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The Guardian - Culture Edit Unfollow BBC's director of drama and director of film to leave in May by Tara Conlan Mar 1, 2022 Piers Wenger, who commissioned Bodyguard, and Rose Garnett, whose credits include Small Axe, will join US-based A24 The BBC has been hit by two more high-profile exits, with the corporation’s director of drama and its director of film departing in May. Piers Wenger, who commissioned shows such as Bodyguard and A Very British Scandal, and Rose Garnett, whose credits include Small Axe and Judy, are both leaving to join US entertainment company A24 – the outfit behind hits such as HBO’s teen drama Euphoria. Continue reading... Continue Reading Against the Ice review – simple but sturdy Netflix survival drama by Benjamin Lee Mar 1, 2022 Game of Thrones alum Nikolaj Coster-Waldau co-writes and stars in a solid retelling of Danish explorer Ejnar Mikkelsen’s epic Greenland expedition An unusual expedition here for Netflix, unusual less for the nature of the expedition itself and more for the ambition of it, a rare film for the streamer that allows us to travel with characters to a real location, a world away from green screens and sound stages. It shouldn’t be quite this much of a unique selling point but in the age of modestly budgeted fare crafted for the smallest of screens, the sheer on-the-ground expanse of old-fashioned survival adventure Against the Ice immediately separates it from the many other films landing, or most often crash-landing, on the platform. It’s a vital separation from its contemporary streaming peers as when compared with the big-screen films that have come before in this particular genre, it’s a familiar tale told robustly but with very little distinguishing flair. It’s a passion project for the Game of Thrones alum Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who both co-writes and stars as the Danish explorer Ejnar Mikkelsen, but this passion is mostly restrained on screen, a polite, by-the-numbers story of men fighting the elements that should satisfy those seeking a simple, sturdy throwback drama. Those hoping for anything extra will leave feeling a little cold. Continue reading... Continue Reading

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