BFI Flare 2021: The online line-up and how it works

BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival returns this March for an online edition.

Now in its 35th year, the festival will deliver virtual festival premieres of 26 feature films and 38 short films from 23 countries. Running from 17th to … Read More

Star on Disney+ to premiere 35 originals this year

Today sees the launch of Star on Disney+, a new adults-only section of the streaming service that gives a home to films and TV shows from ABC Signature, 20th Century Studios, 20th Television, FX Productions and more.

Star went live … Read More

Gaslit: STARZPLAY picks up anthology starring Julia Roberts and Sean Penn

STARZPLAY has picked up the anthology series Gaslit, starring Julia Roberts and Sean Penn.

Matt Ross (Captain Fantastic, 28 Hotel Rooms) will direct and executive produce the show, which is adapted from Slate’s award-winning podcast Slow Burn’s first season about … Read More

Trailer: Neil Marshall’s The Reckoning set for April release

The Reckoning, Neil Marshall’s new witch hunt chiller, is being released by Shudder this April and a new trailer gives us a first look at the horror.

The film marks the return of the Descent and Dog Soldiers director to … Read More

Apple TV to host live premiere of Billie Eilish doc

Apple TV will host a live premiere of its new documentary, Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry.

The film charts the rise of Eilish as she tours and records the album that changes her life. Directed by RJ Cutler, … Read More

YouTube film review: This Is Paris

This month saw Britney Spears put in a new spotlight, as Framing Britney Spears highlighted the pressing, controversial questions surrounding the conservatorship placed on her finances by her father. It also reframed her career through a post-#MeToo lens, making it … Read More

UK TV review: Framing Britney Spears

“Name something Britney Spears has lost in the past year.” That was a genuine question on US TV gameshow Family Feud, with possible answers including “her hair” and “her mind”. That this kind of scrutiny, mockery and treatment of a … Read More

First look Disney+ UK TV review: Big Sky

Episode 1 and 2 of Big Sky are available on Star on Disney+ from 23rd February, with new episodes then arriving weekly on Fridays.

From Big Little Lies to Goliath, David E Kelley sits alongside Shonda Rhimes and Ryan Murphy … Read More

Zach Braff, Gabrielle Union lead cast for Disney+ Cheaper by the Dozen remake

Zach Braff and Gabrielle Union are leading an expanding cast for the Cheaper by the Dozen remake at Disney+.

The reimagining from Black-ish creator Kenya Barris is being developed for the House of Mouse’s streaming service. First revealed at the … Read More

Tom Riley and Kristen Bell to star in Netflix’s The Woman in the House

Tom Riley will star opposite Kristen Bell in Netflix’s The Women in the House.

The English actor, who starred in ITV’s Dark Heart and played Leonardo Da Vinci in Da Vinci’s Demons, will be the co-lead of the series, opposite … Read More