Cannes: Amazon acquires Asghar Farhadi’s The Salesman

Amazon has acquired another title at Cannes: Asghar Farhadi’s The Salesman (Forushande).

The film is the latest from the award-winning director, who took home an Oscar for Best Foreign Language film with A Separation. It follows Emad and Rana, who … Read More

Curzon Home Cinema launches new fortnightly curated strand

Curzon Home Cinema has launched a new fortnightly strand of curated films.

Called Curzon Curates, the VOD service will send its users collections of hand-picked flicks every other week for a fresh perspective on both classic and contemporary films.

“Curzon … Read More

YouTube signs deal with Spain’s Professional Football League

YouTube has signed a deal to stream games from Spain’s Professional Football League (LFP).

The video site is increasingly tapping into the live sports market, with a recent deal signed with BT Sport to stream both the UEFA Champions League … Read More

Cannes: Unsung stars will shine anew, promises Flix Premiere

Every film deserves its “Andy Warhol moment of fame”. That was the message from Martin Warner, launching his new VOD venture, Flix Premiere, in a keynote speech at Cannes today.

Strictly speaking, the company doesn’t view its “online cineplex” as … Read More

UK TV review: Penny Dreadful Season 3, Episode 3 (Good and Evil Braided Be)

Warning: This contains spoilers.

“It’s not the like the music hall acts,” Dr Seward tells Vanessa Ives, after she begs the therapist to hypnotise her in Episode 3 of Penny Dreadful Season 3. “You will still have your free will,” … Read More

What’s leaving Netflix UK in May / June 2016?

As another month draws to a close, we prepare once more to open the Hellmouth and drive a stake into the heart of the titles rising up from the depths of Netflix’s catalogue to vanish into the ether. Unfortunately, there’s … Read More

Competition: Win The Call Up and a free Google Cardboard

The Call Up arrives in cinemas on Friday 20th May, before heading to DVD and digital download on Monday 23rd May – and to celebrate, we’re giving away a copy of the film and a Google Cardboard headset.

The feature … Read More

Preacher to air in UK exclusively on Amazon Prime Video

AMC’s Preacher TV series will air in the UK exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.

The supernatural drama, based on the graphic novels by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, follows a West Texas preacher named Jesse Custer, who is inhabited by … Read More

Amazon Fire TV neck and neck with Chromecast

Amazon’s Fire TV devices are now neck and neck with Chromecast in the streaming device race.

Roku continues to lead at the front of the pack, accounting for 30 per cent of players purchased between Q1 2015 and Q1 2016. … Read More

YouTube adds Google Cardboard support to iOS

YouTube has added support for Google Cardboard to its iOS app.

The headset, which can be folded together from a pre-made kit, is a handy and affordable way to get a virtual reality headset – they cost around £30 and … Read More