HBO picks up Maniac Cop series from Nicolas Winding Refn

Nicolas Winding Refn is heading to HBO for his next project: a new TV series based on Maniac Cop.

Released in 1988, William Lustig’s slasher movie, starring Tom Atkins and Bruce Campbell, spawned two further films. Now, the franchise is … Read More

Amazon UK TV Review: Too Old to Die Young (spoilers)

9

Rating

Warning: This review contains spoilers and is based on all 13 hours of Too Old to Die Young. Not seen the series? You can read our spoiler-free review of the two episodes that premiered at Cannes here.     It … Read More

First look UK TV review: Too Old to Die Young

9

Rating

Nicolas Winding Refn’s compellingly sordid venture into TV looks set to be very special.Read More

Trailer: Amazon’s Too Old to Die Young set for June premiere

“I killed a woman the other night. I didn’t feel any guilt.” That’s Miles Teller in Too Old to Die Young, the new series from Nicolas Winding Refn, and a new trailer gives us a first look at the crime … Read More

byNWR: Is Nicolas Winding Refn’s streaming service a modern cult classic?

“What’s needed is art,” Nicolas Winding Refn wrote recently in an op-ed setting out the aims for his new site, byNWR. For Winding Refn, the director Only God Forgives and Drive, the word “art” doesn’t mean what he considers the … Read More

VOD film review: Bronson

7.7

Rating

As a showcase for Tom Hardy, Nicolas Winding Refn’s portrait of Bronson is arresting, provocative and stunning cinema.Read More

byNWR: Nicolas Winding Refn launches his own retro streaming service

Nicolas Winding Refn is launching his own streaming service, with a focus on restoring and reviving gems from cinema history.

byNWR.com will see The Drive and Neon Demon director use quarterly themes to share his passion for the rare, forgotten … Read More

VOD film review: The Neon Demon

8.3

Rating

Beguiling and intoxicating, Nicolas Winding Refn’s satire of the modelling world is a masterpiece of mood.Read More

VOD film review: Drive

8

Rating

10% cars, 20% Carey Mulligan and 70% Ryan Gosling smiling, Drive is 100% awesome.Read More

Nicolas Winding Refn handpicks summer season for MUBI

Nicolas Winding Refn has handpicked a selection of his favourite films to screen as part of a summer season at MUBI.

As the Drive director’s latest film, The Neon Demon, arrives in UK cinemas, the SVOD service is streaming … Read More