In this week’s newsletter: a combination of Netflix’s marketing nous and an all-too-relatable dystopia has prove impossible to resistDon’t get the Guide delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereSquid Game. When did you first encounter that strange pairing …
The Locke kids are not alright in official trailer for Locke and Key S2
“This world has so much potential to be reborn. To be ruled.”
I made a film that’s designed to be lost – and that’s not so different from Netflix | Charlie Shackleton
The Afterlight is a collage of fragments with a single 35mm print – but it has more in common with digital media than the illusion of instant access suggestsFor as long as there have been films, there have been lost films. Tens if not hundreds of thous…
Courage in a crisis: how everyday citizens coped with Covid across the world
In a new Netflix documentary, the stories of activists and volunteers who stepped up to help during an impossible time are celebratedThe film-makers behind Convergence: Courage in a Crisis set out to make a documentary on the pandemic, not politics. Bu…
Dave Chappelle: The Closer review – aggressive gags and feeble protests
NetflixRather than explore the blind spots within modern gender and racial thinking, the comedian’s latest special triples down on the phobia‘I’m going all the way,” is Dave Chappelle’s refrain through this last in his run of Netflix specials. It’s a b…
Bridgerton Emmy winner Marc Pilcher dies of Covid at 53
The hair and makeup designer, who won for the Netflix show, was double-vaccinated and had no underlying health conditionsMarc Pilcher, the Emmy-winning hair stylist and makeup designer known for his work on Bridgerton, has died of Covid at the age of 5…
Netflix’s Diana: The Musical is the year’s most hysterically awful hate-watch | Stuart Heritage
The filmed Broadway show has crash-landed early on the streamer with hilariously awful songs, a musical mess to rival CatsLogically, it makes perfect sense that Diana: The Musical should exist. After all, Diana, Princess of Wales lends herself extraord…
Strike looms over labor conditions on TV and film productions by big streaming services
A dispute over working conditions at “new media” properties like Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV and others may shut down productions across the country if a strike vote by the union succeeds. Thousands of workers on and off set claim they are not receiving appropriate wages, breaks, safety measures and other needs due to a contractual […]
Sexy Beasts to Acapulco: the seven best shows to stream this week
TV’s most ludicrous dating show returns, a pioneering American woman is recognised, and there’s a feelgood new coming-of-age comedy to tuck into Continue reading…
Tech giants brace for impact in India as new payments rule goes into effect
Apple, Sony, Google, Zoom, PayPal and several other tech companies as well as scores of banks have cautioned customers and partners in India to expect a surge in declined transactions as the world’s second-largest internet market’s central bank enforces a new directive for the way recurring payments are processed in the country. The Reserve Bank […]