# The Remote

> Everything worth watching


## Posts

- [The Lowdown Returns With Family](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/the-lowdown-season-2-fx-hulu-october-14-what-to-know/): Ethan Hawke's Tulsa truth-seeker is back, with Tommy Lee Jones as his estranged father and Betty Gilpin as a public defender with a missing prisoner.
- [The BBC Charter, Where It Stands](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/bbc-charter-review-where-it-stands/): The consultation is closed and the licence fee is £180, but the White Paper deciding the BBC's future after 2027 has still not arrived.
- [Avatar: Seven Havens Gets Two More Books](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/avatar-seven-havens-renewed-books-3-4-episode-schedule-kuruk/): Paramount+ renewed Avatar: Seven Havens for Books 3 and 4 at New York Comic Con and announced a new series, Avatar Kuruk: Wave of Chaos.
- [Halloween Horror, Streamer by Streamer](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/halloween-horror-streaming-us-by-platform-2026/): Mike Flanagan's Carrie, Peacock's Crystal Lake, Shudder's Halloween slate and every streamer's October horror additions, sorted by service with dates through 31 Oct.
- [Alfred Hitchcock, Where to Start](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/alfred-hitchcock-where-to-start-guide/): From East London silents to Rear Window, Vertigo and Psycho: five ways into Alfred Hitchcock, and what changed when the British director went to Hollywood.
- [Chicago's Film Festival, a Viewer's Guide](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/chicago-international-film-festival-2026-guide/): With 113 features, Club Kid opening and Behemoth! closing, here is what to book at Chicago's 62nd festival, 14 to 25 October.
- [Blade Runner 2099 Gets a New Look](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/blade-runner-2099-new-trailer-prime-video-november-25/): Prime Video unveiled a new Blade Runner 2099 trailer at New York Comic Con, with Michelle Yeoh and Hunter Schafer leading a series that arrives 25 Nov.
- [Scottish Ballet's Romeo and Juliet Hits Cinemas](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/these-violent-delights-scottish-ballet-cinemas/): These Violent Delights, a wordless retelling told from Juliet's side, opened in more than 30 UK cinemas on 21 October, many with a recorded Q&A.
- [Ofcom's Rules for Streamers Are Coming](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/ofcom-media-act-tier-1-streaming-rules-vod-code/): Netflix, Prime Video and other large streamers now face broadcast-style regulation in the UK, and Ofcom's final codes are due this winter.
- [Where to Watch Doctor Who, Old and New](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/where-to-watch-doctor-who-old-and-new/): Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor Who streams on Disney+ in Canada, the US, Australia and New Zealand. Here is what each market carries, and where to check for more.
- [Fourteen Star Trek Films, in Order](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/every-star-trek-movie-in-order-where-to-stream/): From The Motion Picture to Section 31, the franchise's 14 films in release order, with what each is about and where Paramount says you can stream them.
- [The Airport Chaplain Lands Everywhere](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/airport-chaplain-hugo-weaving-where-to-watch-sbs-netflix/): SBS's biggest launch of 2026 after the World Cup is free on SBS On Demand in Australia and on Netflix in more than 190 countries and regions.
- [Where to Stream Grey's Anatomy, by Market](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/where-to-stream-greys-anatomy-every-season/): Grey's Anatomy is back on ABC on 15 Oct. Here is where every earlier season streams in the US, Canada, the UK, Australia and New Zealand.
- [The Terminal List Returns: Catch Up First](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/terminal-list-season-2-catch-up-prime-video/): All eight episodes of season two have been on Prime Video since 21 October; here is how to catch up on the original series and Dark Wolf.
- [Every Star Trek Series, in Order](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/every-star-trek-series-in-order-where-to-stream/): Twelve series across 60 years, listed by premiere date, with where each one streams in Canada, the US, the UK, Australia and New Zealand.
- [AFI Fest Turns 40: A Guide](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/afi-fest-2026-guide-tickets-lineup/): Hollywood's TCL Chinese Theatres host 157 films from 21 to 25 October, from Wildwood and Ray Gunn to Oscar-qualifying shorts, with single tickets now on sale.
- [Where to Stream Harry Potter, Right Now](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/where-to-stream-harry-potter-films/): All eight Harry Potter films stream on Peacock in the US and Crave in Canada, ahead of HBO's new series at Christmas. Here is where to look.
- [Screen Australia Backs 47 New Documentaries](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/screen-australia-47-documentaries-stella-young-leigh-bowery/): More than A$5.7 million goes to films on Stella Young, Leigh Bowery, Tuvalu and a young Tasmanian devil, with more detail due on 21 October.
- [VisionQuest, Before You Press Play](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/visionquest-disney-plus-what-to-know-before-you-watch/): Marvel's VisionQuest closes the trilogy WandaVision started, with Paul Bettany back and James Spader's Ultron in his head: what to remember, who is who and when episodes land.
- [Ken Russell's The Devils, Restored and Uncut](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/ken-russell-the-devils-4k-restoration-uk-release/): The director's intended cut of the 1971 film opened in the US on 16 October and reaches UK and Irish cinemas on 30 October.
