This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (29th April 2017)

Heard 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)

From 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:

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UK TV review: Doctor Who Season 10, Episode 3 (Thin Ice)

There’s an elephant in the room in this Regency-era historical.Read More

What’s coming soon to Shudder UK in May 2017?

The 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

This true crime documentary deconstructs the true crime trend to mesmerising effect.Read More

VOD film review: Heal the Living

A 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

Creature 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

It’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

Netflix 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

Tonight 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