MUBI Weekly Digest | 8th May 2021

MUBI continues its retrospective celebrating Francis Ford Coppola’s experimental efforts to break new cinematic ground with The Outsiders, but this week also sees the start of a new season, which shines a spotlight on early works by Christian Petzold. Between … Read More

Romero’s The Amusement Park leads Shudder summer slate

Shudder is bringing George A Romero’s legendary “lost” film The Amusement Park to screens this June, as part of its summer slate.

AMC’s subscription platform for horror, thriller and the supernatural will debut 13 new original and exclusive films in … Read More

Dodger: Christopher Eccleston, Billy Jenkins to star in BBC family drama

Christopher Eccleston (The A Word, The Leftovers) is stepping into the shoes of Fagin for new BBC family drama Dodger.

The 10-part adventure is a funny, optimistic, fast-paced comedy drama full of jeopardy. Set before the events of Charles Dickens’ … Read More

Trailer: The Neighbor returns to Netflix for Season 2

Bravery. Integrity. Superpowers. These are all things that The Neighbor has – if only he could do something useful with them.

Netflix’s superhero comedy from director Nacho Vigalondo follows thirty-something Javier, who struggles to handle adulthood and his girlfriend. … Read More

Interview: Ryan Kruger talks Fried Barry

Having established himself as a renowned director of music videos and short films in South Africa, British-born writer-director-actor Ryan Kruger has finally made the leap to features – and the result is the triumphantly and unashamedly unhinged Fried Barry (read … Read More

Shudder UK film review: Fried Barry

An instant cult classic, sci-fi/horror Fried Barry is an insanely brilliant shamble through the scabby underside of Cape Town.
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VOD film review: Apples

Christos Nikou’s promising directorial debut doesn’t quite deliver on its intriguing premise.Read More

First look Disney+ TV review: Star Wars: The Bad Batch

This exciting animated series proves there’s more to Star Wars on TV than The Mandalorian.Read More

Apple orders Hello Tomorrow! starring Billy Crudup

Apple TV has ordered Hello Tomorrow!, a new series starring Billy Crudup.

The 10-episode half-hour dramedy stars and is exec-produced by Crudup, who won a Primetime Emmy for his supporting role in Apple’s The Morning Show,

Set in a retro-future … Read More

VOD film review: Charlatan

Agnieszka Holland’s healer biopic refrains from a simple diagnosis of its subject.
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