MUBI Weekly Digest | 17th April 2021

It’s a dark and timely week on MUBI, with a line-up that includes Terry Gilliam’s darkly funny and pertinent dystopian fantasy Brazil, Compliance, Craig Zobel’s uncomfortable tale of exploiting authority, and Ghosts, Azra Deniz Okyay’s Venice prize-winning snapshot of modern … Read More

The Reckoning review: An atmospheric, uneven witchy horror

Neil Marshall’s myth of a witch turning on her accusers is part serious outcry, part bawdy farce.Read More

VOD film review: Deep Impact (1998)

An honourable second place in 1998’s space race, this blockbuster melodrama admirably contemplates mortality.Read More

I Slept With Joey Ramone: Pete Davidson to star in Netflix biopic

Pete Davidson is heading to Netflix to star in a new Joey Ramone biopic chronicling the life of the king of punk.

Netflix and STXfilms have partnered to develop and produce I Slept with Joey Ramone, which will be made … Read More

Trailer: Run the World set for STARZPLAY debut this May

STARZPLAY is getting ready to Run the World this May, with a new series following a group of Black women in modern America.

Created by Leigh Davenport, who co-exec producers with showrunner Yvette Lee Bowser, Run the World follows the … Read More

VOD film review: Steelers: The World’s First Gay Rugby Club

This documentary about the world’s first gay rugby team is a beautifully uplifting watch.Read More

Playhouse review: Creepy gothic horror

The Watts brothers’ creepy and confounding feature debut is an atmospheric gothic horror.Read More

Love & Mercy review: A warm, creative biopic of Brian Wilson

This warm, creative biopic of Beach Boys pioneer Brian Wilson hums with good vibrations.Read More

Digital theatre review: Elephant in the Garden

Alison Reid shines in this moving adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s novel.Read More

Why you should be watching Earth at Night in Colour on Apple TV

Season 2 of Earth at Night in Colour premieres on Friday 16th April

Nature documentaries have long been a staple of TV, but they’ve come into their own more than ever in recent years. That’s partly because they provide a … Read More