Japan on Film: BFI releases restorations online for free

The BFI has released a host of restored Japanese footage online for free, as part of its celebration of 100 years of Japanese cinema.

The new digital restorations are of some of the earliest surviving moving images of Japan preserved … Read More

Doctor Who: Flux review (spoilers)

Sontarans, Angels and Ravagers, oh my! Chris Chibnall’s chaotic six-parter puts plot before character.Read More

What Is The Matrix Reloaded? Revisiting the bamboozled sequel

Reloaded tells us everything we know about the Matrix is wrong but struggles to show it.Read More

El Deafo: Apple TV announces new animated series

Apple TV has announced El Deafo, a new animated series for kids and families arriving this January. Based on the best-selling graphic memoir, the three-part series follows perceptive young Cece as she loses her hearing and finds her inner superhero. … Read More

First look: Murder in Provence set for March BritBox debut

Murder in Provence will arrive on BritBox UK this March and new images give us a first look at the crime drama.

From Monumental Television, the series stars Roger Allam (Endeavour, The Thick of It), Nancy Carroll (The Crown, Father … Read More

VOD film review: Swan Song

Mahershala Ali is superb in this thoughtful, moving, understated sci-fi.Read More

VOD film review: Lola and the Sea

Mya Bollaers delivers a compelling performance in this compassionate Belgian drama about a transgender skater girl on a road trip with her father.Read More

UK TV review: Star Trek: Discovery: Season 4, Episode 5

An average episode that contains interesting hints about Season 4’s future.Read More

What’s leaving Amazon Prime Video UK in December 2021 / January 2022?

As the UK continues to navigate its way through the coronavirus pandemic, Amazon Prime Video’s sizeable library of movies and TV shows is a useful resource for keeping entertained indoors. But before you start bingeing through the line-up, don’t miss … Read More

What Is The Matrix? Revisiting the game-changing original

This self-actualising sci-fi simulation is as stimulating as ever.Read More