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Friendship is everything in authentic rom-com series Everything I Know About Love
Older viewers might clutch their pearls at the sex, drugs, and modern vulgarities of Dolly Alderton’s clever show.
16 Jun
Lillian Crawford
Lillian is a UK film and culture writer who has contributed to publications including BBC Culture, Little White Lies and Sight & Sound magazine.
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Men tries to teach men a lesson about women’s trauma—tedious in the extreme
With on-the-nose imagery, the folk horror sees Alex Garland return to simplistic ‘gendered brain’ analysis.
09 Jun
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Best new movies and shows on BBC iPlayer in June 2022
Every month BBC iPlayer offers a plethora of new movies and TV shows to watch. Here are some of the best.
08 Jun
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Downton Abbey struggles into A New Era with a second film of light fanservice
There’s something stagey about this humorous bit of retro escapism: the COVID-19 production values are obvious.
11 May
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Netflix’s romantic LGBT series Heartstopper is a softcore alternative to Sex Education
Is Netflix’s LGBT series a watershed moment for young adult television? Here’s the good and bad.
09 May
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Best new movies and shows on BBC iPlayer in May 2022
Every month BBC iPlayer offers a plethora of new movies and TV shows to watch. Here are some of the best.
09 May
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Best new movies and shows on BBC iPlayer in April 2022
Every month BBC iPlayer offers a plethora of new movies and TV shows to watch. Here are some of the best.
04 Apr
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In ‘bio-fiction’ Ali & Ava, real people’s real words unfurl beautifully before our eyes
This moving taste of lived experience in England relies on the power of music, and verbatim filmmaking.
07 Mar
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Best new movies and shows on BBC iPlayer in March 2022
Every month BBC iPlayer offers a plethora of new movies and TV shows to watch. Here are some of the best.
01 Mar
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Sizzling series Chloe is a Hitchcockian thriller for the age of Instagram
Erin Doherty is magnetic as a lonely woman obsessing over a popular friend’s death.
27 Feb
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It can’t commit to a tone, but lush musical Cyrano has its heart in the right place
Peter Dinklage sing-speaks his feelings to us, in Joe Wright’s epic imagining of the 19th century play.
24 Feb
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This Is Going To Hurt cuts deep with stories of overworked NHS staff
The TV adaptation of Adam Kay’s unflinching memoir is darkly funny, and “characteristically British”.
16 Feb
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Best new movies and shows on BBC iPlayer in February 2022
Every month BBC iPlayer offers a plethora of new movies and TV shows to watch. Here are some of the best.
03 Feb
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Rules of the Game tackles workplace misogyny head on but perpetuates problematic ideas
It’s good to see contemporary misogyny confronted in BBC’s new crime drama, but the results are hit and miss.
28 Jan
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Best new movies and shows on BBC iPlayer in January 2022
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04 Jan
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The 10 best UK movies of 2021
From a Giallo-inspired thriller to the final outing of Daniel Craig as 007, this year has offered some choice British films.
30 Dec
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The 25 best movies on Prime Video UK
From Hitchcock thrillers to quirky animation and heartfelt romance, Prime Video offers a huge back catalogue of classics.
22 Dec
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The 25 best movies on Netflix UK
There’s some hidden gems to be found on the streaming service: we’ve done the digging for you.
16 Dec
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Best new movies and shows on BBC iPlayer in December 2021
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04 Dec
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Retrospective: get back to Yellow Submarine, the Beatles’ tripped-out animated classic
And a one and a two and a three: “Lucy in the sskkkkyyyy with diaaammmonndddsss!”
18 Nov
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Best new movies and shows on BBC iPlayer in November 2021
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03 Nov