Roger Moore: Nobody did it better

Roger Moore is not the best James Bond. He’s not even my Bond: I met Bond in the days of Pierce Brosnan, with a fondness for watching back Sean Connery’s outings on DVD. In 2017, in the days after Roger … Read More

UK TV review: Twin Peaks The Return, Episodes 1 to 4 (spoilers)

This nightmarish, tender return to Twin Peaks is as radical in 2017 as the original series was in 1990 – if not more so.Read More

First look Netflix UK TV review: House of Cards Season 5

A double-edged sword of terror and turmoil opens the political drama’s new season.Read More

Cannes 2017 reviews round-up: Good Time, The Beguiled, Happy End, How to Talk to Girls at Parties, The Double Lover

In Cannes’ 70th year, the world’s pre-eminent film festival has an official selection of hugely promising titles – the kind of titles that streaming services Netflix, Amazon and MUBI will be bidding fiercely to acquire for their own content roster. … Read More

Netflix UK film review: War Machine

Brad Pitt is on brilliant form in this entertaining, if uneven, war satire.Read More

Netflix UK TV review: 13 Reasons Why Season 1 (spoilers)

Season 1 of Netflix’s ambitious teen drama offers a nuanced and poignant look at adolescent life and tragedy.Read More

This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (27th May 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 Brick Lane. … Read More

UK TV review: Doctor Who Season 10, Episode 7 (The Pyramid At The End Of The World)

An exceptionally tense outing from Peter Harness and Steven Moffat.Read More

VOD film: The Other Side of Hope

Moving, beautiful, hilarious filmmaking from the great Finn.Read More

New releases and coming soon to MUBI UK (27th May 2017)

As MUBI’s Cannes Takeover draws to a close with some more classics from the French fest, things continue in classy style with a new season devoted to film noir, as the streaming service takes us from the steamy Gilda to … Read More