
April 28, 2017 | Josh Slater-WilliamsA graceful ode to loss and hope, this is deeply human filmmaking from one of France’s best new talents.Read More
Shudder UK film review: Slugs
April 28, 2017 | Anton BitelCreature feature in which humans prove just as carnal and odd as the mutant slugs killing them.Read More
First look Netflix UK TV review: Las Chicas del Cable
April 28, 2017 | David FarnorIt’s hard to remember a time when telephones were all attached to landlines, fixed, immobile and generally located within ear’s reach of your parents. It’s even harder to remember a time before telephones, when the idea of talking to someone … Read More
Netflix enters China with iQIYI deal
April 28, 2017 | David FarnorNetflix has made its first major step into the Chinese market this week, with a new deal with iQIYI.
The streaming giant expanded its reach worldwide last year, taking its service to almost 200 countries. One, though, has remained tantalisingly … Read More
Interview: Maggie Civantos, Berta Vázquez and Najwa Nimri talk Locked Up Season 2
April 27, 2017 | David FarnorTonight sees the return of Locked Up, a Spanish drama about an all-female prison. On the surface, it sounds like Orange Is the New Black, but Vis a Vis (as it’s known in its home country) has a colour all … Read More