Shaurya Thapa

It costs a lot to be entertained these days. Just a few years ago ‘cord-cutting’ seemed like a life hack that’d save TV watchers a tonne of cash. Once the streaming revolution truly kicked in, though, the subscriptions piled up, and with recent price increases and crackdowns on password sharing – not to mention sheer overload of choice – it’s making some of us gaze at our old cable bills with wistful longing.   But what if we told you there was an easily accessible website out there with a trove of legitimately awesome movies available to stream 24/7, and entirely for free? It’s called YouTube. Yes, the site known primarily for instructional videos about how to install a new sink and use an air fryer is hiding an impressive library of classic cinema of the sort many other streamers don’t bother with – from silent era milestones to essential deep cuts. If you don’t mind sitting through a bunch of commercials, YouTube has a full channel of ad-supported modern films as well. But for true movie buffs looking to fill some knowledge gaps, check out the 35 flicks below – with links included. Recommended: 🎬 100 best movies of all time💣 The greatest thrillers ever made🤘 The best cult classic movies of all-time🌍 The 50 best foreign films of all-time

Second only by Shakespeare, Stephen King is the most adapted author of all time. With 60 movies and counting, King’s novels and short stories have terrified audiences for decades since Brian De Palma adapted his debut novel Carrie in 1976. But while King’s canon yielded memorable cinematic and TV horrors like It, Cujo, and Salem’s Lot, the Maine native also delved into profound human connections as seen in real-world dramas like Stand By Me and The Shawshank Redemption. This year alone marks the release of three highly-anticipated King adaptations: Longlegs director Osgood Perkins’s horror comedy The Monkey, the Tom Hiddleston-led sci-fi drama The Life of Chuck, and Edgar Wright’s upcoming The Running Man remake starring Glen Powell. From misty monsters to haunted hotel rooms, we glimpse through the best of Stephen King adaptations. And while it might draw the scorn of ‘the King of Horror’, this list also includes some cinematic classics that he notoriously hated himself.   😱 The best horror movies of 2025 (so far). 👹 The 100 horror films ever made.

As he told David Letterman in 2019, Shah Rukh Khan boasts 3.5 billion fans across his home land, the wider Indian diaspora and even Greece, Switzerland, and Egypt. Such is the extraordinary levels of fame attained by India’s most famous actor. But who sits alongside Khan at the top of that very big, very lush tree? There are a whole host to choose from.  Even beyond the Hindi film industry, India boasts stars with a cult fanbase ranging from Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan in Tamil movies to Chiranjeevi and Nagarjuna in the Telugu film industry or even Mammootty and Mohanlal in the Malayalam language. While Bollywood is technically the term for Hindi productions, we are looking across all state borders and counting down the biggest actors in the country including the veterans mentioned above along with a new crop of rising stars. Recommended: 🇮🇳 The 100 best Bollywood movies of all-time🇬🇧 50 great British actors🌍 The 50 best foreign films of all-time

It’s an age-old question: what is the greatest movie trilogy, and what makes a trilogy movie great? In truth, they come in all shapes and sizes from the three act structure of The Lord of the Rings, the original Star Wars movies and Hiroshi Inagaki’s masterful The Samurai Trilogy. to the looser thematic links of Edgar Wright’s Cornetto trilogy or Sergio Leone’s spaghetti westerns. East Asian and Scandinavian cinema has given us loosely connected ‘spiritual’ trilogies, with Joachim Trier exploring Norwegian urban youth in his Oslo trilogy, Park Chan-wook helming blood-soaked Korean revenge sagas with the Vengeance trilogy. Some trilogies have futzed up the landing in their final entries. Alien, The Terminator, X-Men and Spider-Man all miss out on this list on the back of their wobbly final chapters. But the overall cultural impact of some trilogies is such that we can be willing to forgive the odd one out. So The Godfather and The Dark Knight, no matter how polarising their final instalments are. From poetic romances to swashbuckling adventures, this list will take you through the best movie trilogies. RECOMMENDED:  📽️ The 100 greatest movies of all time📺 The greatest TV and streaming series ever made

Every summer brings us a new superhero movie, muscular and flexing for your wallet. This time around it’s ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’, a sure-to-be-snarky, sweary and irreverent middle ground between mainstream MCU fare and the satirical edge of ‘The Boys’. But before you flinch, drop that attitude: several of these blockbusters have been excellent action movies, redeeming Hollywood's most profitable genre as opportunities for sophistication, sarcasm and panache. We love the best superhero movies because they help us to dream big. Here are the 20 best examples – tie on your cape and dive in.

