This week’s new releases on MUBI (19th July 2015)

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

Catch-up TV reviews: Girls with Autism, Not Safe for Work, Humans, Child Genius, Inside the Ku Klux Klan

We catch up with some of the TV shows and films currently available on free VOD services in the UK. (For BBC TV reviews and round-ups, see our weekly Best on BBC iPlayer column.)

Girls with Autism (ITV Player)

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TalkTalk TV offers six months of free Netflix

TalkTalk is offering free Netflix to new TV customer for six months.

The deal, which expires on Wednesday 23rd July, will give new customers a voucher by email that can be redeemed on the subscription VOD service by the end … Read More

Mobile viewing accelerates on YouTube

People are spending more time watching videos on YouTube, Google has revealed.

The search engine unveiled its earnings for the second quarter of 2015 yesterday, an announcement that arrives just as Facebook’s rival video service begins to build momentum. … Read More

Amazon Prime UK TV review: Extant, Season 2, Episode 2 & 3

“Is that what you want? To kill me?” “What I want is to know what the hell is going on.”

If any TV show’s going to have dialogue that spells out its problems explicitly, it’s going to Extant. Mickey Fisher’s … Read More

Netflix and Amazon storm 2015 Emmy nominations

The 2015 Emmy nominations have been announced and Netflix and Amazon are right up there with the big boys.

Game of Thrones leads the overall pack, with a staggering 24 nominations, followed by limited series American Horror Story: Freak Show … Read More

BBC launches summer Pop Art season

This August, BBC Four will leads a week-long celebration of Pop Art, with programmes across BBC Four, radio and online.

Titled “BBC Four Goes Pop”, the week-long celebration of Pop Art will look at the influence of the art movement … Read More

VOD film review: The Salt of the Earth

Directors: Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado Cast: Sebastião Salgado, Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado Certificate: 12

With The Salt of the Earth, Wim Wenders has helmed yet another strong documentary about a fellow artist (see Pina), though this time he’s … Read More

Spike Lee directs Amazon’s first original film

Spike Lee has directed Amazon’s first ever original feature film.

The movie, which has the working title Chi-Raq, marks the streaming service’s first entry into the Hollywood movie biz, after bagging several awards – and Emmy nominations – for original … Read More

VOD film review: The Wonders

A bittersweet and beautiful coming-of-age story.Read More