Day: 16 December 2025
What to stream in the new year on MUBI; January highlights for the best service celebrating cinema culture
MUBI is a place to discover ambitious films by visionary filmmakers, from iconic directors to emerging auteurs, all carefully chosen by MUBI’s curators. With MUBI GO, members in select countries can get a free ticket every week to see the best new films in cinemas. And Notebook explores all sides of cinema culture – both in…
Biffy Clyro’s James Johnston withdraws from 2026 tour dates
Earlier this morning, an announcement was shared via the Biffy Clyro social media accounts that bassist James Johnston would not be joining the band on the upcoming tours. The message, from James, shared the news that he has been struggling with mental health problems, which have led to addiction issues. Deciding to address the problems…
Film Review: New Fears Eve; shameless slasher delights in its own twisted gore
Given the shameless pun that is its title, one needn’t worry about subtlety or nuance with a film like New Fears Eve. Whilst we are in the midst of a true appreciation for the horror genre and how deeply layered it can prove, there’s something refreshing about a gory slasher that follows a classic formula…
Rob Reiner and The Story of Us; A Marriage In Rearview
Rob Reiner‘s passing is a shock felt across the worlds of film and television. Known for directing such beloved classics as This Is Spinal Tap, Stand By Me, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally…, Misery, and A Few Good Men, he leaves behind a body of work that spans genres, tones, and generations. Reiner’s…
Book Review: Summer, In Between captures all the emotional whiplash of being a teenage girl
Holly Cardamone won the 2024 Hawkeye Press Manuscript Development award for her novel, Summer, In Between. Described as a kind of modern mash-up of Aussie teenage classics, Looking for Alibrandi and Puberty Blues, Summer, In Between follows seventeen-year-old Cat Kelty, an ambitious and slightly spiky Italian-Australian girl who lives in a coastal holiday town. Cat is stressed about the impending…
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is a fantastic sequel that gets most of its pieces right
It feels like forever since I’ve played a new Metroid Prime game, and then I realised, that’s because it’s been forever since we got one. Not counting 2023’s admittedly stellar Metroid Prime Remastered, we last touched base with this particular series in 2007 with Metroid Prime 3: Corruption on the Nintendo Wii. While it was far from…