In BBC’ss Sherlock, Mark Gatiss played the titular detective’s influential older brother, Mycroft Holmes. In the new period thriller Bookish, Gatiss portrays a protagonist cut from the same cloth as Sherlock, albeit with a more supportive approach to the authorities. Gatiss is Gabriel Book, an unconventional second-hand bookseller who uses his antiquarian collection to help police solve crimes. Bookish is a return to form for the Emmy winner, who also serves as co-writer alongside broadcaster Matthew Sweet. Recreating London in 1946, Bookish serves as a delightful throwback to detective mysteries of the era while touching upon the perils of post-war Britain. Read on to discover how the detective thriller’s world came to life. And if you have Gabriel Book's smarts, you'll spot that most of the filming locations were surprisingly not even in London. Photograph: UKTV/Kevin BakerArchangel Lane was filmed in the Belgian town of Namur Namur, Belgium The heart and soul of Bookish lies in London, but the production team subtly recreated the city's post-war bleakness overseas. Most of the series was filmed in Belgium in 2024, with additional photography taking place in the UK. Namur, a city located in southern Belgium, features prominently in Bookish as the location where street sets for Archangel Lane were built. This fictional London lane is where Gabriel Book runs his second-hand bookstore, which also doubles as a base of operations for Book's investigative activities. Gare de B

A body falls from a cliff at Yosemite National Park. Could it be a mountain climbing accident or a wild coyote attack? Or does a deeper conspiracy brew in the California park’s forests? Eric Bana’s special agent Kyle Turner gets to the case in Untamed, Netflix’s six-episode miniseries created by Mark L Smith. This isn’t the Oscar-nominated screenwriter’s first figurative trek through the American wilderness. Smith’s previous credits include Leonardo DiCaprio survival drama The Revenant and this year’s brutal Netflix western American Primeval. Photograph: Ricardo Hubbs/Netflix| Eric Bana as Kyle Turner, Sam Neill as Paul Souter in Untamed With Untamed, Smith trades his period settings for a more modern timeline, but the tension remains the same. Fans of slow-burning mysteries like Mare of Easttown and True Detective will be hooked on Agent Turner approaching closer to the truth, oozing style with his greyed beard and horseback riding skills. But if you’re wondering where Untamed was actually filmed, a few surprises await. Was Untamed actually filmed at Yosemite National Park? Surprisingly not. Set almost entirely in Yosemite, Eric Bana’s brooding cop Kyle Turner describes the California wilderness as ‘the size of Rhode Island’ with ‘five separate highway entrances’. But none of the national park actually features in Untamed. Instead, the show’s crew set up camp mostly in Canada to film the series – and specifically the province of British Columbia. The Canadian province’s va

From scorching ‘mini-heatwaves’ to the occasional drizzles, weather in the UK can be truly unpredictable. But meteorological skepticism hasn’t stopped outdoor cinema from popping up this part of the world. Londoners have their TikTok-ified Rooftop Film Club but plenty of other UK sites are also being turned into al fresco film screening venues. On the list? Country houses, cathedral gardens, and even a graveyard. So, it’s no surprise that three UK entries make it to Time Out’s list of the 30 most beautiful outdoor cinemas in the world. While the top spots are bagged by an open-air venue overlooking the Sydney Opera House, a Los Angeles cemetery and Cannes’s beachfront, a Cumbrian castle comes in at 14th. The Adventure Cinema sets up shop every summer at the Lowther Castle in Cumbria. In fact, this 19th century Cumbrian country house is a sham castle, but filmgoers have little to nitpick when they can lounge in the 130-acre garden area and tap their feet to open-air screenings of Mamma Mia, Dirty Dancing and a Greatest Showman sing-a-long. Given the Lowther’s Gothic silhouette and sprawling greenery, one can hope the venue goes on to host the upcoming Downton Abbey movie, a Tim Burton Halloween, or a Merchant Ivory season. In fact, this year, the Adventure Cinema also plans to tour across more castles, estates, and National Trust locations with the current season set to include over 200 screenings until September 21.  Photograph: MoonflicksMoonflicks at Chester Cathedral Als

