Multicultural VumaTV
VumaTV, a streaming service for multicultural audiences, has launched with a few dozen movies, TV series, short films and documentaries from around the world
International English
Ultimate Shakespeare Binge
BritBox will unveil the full BBC Television Shakespeare Collection – that is, adaptations of all of the Bard’s 37 plays – this Tuesday, May 26
Soviet Gulag Drama
‘Within the Whirlwind,’ a 2009 drama based on the true story of a woman who survived a decade in a Soviet gulag, debuts May 22 on Film Movement Plus
Psychological ‘Penance’
‘Penance,’ a three-episode psychological thriller about a mother who falls for a younger man, debuts May 21 on Sundance Now
Macabre Portraiture
‘Dead Still,’ a dark Irish dramedy about the macabre Victorian-era practice of “post-mortem photography,” premieres its first two episodes today, May 18, on Acorn TV
A Free Coronavirus Romcom
‘Cooped Up,’ a 2016 Australian romantic comedy about a guy quarantined with a coronavirus, debuts free on Crackle May 14
‘The Queen at War’ on PBS
Before she wore ‘The Crown,’ Queen Elizabeth was a war hero to the British. ‘The Queen at War,’ a new PBS doc, tells of her service during World War II
A Filmocracy Primer
Filmocracy, a free gamified indie film streamer now in beta, will launch officially on Tuesday, May 5
‘The Running Mate’
Today, April 28, the four-episode, 2007 satire ‘The Running Mate’ comes to subscription streamer MHz Choice
The Beatles’ Sing-A-Long
The Beatles’ YouTube channel will host a free ‘Yellow Submarine Sing-A-Long Watch Party’ on Saturday, April 25, at noon ET