TV & Film

Need something new to watch? From Southern gothic dramas to Israeli spy thrillers, there are some excellent new releases to light up September.

After three postponements, Christopher Nolan’s latest reality-distorting thriller is finally here. Some mind-boggling set pieces mean Tenet has been worth the wait – and that it needs to be seen on a big screen.

From Fear City last month to the second series of Dirty John (it’s out Friday), a glut of recent releases have shown the world’s appetite for real-life wrongdoing remains ravenous. You know about Making A Murderer, but what are the other classics of the genre you might have missed? Here they are – nine true-crime documentaries that tell wild stories while revealing hidden truths about wider society…

The release of Christopher Nolan’s hotly anticipated Tenet has been delayed again and it’s looking like there aren’t going to be too many blockbusters on big screens this summer. Instead, choose your own entertainment with SLMan’s edit of the finest new films, TV shows and documentaries landing on streaming services in August…

Netflix recently revealed that Chris Hemsworth action-thriller Extraction is its most watched Original film of all time. Find out why you should join the 99m people who watched it in its first month of release – and which other great action films are worth streaming…

In the middle of the six-year Battle of the Atlantic, one man has to do something he’s never done before: get 37 Allied ships across the ocean to Liverpool. Tom Hanks delivers a masterful performance as a jaded naval commander trying to keep a wolfpack of U-boats at bay in the best film to come out since lockdown.

Streaming services have been doing some vital work these past months. From taking on major motion pictures to releasing their own original content, they’ve kept us royally entertained. This is the SLMan edit of the best films, series and documentaries that will be dropping on us in July…

Drive-in cinemas are set to return this summer, offering a novel way to watch films during lockdown. From Tom Kerridge’s posh take on a drive-in to an authentic 50s experience, here are seven worth knowing about.

New film releases have slowed to a trickle, which means added space in your evening and weekend schedules to revisit – or discover – classic movies from decades past. All readily available to stream, here are the 90s films that hit the spot then and now…

At a time when 11% of the US population was African American, 32% of troops sent to Vietnam were black. They were underserved when they returned and, ever since, their stories have been under-represented by Hollywood. Spike Lee is here to put that right, with a spectacular, genre-busting Netflix Original that draws a link between present events and past ones.

You’d think streaming services would be starting to run thin on content. Well, not yet – this month’s new drops are as plentiful as ever. Here is the SLMan edit of the best films, series and documentaries landing in June…

Grand themes, high production values and – most of all – virtuoso fight scenes are helping to make Gangs of London the most thrilling new series on television. Here’s what else you need to know…