TV’s favourite tragicomedy is back with kitchen shouting matches, tear-jerking drama, and some unexpected needle drops. Much like its previous outings, The Bear season 4 has been cooking up some eclectic mixes with tinges of sad dad rock, film soundtracks, and even some Beethoven.  Attentive fans will also be glad to see some returning sounds from previous seasons. We are talking Taylor Swift, R.E.M, and the guitar riffs of Refused’s New Noise, a track that has become synonymous with The Bear.  The Emmy-winning series continues the journey of talented but tragic chef Carmy Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White) as he and his staff chaotically manage to keep their Chicago restaurant running in business.  While the fancy food presented in The Bear might be hard to prepare at home, you can still sit back and listen to the show’s diverse playlists.  What kind of music does The Bear season 4 use?  Season 4 continues The Bear’s classic rock tendencies with Led Zeppelin’s That’s The Way underscoring the opening episode, a bittersweet interaction between Carmy and his late brother Mikey.  The rest of the season is peppered with tracks by The Who, Lou Reed, Paul Simon, Eddie Vedder. Just in time around the much-awaited Oasis reunion tour this July, the Manchester band’s B-side single Stay Young also plays over the closing credits of episode 6.  A recurring theme in multiple episodes is I’ve Got You, the Sonny and Cher duet that features prominently in the Bill Murray time travel comedy Groundh

After filming neon-streaked light cycle races in Tron: Legacy and high-altitude dogfights in Top Gun: Maverick, director Joseph Kosinski brings the summer blockbuster to the Formula One circuit. Officially licensed by Formula 1, the Brad Pitt-led F1: The Movie one-ups previous motorsport films with unparalleled access to real-life racing seasons, immersive first-person camerawork from modified cars, and cameos by champion drivers like Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen. Pitt steers aerodynamic beasts as Sonny Hayes, a yesteryear driver hired as a last-ditch option by FI team APX GP, an outfit much closer to bankruptcy than titles. Meanwhile, Londoner Damson Idris plays Pitt’s impetuous, insecure young teammate Joshua Pearce. Photograph: Scott Garfield / Warner Bros. Pictures / Apple Original FilmsDamson Idris as Joshua Pearce in ‘F1: The Movie’ Together, the veteran and the rookie trot across the globe’s flashiest Grade 1 circuits, with occasional pitstops for a pint at the pub and a post-race party at a Las Vegas club. This is how and where they pulled it all off. Where were the races of F1: The Movie filmed? The racing scenes were all shot at actual tracks, from trial laps at Silverstone Circuit in the UK to a final nail-biter at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Photograph: Scott Garfield / Warner Bros. Pictures / Apple Original FilmsShea Whigham at Daytona International Speedway Daytona International Speedway, Florida Brad Pitt’s Sonny Hayes is introduced in a non

It has been more than two decades since director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland unleashed sprinting zombies on the world with 28 Days Later. That film’s gnarly opening with Cillian Murphy wandering around empty streets of London still caters to our apocalyptic, past-pandemic anxieties. Now, the duo reunites for 28 Years Later, replacing urban decay with guerrilla warfare in the forests. Photograph: Sony PicturesJamie (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and his son Spike (Alfie Williams) in ‘28 Years Later’ What is 28 Years Later about? Set nearly three decades after the Rage virus outbreak, 28 Years Later follows a band of survivors who have set base on a windswept tidal island. But when seasoned scavenger Jamie (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), his preteen son Spike (Alfie Williams), and, later, mum Isla (Jodie Comer) embark on a journey to the mainland, they get exposed to the true extent of the infected. Where was 28 Years Later filmed? If the first film found Boyle’s crew using Canon digital camcorders to capture action in concrete dystopias, 28 Years Later relies on an inventory of iPhone 15s and drones capturing the Gothic ruins and forested interiors of north eastern England. Expect sleepy parishes, Gothic monasteries, mist-shrouded forests, and the towering lines of the bone temples.  Photograph: Miya Mizuno/Sony PicturesAlfie Williams and Ralph Fiennes on location for ‘28 Years Later’ Where is the Bone Temple located? An intriguing attraction of 28 Years Later is the Bone Temple s

