Rowan Atkinson, Joe Barton, Joe Cornish, Sophie Petzal lead Netflix UK commissions

Rowan Atkinson,·Joe Barton, Joe Cornish and Sophie Petzal are leading a wave of new UK commissions from Netflix.

The streaming giant has increasing invested in content produced on UK soil, thanks to the success of The Crown and Sex Education … Read More

Netflix cancels Queen Sono

Netflix has cancelled Queen Sono, despite having previously renewed the show for a second season.

The spy thriller, starring Pearl Thusi, was Netflix’s first original production on the continent of Africa. If followed Queen Sono (Pearl Thusi), who, after the … Read More

Netflix UK film review: Mank

David Fincher’s portrait of the artist behind Citizen Kane is a swooning, cynical cinephile’s dream.Read More

Netflix UK film review: Hillbilly Elegy

This one-note adaptation of JD Vance’s memoirs is as subtle as Brian Blessed at a spelling bee.Read More

The Queen’s Gambit becomes Netflix’s most popular limited series

The Queen’s Gambit is Netflix’s most popular limited series to date, according to the streaming service.

Based on Walter Tevis’s novel of the same name, The Queen’s Gambit chronicles the life of the orphan chess champion Beth Harmon, who grows … Read More

David Fincher has four-year exclusive deal with Netflix

David Fincher has a four-year exclusive deal in place with Netflix, the director has revealed.

Fincher is about to drop Mank, first feature since 2014’s Gone Girl, on the streaming service. Based on a script by Fincher’s late father, Jack, … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: The Liberator

This visually stunning drama brings a stirringly different perspective to World War II.Read More

Watch: New trailer for The Crown Season 4

“Two women running the shop. That’s the last thing this country needs.” “Perhaps that’s precisely what this country needs.” That’s the sound of The Crown entering a new era with its fourth season.

Season 4 picks up in the … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: The Queen’s Gambit

Anya Taylor-Joy is excellent in Scott Frank’s lavish drama about a troubled chess genius.Read More

True Crime Tuesdays: The Shipman Files: A Very British Crime Story

This documentary about Britain’s worst serial killer shines a humanising spotlight on his invisible victims.Read More