Stranger Things Season 2: Everything we know, from old friends to new characters

Stranger Things Season 2 is officially a go – and while the Duffer brothers are keeping much of their sequel a secret, they’ve been spilling the beans on new characters, the return of old faces and the season’s episode titles.

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Twitter introduces way for creators to monetise videos

Twitter has expanded its video service to let creators of all sizes monetise their content, both uploaded and live.

The move is a big step for Twitter, which, like Facebook, is attempting to establish itself as a viable alternative to … Read More

Werner Herzog’s Lo and Behold to premiere at London Film Festival and online

Werner Herzog’s Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World will premiere at the London Film Festival this October – and, in a first for the festival, will simultaneously be available to stream live online.

The film’s premiere will take … Read More

This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (3rd September)

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 The Lady Vanishes.

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New releases and coming soon to MUBI UK (3rd September 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

The Young Pope: First-look extended trailer

The Young Pope premieres its first two episodes tonight at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival – and Sky has released an extended trailer to give us a further look at the show.

Directed by Paolo Sorrentino and starring Jude … Read More

Parenthood’s Jason Ritter joins Amazon’s Goliath

Jason Ritter has joined the cast of Amazon’s Goliath.

The Parenthood star, who can currently be seen as a guest star on Comedy Central’s Another Period and HBO’s Girls, has just finished shooting The Tale with Laura Dern. Now, he’s … Read More

VOD film review: Get on Up

Chadwick Boseman delivers a mesmerising performance in this uneven but energetic biopic of James Brown.Read More

YouTube accused of censorship as monetisation policies stay the same

YouTube has been accused of censorship by vloggers, despite the site’s content policy not having changed.

Yesterday, creators with videos on YouTube began to receive notifications from the site saying that their content was not suitable for monetisation. Reasons given … Read More

Netflix UK film review: Jim: The James Foley Story

This vital tribute rescues a man’s life from the narrative his killers imposed upon him.Read More