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Independent films

The 'Peaky Blinders' Movie Is Easy to Watch, Impossible to Forget

Television
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Peaky Blinders The Real Story review how a pop crime sensation became a network-hopping brand

Peaky Blinders achieved cinematic-scale storytelling that transformed a Birmingham working-class period drama into a global, music-fueled cultural phenomenon and enduring network-hopping brand.
Television
fromInverse
1 month ago

13 Years Later, Netflix Is Finally Bringing A Beloved Crime Saga To An End

Tommy Shelby returns in Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, pulled from retirement to stop his son Duke's Nazi entanglement and face another reckoning.
Television
fromInverse
1 day ago

'Peaky Blinders' Sequel Series Just Made A Huge Casting Change

Peaky Blinders returns with 'The Immortal Man', concluding Tommy Shelby's story while introducing a sequel series featuring Duke Shelby, now played by Jamie Bell.
fromKqed
2 weeks ago
Independent films

The 'Peaky Blinders' Movie Is Easy to Watch, Impossible to Forget

Film
fromConsequence
2 weeks ago

Tim Roth, Steven Knight, and Tom Harper on Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man: Podcast

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man concludes the Shelby saga during World War II with escalated stakes, featuring Tim Roth as a grounded antagonist and Tommy Shelby facing his final reckoning.
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Film
fromConsequence
2 weeks ago

Stream On: Peaky Blinders, Is This Thing On, Pete Holmes

New streaming releases include 'Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man' on Netflix and 'Rooster' on HBO Max.
Arts
fromwww.npr.org
2 weeks ago

Six seasons and a sequel: 'Peaky Blinders' is easy to consume and impossible to forget

Tommy Shelby emerges from isolation in 1940 when his son's dangerous gang activities and Nazi threats force him to confront personal and historical crises threatening England and his family.
Television
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Portobello: how can this TV show about the mafia and a mind-controlled parrot be so wildly dull?

Portobello tells the true story of Enzo Tortora, a TV host falsely accused of Camorra ties, exploring themes of celebrity, politics, and organized crime.
London food
fromianVisits
2 weeks ago

Mind the bap! Morgan Freeman lends his loaf to Baker Street tube station

Morgan Freeman provides bakery-themed announcements at Baker Street tube station for two days as part of Warburtons' 150th anniversary campaign, replacing standard travel advice with bread-related puns.
Podcast
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Cillian Murphy opens up about Peaky Blinders: best podcasts of the week

Multiple new podcasts explore diverse topics including Peaky Blinders behind-the-scenes content, an unsolved attack on America's Stonehenge, creative fiction writing, family history archives, and a historical investigation into a proposed Palestinian resettlement plan.
fromSlate Magazine
1 week ago

Who Gets to Decide if Sherlock Holmes Is Gay?

The Johnlock Conspiracy emerged as a fan theory suggesting an inevitable gay romance between Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson, leading to significant community upheaval.
Television
London
fromCN Traveller
1 month ago

On Location: Young Sherlock takes us from a historic university city in England to Spain's Cadiz

Young Sherlock is a Guy Ritchie-directed Amazon Prime series exploring Sherlock Holmes' origin story at Oxford University, featuring Hero Fiennes Tiffin as the young detective.
Film
fromConsequence
3 weeks ago

Stream On This Week: A Very Silly Downton Abbey Spoof and a Recommendation from Suzanne Vega!

Stream On newsletter recommends new films and TV shows across major streaming platforms, featuring Fackham Hall, It's Dorothy!, and Dispatches from Elsewhere as weekly picks.
Film
fromVulture
3 weeks ago

British Period Drama's Go-To Rooms, Ranked

British historic houses used in period dramas possess genuine historical significance and extensive film appearances, unlike American studio back lots, functioning as versatile character actors across multiple productions and eras.
fromInverse
2 weeks ago

20 Years Later, The 10th Doctor Has Somehow Returned - Again

out of all of the performers who have played the Doctor since the 2005 revival, it's pretty clear that the standout fan-favorite is David Tennant, who brought a nervy and electrifying energy to the character as the Tenth Doctor and the Fourteenth Doctor, respectively.
Television
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Louis Theroux's 20 best documentaries: from Savile and Scientology to prisons and painkillers

Louis Theroux transitions to Netflix after nearly 30 years with the BBC, launching with a documentary exploring the men's rights movement and online masculinity.
Film
fromIndieWire
1 month ago

'Young Sherlock' Stars Hero Fiennes Tiffin and Joseph Fiennes Crack the Case on Big Spoilers and Real Chemistry

Hero Fiennes Tiffin stars in Prime Video's "Young Sherlock" opposite his uncle Joseph Fiennes, marking their first significant on-camera collaboration in a major project.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man review Tommy Shelby returns for muddy, bloody big-screen showdown

Peaky Blinders transitions from television to film with Tommy Shelby confronting his estranged son's criminal betrayal during World War II while battling personal demons and Nazi threats.
World news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

Identity of Thames torso murderer may finally have been uncovered

A possible identity for the Thames Torso Murderer has emerged after 139 years of reinvestigation, linking a forgotten Victorian killer to multiple dismemberments.
fromVulture
2 months ago

Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Finale Recap: In Which Points Are Made

Everything Bundle has accomplished is substantive and worthy of celebration, but in the course of learning who she can trust and foiling the theft of Dr. Matip's formula, she's lost Jimmy and Loraine, who represented her one remaining connection to Gerry. She's also been forced to reckon with the knowledge that although Lady Caterham loves her, she's never really seen Bundle and her gifts accurately. Worse still, Bundle realizes that she's never really been enough for her mother.
UK politics
History
fromwww.standard.co.uk
2 months ago

Historian Lucy Worsley believes team have solved Thames Torso murder mystery

Historians identify James Crick, a violent bargeman, as the likely Thames Torso Murderer who dismembered multiple women in late Victorian London.
fromInverse
2 months ago

The Dream Of Life Without Sleep Is Actually A Dystopian Nightmare

We spend one-third of our lives asleep. This biological fact is something that, with time and technology, is less and less taken for granted. In many science fiction stories, the future of sleep is cozy and idyllic - an elevated state living within dream world. In others, sleep is more of an evolutionary shackle that gets in the way of productivity. The latter focuses on questions that haunt anyone who feels there are not enough hours in the day. What if we didn't have to sleep?
Philosophy
Film
fromVulture
1 month ago

Tom Hollander Keeps Hearing About These Boiled Potatoes

Tom Hollander's portrayal of Mr. Collins in Joe Wright's 2005 Pride and Prejudice adaptation remains remarkably enduring, capturing the character's social awkwardness with nuanced humor and unexpected pathos.
Books
fromVulture
2 months ago

Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Recap: Battle Commences

Jimmy and Bundle investigate linked deaths of Gerry and Ronnie, uncovering connections to "Seven Dials" while Bundle's bold detective actions drive the plot forward.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

I'm fully prepared for our dystopian future!' Holliday Grainger on AI, firearms training and The Capture

Each series explores technology that feels just one step ahead of reality. In the era of AI, it feels more and more timely. Ben does a lot of research and we have advisers who inform us about the latest developments. Not just from the Met and counter-terror but military consultants as well. They're banks of information and a lot more open than you'd expect because it's all off the record.
Television
Film
fromVulture
1 month ago

Mark Strong Answers Every Question We Have About Sherlock Holmes

British actors often play Hollywood villains; Mark Strong's Lord Blackwood in Guy Ritchie's 2009 Sherlock Holmes exemplified that trend and boosted his profile.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Watson season two review a Sherlock Holmes spinoff full of naughty wit

Long before that, the biggest drama in the world was House, which was set in a hospital but featured a mercurial genius solving baffling mysteries once the House-Home-Holmes penny dropped, you knew you were watching Sherlock in disguise. Watson is the latest attempt by US network television to keep the Conan Doyle canon firing, and it's a straight cross between House and Elementary.
Television
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fromRoger Ebert
2 months ago
Television

"Agatha Christie's Seven Dials" Will Send Your Snooze Button Into Overdrive | TV/Streaming | Roger Ebert

fromRoger Ebert
2 months ago
Television

"Agatha Christie's Seven Dials" Will Send Your Snooze Button Into Overdrive | TV/Streaming | Roger Ebert

Television
fromCN Traveller
2 months ago

Where was Agatha Christie's Seven Dials filmed? Behind the scenes of the lavish Netflix murder mystery

Filming took place at Badminton House and across Bristol, including Barrel House and streets such as Queens Square, All Saints Street and Clare Street.
Television
fromConsequence
1 month ago

Thomas Brodie-Sangster & David Thewlis on How The Artful Dodger Season 2 Expands Dickens' World and Beard Diaries: Podcast

Season 2 of The Artful Dodger intensifies tone, blending medical drama, romance, comedy, and crime with faster pacing, moral ambiguity, and heightened character evolution.
Television
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

I'm a crime writer. Here's why we make the best Traitors contestants

Crime fiction specialists' observational, empathetic, and deceptive-character skills make them natural contestants and formidable analysts on The Traitors.
#the-night-manager
Television
fromThe Independent
1 month ago

Downton Abbey star opens up on working with 'proper multi-tasker' Guy Ritchie

Hugh Bonneville praises Guy Ritchie's multitasking directing, hints at an unconfirmable Gentlemen role, reflects on Downton Abbey's unexpected longevity, and doubts further Paddington appearances.
fromInverse
2 months ago

Netflix's Most Infamous Sci-Fi Series Is Coming Back For Another Grim Season

Charlie Brooker's dystopian anthology series Black Mirror has been making us face the dark side of technology for 15 years now. In 2011, that meant live TV ransoms and capitalist reality shows. But last year, in Season 7, we saw memories brought to life, emotions run on subscription models, and the Hollywood remake machine going very literal. In the age of AI popping up everywhere, Black Mirror isn't going to stop reflecting real life any time soon - but what could possibly be next?
Television
Television
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Watching The Office recently, my heart just sank' Mackenzie Crook on comedy, cruelty and being TV royalty

Mackenzie Crook portrays Gordon in Small Prophets, a pedantic DIY-store manager amid a melancholic story centered on Michael's quiet grief and middle-age rumination.
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