This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (8th October)

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 Red Road, the … Read More

Sigourney Weaver will play the villain in The Defenders

The Defenders have found themselves a villain: Sigourney Weaver.

A veteran of the sci-fi genre, the legendary actress needs no introduction – and, sure enough, Jeph Loeb, Head of Marvel TV, didn’t give her much of one at the New … Read More

LFF 2016 reviews: Manchester by the Sea, Moonlight, A United Kingdom, A Monster Calls

From Netflix’s Black Mirror and Amazon’s originals to MUBI’s Cannes acquisitions and Dogwoof’s live-streaming premiere of Werner Herzog’s Lo and Behold, the 2016 London Film Festival has embraced VOD like never before. We head to Leicester Square to check out … Read More

Why you should be watching Ripper Street

Ripper Street returns this week for a fifth and final season. This last run, which will be released all-at-once, picks up directly where the Season 4 cliffhanger left off – and follows its aftermath for six episodes, as our leads … Read More

VOD film review: The Greasy Strangler

A delightfully deranged black comedy that’s as disgusting as it is hilarious. Read More

New releases and coming soon to MUBI UK (8th October 2016)

Not getting your arthouse fix from Netflix? Wish there were more indie films on Amazon Prime Video? Every week, we round up the new releases on MUBI, the subscription VOD service that hand-picks new and old classics from around the … Read More

This year’s Doctor Who Christmas special looks (ahem) super

Doctor Who lands in our living rooms once again this Christmas and, while the return of Matt Lucas as Nardole might suggest we’re retreading old ground, this trailer promises new, super territory.

The Christmas special will see Peter Capaldi’s Doctor … Read More

Trailer: Good Girls Revolt follows in Mad Men’s footsteps

Amazon’s original series Good Girls Revolt arrives this month – and a new trailer gives us a taste of the Mad Men vibes that are in store.

The series, written and exec produced by Dana Culvo, charts the beginning of … Read More

The Siege of Jadotville: A simply explosive war thriller

Netflix’s explosive war film sheds light on unknown history with a frustrating and thrilling simplicity.Read More

First trailer for Black Mirror Season 3 reminds us what’s real

“We’re all so caught up in our own heads, it’s easy to lose sight of what’s real.” That’s the sound of a new season of Black Mirror approaching – and judging by its new trailer, it’s set to be as … Read More