Mimi and the Mountain Dragon flies on to BBC One this Christmas

BBC One has its sights set on Mimi and the Mountain Dragon for this year’s Christmas family treat.

The channel’s adaptations of popular kids books have become something of an annual tradition during the festive period, with precious gems including … Read More

BBC Three orders horror series Red Rose

BBC Three has ordered a new horror series, Red Rose.

The eight-part series, written by the Clarkson twins – Michael and Paul – was commissioned by Fiona Campbell, Controller of BBC Three and Piers Wenger, Controller of BBC Drama. It … Read More

VOD film review: Dachra: Curse of the Witch

First-time director Abdelhamid Bouchnak assimilates western tropes into a local horror story of a nation haunted by its past.Read More

VOD film review: The Wind

Demons and delusion come to an isolated frontier homestead in Emma Tammi’s bleak, pioneering debut.Read More

Encore! Kristen Bell reunites high school theatre casts for Disney+

Disney is getting the band back together for its new original series, Encore!, and Kristen Bell will be the one doing the reuniting.

The Good Place star, and self-diagnosed musical theatre junkie, will exec-produce the series, which brings together former … Read More

Trailer: Anna Kendrick stars in Disney+ movie Noelle

Christmas is coming early for Disney fans with Anna Kendrick starring in new Disney+ holiday movie, Noelle.

The film follows Kris Kringle’s daughter, who is full of Christmas spirit and holiday fun, but wishes she could do something “important” like … Read More

Interview: Lucien Greaves talks Hail, Satan? documentary

Chronicling the rise of one of the most controversial religious movements in American history, Hail Satan? is a new feature documentary from director Penny Lane (Nuts!, Our Nixon). (Read our review of the film here.) We sit down with the … Read More

The MUBI Weekly Digest | 24th August 2019

MUBI’s summer of music hits a climax this weekend with a top-billing double-act of Junun and Searching for Sugar Man. They’re accompanied by an equally diverse array of programming, from a look back at the Berlinale Silver Bear winner Christopher … Read More

VOD film review: Dark Encounter

Carl Strathie’s missing-child mystery wraps small-town domestic drama in Spielbergian sci-fi.Read More

Netflix UK film review: Hail, Satan?

Penny Lane’s entertaining documentary examines the activities of religious organisation-slash-protest group The Satanic Temple.Read More