Sheffield DocFest turns 32 this year, and it’s still the UK's documentary heavyweight – the place where you'll spot next year's must-watch docs before they hit cinemas or streaming platforms.  And this year’s fest is delivering hope-filled stories from war zones in Ukraine and Gaza, bizarrely brilliant dating experiments from North Korea and China, plus fresh voices from the festival’s jury selection. Here are five from the newly-announced 2025 line-up to watch out for. Photograph: Sheffield DocFest‘Still Pushing Pineapples’ Still Pushing Pineapples Festival opener Still Pushing Pineapples promises uplift and good vibes in abundance. The title refers to Dean Michael, the British singer of yesteryear pop outfit Black Lace, best remembered for ’80s hit Agadoo. With his glory days behind him, the film follows Michael’s comeback bid as he embarks on a road trip with his mother and partner. A road movie with a few things to say about pop culture, it’ll be absolutely nothing like all those gushing-but-dull vanity docs about legendary musicians.  Photograph: Sheffield DocFest‘North South Man Woman’ North South Man Woman There are a couple of dating documentary on this year’s slate, including China’s The Dating Game (about a bootcamp of rich Chinese bachelors seeking a suitable wife) and this South Korean film. Filmed over five years, it follows Yujin Han, a North Korean expat who started her own dating agency matchmaking North Korean women with eligible South Korean bachelors. T

‘I just had two cookies and a Coke. That’s phenomenal.’ That’s what David Lynch said once, sitting in the backseat of a car with a floral garland around his neck. The director, writer, and full-time surrealist clearly loved the little things in life. But the Blue Velvet and Mullholland Drive filmmaker, who passed away this January, also amassed a vast archive of film memorabilia, personal cameras, abstract paintings, erotic art books, coffee machines, and Lynch’s own ‘lunchbox with trinkets’. All of them are up for auction via LA auction house Julien’s and vintage TV network Turner Classic Movies. With online bids already live, The David Lynch Collection will go under the hammer on June 18, 2025. As you’d expect, the line-up of souvenirs is randomly assorted and quite diverse. In other words, Lynchian to the core. Photograph: Julie's Auction| David Lynch's personalised director's chair What items are on sale? The most sought-after items right now are understandably film-related memorabilia like Lynch’s own personalised director’s chair (current bid at $27,500), his personal 35mm prints of Eraserhead (current bid at $22,500), and those velvety red curtains from Twin Peaks: The Return (current bid at $15,000). A deeper dive through the online catalogue also takes you through other facets of Lynch’s quirky and whimsical life. Photograph: Julien's Auctions| The red curtains with chequerboard flooring from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me If you scroll past the cinematic heavy hi

The tiny, blue Smurfs are back with their mushroom houses and their floppy white caps. After a series of commercially successful live-action and animated Smurfs movies, the franchise returns in 2025 with a reboot directed by Chris Lord (Puss in Boots, Shrek the Third) and produced by pop star Rihanna (who also has a voice role as Smurfette). Based on the evergreen Belgian comic series by cartoonist Peyo, Smurfs follows the efforts of Smurfette and her fellow Lilliputian creatures as they set out to rescue their mentor Papa Smurf from the clutches of evil wizard brothers Gargamel and Razamel. The premise might seem familiar to previous Smurf adventures, but with Rihanna in the cast, the film’s soundtrack promises to be a step above its precursors. The Smurfs movies have always stuck to a feel-good pop sound with singles like Britney Spears’s Ooh La La for The Smurfs 2 and Meghan Trainor’s I’m A Lady for Smurfs: The Lost Village. For 2025’s Smurfs, Chris Lord’s Puss in Boots collaborator Henry Jackman is on scoring duties, while a 14-track pop soundtrack boasts high-profile names like Tyla and Cardi B along with cast members Rihanna and James Corden. With 14 uplifting pop numbers, the Smurfs tracklist captures the magical and cheerful nature of its little blue heroes. What’s on the Smurfs soundtrack? Milenge by Natania Celebrate by Natania Friend of Mine by Rihanna Higher Love by DESI TRILL feat. DJ Khaled, Cardi B, Natania and Subhi Liar For A Living by Natania It Takes A Vill

