Ava DuVernay to adapt Caste for Netflix

Under her ARRAY Filmworks banner for Netflix, Ava DuVernay will direct, write and produce a new feature film adaptation of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson. 

Through a multiple-story structure, Caste examines the unspoken … Read More

Karma’s World: Ludacris teams up with Netflix for kids’ animated series

Chris “Ludacris” Bridges is teaming up with Netflix for Karma’s World, a new kids’ animated series.

The multi-award-winning American rapper, actor, producer, entrepreneur and philanthropist has created the CG animated series, for children aged 6 to 9. It’s a coming-of-age … Read More

Sheffield Doc/Fest film review: Film About a Father Who

Lynne Sachs’ gently affecting documentary is told with a subtle passion and grace.Read More

Watch: Amazon’s I’m Your Woman set for December release

Rachael Brosnahan is reuniting with Amazon for new crime drama I’m Your Woman, and a new trailer gives us a first look at the film.

Written and directed by Julia Hart, the film is also produced by Rachel Brosnahan, along … Read More

Trailer: Amy Adams and Glenn Close star in Netflix’s Hillbilly Elegy

Amy Adams and Glenn Close star in Hillbilly Elegy, Ron Howard’s new film for Netflix.

Based on the novel by JD Vance, it follows Vance, a former Marine from southern Ohio and current Yale Law student, who is on the … Read More

The Witches set for premium VOD release this October

The Witches will head straight to digital platforms in the UK, with a premium VOD release set for this October.

From director Robert Zemeckis, the remake of the fantasy adventure Roald Dahl’s The Witches stars Anne Hathaway (Ocean’s 8) … Read More

VOD film review: Nocturne

This tale of a music student possessed by obsessive ambition is a creepy, atmospheric chamber piece.Read More

Charlie Kaufman and Reed Morano team up for Amazon’s The Memory Police

Charlie Kaufman and Reed Morano are teaming up for an adaptation of The Memory Police for Amazon Studios.

The film will be based on Yōko Ogawa’s novel, which was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020 after being translated into … Read More

MUBI Mondays: Amateur (1994)

Amateur is a fine starting point for the idiosyncratic worlds of Hal Hartley. Read More

Shudder snap up Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist

Shudder has snapped up Alexander O Philippe’s new documentary Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist.

Philippe has made a name for himself with his films that take deep dives into genre classics, from Memory: The Origins of Alien … Read More