Ingmar Bergman’s Scenes from a Marriage shook the world – and spiked divorce rates. Could the remake, with Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac, be even more controversial? Its director Hagai Levi bares allIn 1973, Ingmar Bergman released Scenes from a Mar…
The Swarm: German TV adapts hit sci-fi novel in English
Broadcaster ZDF targets international sales and will dub eight-part series for domestic audienceIt topped Germany’s list of bestselling novels for eight months, and to great local excitement Frank Schätzing’s science-fiction page-turner Der Schwarm is …
Hunting the Football Trolls: Jermaine Jenas review – just who are these faceless, venomous racists?
The former footballer explores the epidemic of football ‘fans’ posting hateful bile online, as he aims to confront the people hiding behind their smartphones and computer screensIt might be time to make an official collation for posterity of all docume…
TV tonight: Jermaine Jenas hunts the football trolls
The former Spurs player turned broadcaster examines the racial abuse of footballers. Plus: the Hairy Bikers head north. Here’s what to watch this evening Continue reading…
The Love Triangle review – a pointless, painful hour of attempted threesomes
This agonising new dating show sees couples look for a third person to spice up their relationship, via dull quizzes and – worse still – English melancholyThe British should not be allowed anywhere near sex. We are too easily embarrassed and we’re unco…
‘I don’t judge his decision to die’: the hit podcast about love, loss – and Britney Spears
When Chris Stedman’s friend Alex took his own life, he left him a final puzzle to solve. Unread charts Stedman’s journey down a rabbit hole of grief and realisation“When someone dies, there are always questions that will be left unanswered. But what ha…
Murder Island review – a contest to solve the killing of a young woman? Bad timing
Teams of amateur detectives compete to crack a grisly case and win £50,000. So far, this new hybrid reality show seems half-baked and unpropitiousIt’s possible that the timing is not propitious for the launch of a new entertainment series centred on th…
The Great British Bake Off 2021: episode three – live
The bakers will knead to try their best to triumph in bread week. But who will be in the upper crust of the tent – and who will be toast?My arms are naans and my head’s a chapati, for I am the lord of the loaf said he.”I did snigger at this, I have to …
Game of Thrones prequel: why we’ll all be hooked to House of the Dragon
The first trailer for the upcoming fantasy spin-off promises epic action on a vast scale, with “gods, kings, fire and blood”. Resistance is futile!The Game of Thrones finale is still fresh in the mind of the public. Why, it only seems like yesterday si…
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…