MUBI hosts free preview of Werner Herzog’s Family Romance, LLC

MUBI is hosting a few preview of Werner Herzog’s Family Romance, LLC this July.

In collaboration with the UK distributor Modern Films, the latest film from the Aguirre and Cave of Forgotten Dreams helmer will be available to stream on … Read More

Sheffield Doc/Fest Events: The Viewing Booth leads Q&A line-up

Sheffield Doc/Fest is here, but not as we know it, as the 2020 edition of the annual documentary festival heads online for a virtual version of the event.

The line-up includes 115 films, with title streaming on the festival’s … Read More

Shudder undergoes Metamorphosis this July

Shudder is undergoing a Metamorphosis this July, with the release of Hong-Seon Kim’s new horror.

In this fresh spin on a demonic possession story, Joong-Su, an exorcist, must face a demon he tragically failed to defeat in the past when … Read More

Amazon UK TV review: LOL: Australia

As Channel 4 marks the 20th anniversary of Big Brother this summer, Amazon is busy coming up with its own take on lockdown reality TV: a contest between comedians to see who’s the funniest, based on Japanese series Documental. The … Read More

VOD film review: Fanny Lye Deliver’d

Thomas Clay’s third feature offers an English history of patriarchy, hypocrisy and oppression – and the first fruits of female resistance.Read More

Barry Jenkins to direct Netflix film based on Virunga

Barry Jenkins will direct a feature film for Netflix based on the streamer’s documentary Virunga.

The documentary, which was released in 2014, saw debut director Orlando von Einsiedel head to the Virunga National Park in the eastern part of the … Read More

Sheffield Doc/Fest film review: The Go-Go’s

Alison Ellwood’s terrific rock-doc tells the story of The Go-Go’s, from punk beginnings to band break-ups and everything in between.Read More

VOD film review: On a Magical Night

A fun, beautifully filmed and deceptively moving French romp. Read More

What’s leaving Amazon Prime Video UK in June / July 2020?

With the majority of the UK self-isolating or working from home during the coronavirus outbreak, Amazon Prime Video’s sizeable library of movies and TV shows is a useful resource for keeping entertained. But before you start bingeing through the line-up, … Read More

Homemade: Pablo Larraín, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kristen Stewart to direct shorts in Netflix anthology

Pablo Larraín, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Kristen Stewart are among the star names taking the helm for a Netflix anthology of short films made in lockdown.

Called Homemade, the collection of shorts are personal, moving stories that capture our shared experience … Read More