The Vicar of Dibley in Lockdown: BBC One orders Christmas specials

The Vicar of Dibley will return to BBC One this Christmas for a trio of lockdown specials.

During lockdown, post lockdown and pre-another-lockdown, Geraldine has been writing and delivering monthly sermons to her parishioners via Zoom – when she can … Read More

Trailer: Netflix to release Pieces of a Woman in December

Netflix will release Vanessa Kirby drama Pieces of a Woman across December and January, and a new trailer gives us a first look at the drama.

Directed by Kornél Mundruczó (White God) amd written by Kata Wéber, the film co-stars … Read More

VOD film review: Dark Waters

Mark Ruffalo is riveting to watch in this grippingly old-fashioned legal thriller.Read More

MUBI Mondays: The Hitch-Hiker (1953)

Ida Lupino’s three-hander desert noir is a taut thriller worth your time.Read More

Canvas: Netflix drops trailer for new animated short

Netflix is shining a spotlight on Canvas, a new animated short, this December and a trailer gives us our first look at the film.

The short tells the story of a grandfather who is trying to regain his inspiration after … Read More

Netflix cancels The Order after two seasons

Netflix has cancelled The Order after two seasons.

From the producers of Van Helsing, the teen horror series followed college freshman Jack Morton, who joined the titular fabled secret society, where he was thrust into a world of magic, monsters … Read More

VOD film review: Blind (2019)

This barely credible thriller offers endless stalk and slash, but little dash.
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VOD film review: Blood Harvest (The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw)

Thomas Robert Lee’s premodern fable shows an America destructively divided by faith and gender.Read More

Catch up TV review: The Diana Interview, Educating Greater Manchester, Don’t Rock the Boat

What’s available on-demand on Freeview? Keep up-to-date with our weekly catch-up TV column, including reviews of shows on ITV Hub, new releases on All 4 and a guide to My5.

(For BBC TV reviews and round-ups, see our weekly Best … Read More

Apple TV film review: Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds

Werner Herzog’s absorbing new documentary finds fascination amid cataclysmic portent.Read More