The Weekly MUBI Digest | 19th January 2019

MUBI joins in with MyFrenchFilmFestival once again this year, with a trio of titles that includes a thriller starring Vincent Cassel and a comedy from Rubber director Quintin Dupieux. Along with the latest new filmmakers from across the Channel, MUBI … Read More

MyFrenchFilmFestival launches 2019 line-up

MyFrenchFilmFestival is back for its ninth year, and the 2019 line-up is now available to stream around the world. The world’s first online French-language film festival, which brings 28 movies to international living rooms across 50 partnering platforms, had a … Read More

Trailer: Outlander Season 5 premieres this February

Outlander will officially return to UK TV for a fifth season this February.

The time-travelling drama, based on Diana Gabaldon’s best-selling book series, follows the story of Claire Randall (Caitriona Balfe), a married WW11 combat nurse from 1945 who mysteriously … Read More

What’s leaving Netflix UK in January / February 2019?

It’s hard to believe that we’re already halfway through the first month of 2019, but nothing reminds you of the rapid passing of time like the inevitable removal of films and TV shows from your favourite subscription platform as the … Read More

Netflix hits 139 million members after record end to 2018

Netflix has reached 139 million members worldwide after a record end to 2018.

The streaming giant added 8.8 million people in the fourth quarter of last year, 1.53 million from the USA and 7.31 million from other countries, higher than … Read More

Netflix UK film review: Dude

This well-acted coming-of-age stoner comedy manages to focus on both everything and nothing at once.Read More

Star Trek: Discovery Season 2: An action-heavy return for a first-rate show

Discovery hits the ground running with a fantastic, action-heavy set-up for the new season.Read More

Fyre: A must-see documentary about a very modern mess

This entertaining, scathing dissection of the doomed Fyre festival is a gripping portrait of a thoroughly modern mess.Read More

Trailer: Harlan Coben’s The Stranger arrives on Netflix this January

Harlan Coben’s The Stranger arrives on Netflix this January, and a new trailer gives us a glimpse of the thriller’s twists and turns.

Based on the novel by Coben, The Stranger forces us to confront a question we all fear … Read More

Bird Box watched by more than 80 million households

Netflix’s Bird Box has now been watched by more than 80 million households, the streaming service has announced.

Directed by Susanne Bier (The Night Manager), the thriller sees a mysterious force decimate the world’s population: if you see it, you … Read More