What’s coming soon to BritBox UK in May 2021?

BritBox drops two new originals this May, including its first drama, The Beast Must Die, and its first documentary, Secrets of the Krays. And, of course, there’s another batch of films, including Legend (2015) starring Tom Hardy and Mr Nice … Read More

MUBI Weekly Digest | 24th April 2021

MUBI sees out April in style with Curtis Hanson’s gorgeous LA Confidential, winner of 2 Oscars in 1998, and Alejandro González Iñárritu’s visually stunning The Revenant, winner of 3 Oscars in 2016. But it’s not all glitzy awards winners, with … Read More

Kinoteka Film Festival goes online for 2021

The Kinoteka Polish Film Festival is returning this spring and will once again play out online.

The festival has teamed up with some of the country’s leading cultural institutions (BFI, ICA, POSK Cinema, Riverside Studios, Theatre Times, Second Run … Read More

Streaming Shakespeare: 11 best modern movie adaptations

When it comes to the Bard, a little bit of iambic pentameter can go a long way for modern audiences. Over the decades, though, there has been no end of versions that have brought Shakespeare’s work into contemporary settings to … Read More

What’s coming soon to Disney+ UK in May 2021?

Disney’s Netflix rival is here, serving up Marvel, Star Wars and Pixar originals, along with a post-modern revamp of High School Musical and almost every episode of The Simpsons.

Disney+ stepped up its streaming game in March with the second … Read More

Watch: New trailer for Netflix thriller Oxygen

No escape. No memory. 90 minutes to live. That’s the starting point for Oxygen, Netflix’s new survival thriller.

Starring Mélanie Laurent and Mathieu Amalric, the film follows a woman who wakes up in a cryogenic unit with no recollection of … Read More

Streaming Shakespeare: Which theatre plays can I watch online?

With Friday 23rd April marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, there’s never been a better time to boot up the internet and see one of his plays performed. While there are more film adaptations of his work in heaven … Read More

Sisters with Transistors: A fascinating, riveting documentary

Lisa Rovner’s fascinating, passionate and riveting documentary shines a light on the unsung female pioneers of electronic music.Read More

What’s leaving Amazon Prime Video UK in April / May 2021?

As the UK gradually navigates its way through an easing of lockdown restrictions, 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 … Read More

Breaking Boundaries: David Attenborough and Johan Rockström team up for Netflix documentary

David Attenborough is returning to Netflix for a new documentary in collaboration with Johan Rockström.

Founder of the Stockholm Resilience Centre, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, and Professor in Earth System Science at the University of … Read More