Charlie Lyne's home entertainment
Charlie Lyne looks to the brave new world beyond physical media
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The legend of Zelda: Christina Ricci’s Fitzgerald is a confused clicheZ: The Beginning Of Everything attempts to chart the flapper icon’s thrilling rise to intoxicating muse but its portrayal of the jazz age is disappointingly pedestrian
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Morris From America: another victim of the Sundance hype machineThe film festival could once make or break a movie – but as this German-American drama proves, nowadays its endorsement seems increasingly meaningless
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A Series of Unfortunate Events: Netflix lets its freak flag flyAfter a disappointing Hollywood adaptation, the streaming giant takes on the curious world of Lemony Snicket – and the result is a daring, offbeat treat
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What’s up doc: Nick Fraser’s taking on the big boysCan fledgling documentary platform Yaddo take on the streaming site giants?
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Fight for your right: the "war on Christmas" films nobody needs to seeA dubious new genre is centred on characters “saving” the holiday and all its trimmings from scrooges – and the concept of cultural inclusivity
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Battle of the 'bots: Why Westworld the film is superior to the TV seriesThe original Westworld film of 1973 was zippy and entertaining – HBO have twisted this sci-fi story into something completely unwatchable
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Captive: Netflix's big-budget answer to CrimewatchThe streaming platform’s latest show relives dramatic hostage scenarios - but will it be able to salvage the tacky crime scene re-enactment genre?
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Project X: Laura Poitras homes in on the dark side of the internetThe director’s new short film descends on a brutalist New York building to sum up the unsettlingly intangible nature of the web
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French resistance: can Netflix win over its harshest critics?As the streaming platform struggles across the Channel, a new Cannes haul could provide an opportunity to seduce a very sceptical audience
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Is Mad Max: Fury Road even better in black and white?Director George Miller has recut the post-apocalyptic epic without colour. It provides an illuminating counterpoint to the original
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The Killing Of America: the reviled 'mondo' film that's ripe for reappraisalIn this post-internet world, the sensationalist documentary genre feels less shocking and more level-headed
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Scary movie site Shudder is resurrecting the horror of the TV schedulesIt’s hard to find genuine chills in our information-overload era – but this new 24-hour scary movie service is full of unpleasant surprises
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Can Notes On Blindness change the way streaming caters for disabled people?On-demand video may be ubiquitous, but it’s often inaccessible to many viewers. Now the release of John Hull’s docudrama looks set to turn the tide
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Hypernormalisation: Adam Curtis plots a path from Syria to Trump, via Jane FondaThe cult doc-maker explores the falsity of modern life in his own inimitable style. Just make sure you put enough time aside to watch it
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13th: Ava DuVernay offers up a devastating history of black AmericaThe Selma director explores race and incarceration with a powerful and timely documentary
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Crisis in Six Scenes: Woody Allen's TV show is proof he's finally lost the plotAllen’s first TV series in half a century feels clumsy, shuffly and full of lame one-liners. Not even Miley Cyrus as a rebel runaway can save it
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Judge not: how Netflix produced the definitive Amanda Knox filmBy warning against a pop psychology approach to criminal investigation, the streaming giant have made a documentary that is both wise and alarming
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XOXO: how to make a movie for the under-20sFrom its EDM theme to the release model, it’s custom-made for today’s teens
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One Mississippi: Tig Notaro's cancer comedy embraces triumph and tragedyNotaro is the latest comedian to take her troubles and turn them into prestige dramedy. Unlike some recent attempts, she rises to the challenge
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Chef's Table: Netflix offers up food porn par excellenceDavid Gelb’s foodie documentary heads to France to profile cuisine that’s too haute to handle. Shame you won’t be able to afford any of it
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Super Deluxe: meet the 'creative weirdos' remixing Trump and ClintonThe Youtube channel has found viral fame with its chopped-up videos of the US Presidential candidates, and is making satire great again in the process
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The Low Down: a self-indulgent paean to Cool BritanniaSixteen years on, this Film4 flick about the loves, lives and drinking habits of young Londoners feels decidedly dated, if oddly watchable
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Collective:unconscious – the indie flick helping BitTorrent escape its pirate pastThe download service continues to smarten up its act with this festival hit, which sees five directors make short films of each other’s dreams
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Stonewall: False pride and unsung heroesRoland Emmerich’s movie, now on VoD, prioritises one man’s struggles at the expense of historical accuracy
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The Bronze: What a bad sportHollywood’s antihero trend spawns an obnoxious Olympian in this new VOD movie
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Internet Famous: vlogging gets the mockumentary treatmentYouTubers send up their profession in a satire that’s surprisingly self-assured
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Turkish horror Baskin: don’t try this at homeMade for feverish screenings, Turkish horror Baskin becomes tedious as home entertainment
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The Joy Of Painting: cult TV daubathon finds a new home onlineStudents, pensioners and Mark and Jez from Peep Show number amongst its fans. Now a new generation is getting its Bob Ross fix on YouTube
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[in]Transition: where action meets academiaGet past the pretentious preamble, and this film journal illuminates the big-screen
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The Fundamentals Of Caring: the landfill indie movie hits the roadPaul Rudd and Craig Roberts may have chemistry, but their journey of self-discovery is stuffed with Sundance stereotypes
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BFI Player: a homespun alternative to the VOD giantsThe British Film Institute’s small-time streaming service - a gruelling way to watch fascinating films
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Michel Gondry: the most unpredictable man in filmAs his Noam Chomsky animation proves, nobody does freewheeling movie-making like the French director
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Arabian Nights: satire meets Scheherazade in epic Portuguese trilogyMiguel Gomes explores his country’s austerity years via myth and dick jokes
555: would you pay good money for a hipster sketch series?