Amazon attempts to woo Sundance filmmakers with $100k bonus

As the Sundance Film Festival gets underway, the online giants are already out in force to find the next Manchester by the Sea. Both Netflix and Amazon have already made their first acquisitions ahead of the festival, but while the … Read More

VOD film review: Kubo and the Two Strings

Laika’s latest is an enchanting story about the magic of story-telling.Read More

VOD film review: The Departed

Martin Scorsese’s thrilling tale of bent cops and broken men is a remake that might even be better than the original.Read More

Strong 2016 sees Netflix near 100 million subscribers

A strong 2016 has left Netflix eyeing up 100 million subscribers at the start of the new year.

In the fourth quarter of 2016, the subscription giant added 7.05 million new subscribers globally, outperforming its own expectations of 5.2 million … Read More

VOD film review: Young Frankenstein

This sharp, smart and silly horror spoof sees Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder at the top of their game.Read More

Portrait of the artist as a trapped man: Mu Xin documentary Dream Against the World available to watch online

Dreaming Against the World, a documentary about imprisoned artist Mu Xin, is now available to watch online.

Film streaming platform FilmDoo has teamed up with directors Timothy Sternberg and Francisco Bello (the Oscar- and Emmy-nominated filmmakers behind the 2007 short … Read More

Quarry: More than meets the macho eye

Beneath the surface of this bloody and brutal slow-burner lies a soulful, thoughtful drama.Read More

Youtube to premiere This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous at Sundance

YouTube is expanding its presence at Sundance Film Festival this year, with the premiere of This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous leading the way.

A year ago, the video site took to the festival to promote its first slate of original … Read More

Roku releases revamped mobile app

New year, new app for Roku users, as the streaming platform launches a revamped mobile interface for 2017.

Roku is increasingly stepping up its living room presence, teaming up with manufacturers in the US to make smart TVs with its … Read More

Daniel Pyne becomes new Bosch showrunner

Daniel Pyne has become the new showrunner of Amazon’s Bosch.

The cop drama, based on Michael Connelly’s novels, stars Titus Welliver as the detective. It was developed for TV by Eric Overmyer (Treme, The Wire) and is executive produced by … Read More