VOD film review: The Visit

M. Night Shyamalan’s simple but effective return to form is a hoot.Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Frontier Season 1

After a shaky start, this grisly historical drama ultimately lives up to its ambition.Read More

Sundance: Amazon snaps up The Big Sick in double-digit deal

Amazon has snapped up The Big Sick in one of Sundance Film Festival’s biggest ever deals.

The online giant, which made a splash at Sundance last year with the acquisition of Oscar favourite Manchester by the Sea, is back in … Read More

Witless Season 2 arrives on Wednesday

Witless returns for Season 2 this Wednesday, as Leanne and Rhona go on the run again.

The BBC Three comedy follows Leanne (Kerry Howard – Him & Her) and Rhona (Zoe Boyle – Downton Abbey), two ordinary flatmates whose lives … Read More

Unbreakable: M. Night Shyamalan and belief in the extraordinary

Shyamalan’s masterpiece is an ambitious, earnest call to believe in the extraordinary.Read More

VOD film review: Ben-Hur (2016)

This unnecessary remake struggles to convince.Read More

UK TV Review: Sneaky Pete Season 1 (Episode 5 to 10 – spoilers)

With characters that are great company and a story that zips along, the strong finish to Sneaky Pete’s first season leaves you wanting more.
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This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (21st January 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 Face. Antonia … Read More

New releases and coming soon to MUBI UK (21st January 2017)

MUBI headed to France this week, partnering once again with UniFrance and My French Film Festival to share a rich and exciting selection of new films from across the Channel. (You can see the full festival line-up here.) MUBI hand-picked … Read More

Trailer: Netflix’s I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore premieres at Sundance

I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore is a phrase you can expect to hear a lot this weekend, as Netflix’s film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last night.

While that would ordinarily be enough to awake … Read More