BCG Daily Sunday 6th June 2021

Mae Martin interview

"We have to give ourselves a break for being turned on by weird stuff".

Derek Jacobi interview

As he stars in a new episode of Inside No. 9, Jacobi talks to Ed Cumming about hobbies, the 'madness' of method acting and whether LGBTQ roles should be given to straight actors.

An Evil Immortal Controlled My Life, by Charmian Hughes

When I was a kid, I saw a terrifying Hammer horror film about an immortal evil beautiful white queen of a lost African kingdom. In petrifying hissy fits, she throws screaming love rivals down bottomless pits of fire. In the nightmare finale she shrivels to her real age of two thousand years old in front of her horrified young lover. Gross!

Review: Feel Good, Netflix

The second series of Feel Good, Mae Martin and Joe Hampson's metafictional comedy-drama (dramedy?) leapt back onto Netflix on Friday. Those with willpower, or busy lives, might manage eke out the episodes. But it'll take a lot to do so. A truly compelling storyline, that takes us even further into our protagonist's past than the first series, is matched by inventive camerawork and fast-paced, realistic writing.

Benji Waterstones review

So this is what happens when you don't read the fine print on a show description. At no point did I expect this to be a show where we're read draft chapters from a book... and yet that is exactly what it says the show is going to be within the fringe programme. Luckily this was by no means a costly error, just a lesson for the future.

Dream Horse review

It takes a Welsh village to breed a winning sprinter in this feelgood comedy starring Toni Collette.

Simon Allen writes 80s-inspired horror film 'Curs>r'

Simon Allen has written Curs>r. Asa Butterfield, Iola Evans and Eddie Marsan are leading the cast of the horror-thriller that has recently wrapped principal photography in the UK.

Further coverage: Variety, Deadline and Screen Daily.