Bella Ramsey and Pedro Pascal are back in action, taking down fungal zombies and going through an emotional rollercoaster in The Last of Us season 2. Based on the acclaimed Naughty Dog game The Last of Us Part II, the series raises the stakes after a five-year jump. Ellie (Ramsey) is growing up amidst a new society of survivors while her father-figure Joel (Pascal) confronts the actions of his violent past. To make matters worse, the zombies are smarter, and the humans are more divided this time. The soundtrack complements the rustic dystopia of the series, accompanied by some Easter Eggs that will delight fans of the source material. As was the case with the games and the first season, Argentine maestro Gustavo Santaolalla returns to score the series along with co-composer David Fleming. Eagle-eyed viewers will also be able to spot Santaolalla strumming a guitar in episode 1’s New Year’s Eve dance. Going by its source material, this season is bound to be more musical as Ellie picks up the guitar to escape from her existential dread. With Joel also tinkering with the six-stringer in episode 1, there are hints of more acoustic melancholia to follow.  How The Last of Us season 2 soundtrack has Easter Eggs for the game fans So far, the soundtrack features needle drops by Seattle grunge legends Nirvana and folk-country outfit Crooked Still (who perform in the episode 1 party as Brittany and the Jug Boys). In fact, the Crooked Still tracks also featured in the gameplay trailer of

The new Netflix original Sirens is a limited series that starts out as a campy eat-the-rich satire, before slowly morphing into something far more sinister. Think of The White Lotus’s uber-rich caricatures and blend them with Jean Smart’s parasitic boss in Hacks. Throw in some subplots with troubled siblings and class differences, add some colourful locales and presto, you have a psychological thriller-cum-dark comedy ripe for bingeing. What is Sirens about? The Netflix series boasts a star-studded ensemble, with Oscar-winner Julianne Moore playing Michaela, a controlling socialite, and House of the Dragon breakout Milly Alcock as her overworked but fiercely loyal assistant Simone. When Simone’s older sister Devon (Meghann Fahy from The White Lotus season 2 and more recently Drop) attempts to check up on her sister, she finds herself navigating a nexus of power and obsession in and around some extremely lavish east coast real estate. Produced by Margot Robbie, Sirens is adapted from the satirical play Elemeno Pea by Molly Smith Metzler, with the playwright also serving as show runner.  Photograph: Macall Polay/Netflix © 2025Milly Alcock and Kevin Bacon Where was Sirens filmed? Netflix’s answer to the Saltburn manor, the central location in Sirens is a palatial house in a remote house. But despite the air of mystery, the locations don’t require you to fly around to some exotic White Lotus retreat. The heart of the series remains in the state of New York. Here’s a rundown of

Una sofocante noche de verano en Buenos Aires. Los ensordecedores ruidos del tráfico nocturno que van acompañados de los ecos de las protestas en las calles. Y, tras un trueno que retumba entre las nubes, silencio. Esta vez, el repiqueteo en el suelo, que suele representar un descanso del calor estival, no se trata de lluvia, sino de una tormenta de nieve mortal que rápidamente acaba con todo ser vivo.  Así arranca el nuevo éxito de Netflix, la miniserie argentina 'El Eternauta'. Basada en el pionero cómic del mismo nombre, este drama puede llegar a recordar a obras como la distopía helada de 'Snowpiercer', largometraje dirigido por Bong Joon Ho y basado en la novela gráfica francesa de 1982, o 'The Last of Us', por su comentario político y situaciones de tensión psicológica. Pero, aunque se ha hecho esperar, 'El Eternauta' los precede a todos. Antes de que os pongáis cómodos para empezar la maratón de sus seis capítulos, de más de 40 minutos de duración cada uno (llegando a superar la hora para su espectacular final), te contamos todo lo esencial de esta nueva producción de la plataforma de 'streaming'. 1. El Eternauta es un clásico latinoamericano La nueva serie toma prestado su nombre de una novela gráfica de culto publicada por entregas en la revista argentina 'Hora Cero', entre los años 1957 y 1959. Escrita por el periodista y escritor Héctor Germán Oesterheld e ilustrada por Francisco Solano López, esta apasionante obra sigue a Juan Salvo, que junto a su familia y amigo