The Weekly MUBI Digest | 12th January 2019

MUBI begins a retrospective of two greats this week, with both Wim Wenders and Hong Sang-soo under the microscope for the coming month – not a bad way to follow a season of directorial debuts from some of the world’s … Read More

Trailer: Amazon’s Just Add Magic cooks up a third season this January

“Don’t let this psych you out, but magic is real…” That’s the sound of Amazon’s most underrated family show returning for a third season, as Just Add Magic whips up another helping this month.

The original live-action kids’ series aimed … Read More

VOD film review: Red Sparrow

A dedicated turn by Jennifer Lawrence can’t redeem this uneven, grisly spy thriller.Read More

Shudder UK film review: The Interior (2015)

Trevor Juras’ low-budget Canadian debut is an unnervingly absurd tale of illness, alienation and escape into the interior.Read More

The Crimson Rivers: A dark French thriller

A compelling cast and strong sense of location make it easy to go with the flow of this dark French thriller.Read More

Trailer: Reign of the Supermen flies onto screens this January

Reign of the Supermen is flying onto screens big and small in the UK this January, as DC’s Man of Steel hits the cinema and VOD.

The hard-hitting animated feature is the second half of a two-part adaptation of The … Read More

Trailer: Netflix exposes Fyre failings in new documentary

Netflix will expose what went wrong with the Fyre music festival this January with a new documentary.

Simply called Fyre, the film offers an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the infamous unraveling of disastrous event. Created by Billy McFarland and rapper … Read More

Trailer: Netflix’s Velvet Buzzsaw drops this February

Netflix’s Velvet Buzzsaw drops this February, after ripping up Sundance.

The horror film, which stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Zawe Ashton, Rene Russo, Tom Sturridge, Toni Collette and John Malkovich, is set in the contemporary art world scene of Los Angeles … Read More

Jac Schaeffer to pen Disney+’s The Vision and Scarlet Witch

Disney+’s rumoured Scarlet Witch series is officially a go, with the House of Mouse hiring a showrunner to pen the pilot.

Jac Schaeffer will exec-produce as well as write the series, which will debut on Disney’s upcoming subscription streaming service.

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Trailer: Anthony Mackie stars in Netflix sci-fi drama IO

“Scientists predicted what would happen – but it was too late.” That’s the sound of Netflix getting its dystopian sci-fi on for a new drama, IO.

Starring Margaret Qualley, Anthony Mackie, and Danny Huston, the film follows Sam, one of … Read More