- [Rachel Morrison's Romance Goes Global](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/love-of-your-life-prime-video-margaret-qualley-october-14/): After a one-week run in select US theatres, Rachel Morrison's romance with Margaret Qualley and Gabriel Basso streams worldwide on Prime Video from Wednesday.
- [Show Me Shorts Heads South to Christchurch](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/show-me-shorts-christchurch-2026/): After Auckland and Wellington, the short film festival reached Alice Cinemas in Christchurch on Wednesday 14 October, with Norwegian, Aotearoa and Day One sessions.
- [Mike Tyson Tells It Himself](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/tyson-netflix-docuseries-october-13-what-to-know/): Netflix's four-part TYSON, directed by Floyd Russ, is streaming now: what each episode covers, who made it and what to watch next.
- [Helluva Boss Season 3, Episode by Episode](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/helluva-boss-season-3-prime-video-schedule/): Vivienne Medrano's YouTube-born animated comedy is in its first Prime Video-exclusive season, with weekly batches through 28 October.
- [Netflix's The Trap, Before You Press Play](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/the-trap-netflix-german-thriller/): All six episodes of Netflix's German thriller from the Dear Child team, about a housebound novelist baiting her sister's killer, are streaming now.
- [Starfleet Academy Returns in March](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/star-trek-starfleet-academy-season-2-release-date-march-2027/): Paramount+ set a March 2027 premiere for the second and final season of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy at New York Comic Con, adding Bill Nighy and Rosemarie DeWitt.
- [Thanksgiving Family Films, by Platform](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/family-films-to-stream-thanksgiving-weekend-canada-2026/): Zootopia 2, Moana 2, the Addams Family films and new CBC Gem specials: family viewing for the long weekend, checked against each platform's Canadian listings.
- [Adelaide Film Festival 2026, Decoded](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/adelaide-film-festival-2026-programme-dates-premieres/): Martin McDonagh's Wild Horse Nine opened Adelaide's festival, followed by 12 days of Australian world premieres, a Shine restoration and an A$20,000 competition.
- [UK: What to Watch, 12 to 18 October](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/what-to-watch-this-week-uk-october-12-18-2026/): Marvel's VisionQuest, ITV1's The Party, The Diplomat's return and Scream 7 on Sky Cinema: the UK's week of 12 to 18 October, by day.
- [US: What to Watch, 12 to 18 Oct](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/what-to-watch-this-week-us-october-12-18-2026/): Crystal Lake, VisionQuest, Tulsa King and a Chris Evans dark comedy headline the week of 12 to 18 Oct on US streamers, with every confirmed premiere by day.
- [Australia's Oscar Bet Is First Light](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/australia-oscar-entry-first-light-2027-international-feature/): A Tagalog-language debut set in a Luzon convent is Australia's pick for the 2027 international feature Oscar. New Zealand has not named an entry.
- [Canada: What to Watch, 12 to 18 Oct](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/what-to-watch-this-week-canada-october-12-18-2026/): Crave's Friday the 13th prequel, Marvel's VisionQuest and The Diplomat's fourth season lead a crowded Thanksgiving week on Canadian streamers, with every confirmed premiere by day.
- [What to Watch in Aotearoa, 12 to 18 Oct](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/what-to-watch-this-week-new-zealand-october-12-18-2026/): Edmund Hillary's Everest climb reaches Apple TV, Marvel's Vision goes on the run and Prime Video drops a Margaret Qualley romance: Aotearoa's week of 12 to 18 Oct.
- [What to Watch in Australia, 12 to 18 Oct](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/what-to-watch-this-week-australia-october-12-18-2026/): A Friday the 13th prequel on Stan, Marvel's VisionQuest, Marc Fennell on modern masculinity and an Australian-made Everest drama: the week of 12 to 18 Oct, by day.
- [North of North Heads Worldwide](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/north-of-north-season-2-netflix-5-november-cbc-gem/): The Arctic comedy that swept the Canadian Screen Awards hits Netflix worldwide on 5 Nov. Canadians can stream season two on CBC Gem now.
- [A Screen Trip to Sudbury](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/sudbury-screen-trip-shoresy-letterkenny-filming-locations/): With Shoresy's sixth season due to shoot in Sudbury this fall, the Nickel City's tourism board has mapped where its TV and film scenes were made.
- [Heartland and Murdoch Hit Twenty](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/heartland-murdoch-mysteries-season-20-cbc-gem-how-to-watch/): Two of CBC's longest-running dramas reached their 20th seasons in October. Here is when each airs, how many episodes are coming, and where to catch up.
- [Fall's Stand-up Slate, Booked](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/fall-2026-stand-up-comedy-specials-netflix-cbc-gem/): Three new Netflix stand-up hours and CBC's festival showcase land between September and late October. Here is who is on, when, and where Canadians can stream them.
- [How to Watch HBO in Canada, Simply](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/how-to-watch-hbo-in-canada-crave-plans-guide/): HBO's series stream in Canada on Crave, not an HBO app. What each Crave plan includes, where the ad tier falls short, and the ways in.
- [New on Streaming in Australia, October](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/new-on-streaming-australia-october-2026/): Anna Torv's Dustfall, Jennifer Peedom's Everest drama and every Shadows vampire on SBS: what lands on Australian streamers from 10 to 31 October.
- [Netflix's Pride and Prejudice, First Look](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/netflix-pride-and-prejudice-series-first-look-release-date-cast/): Dolly Alderton's six-part Austen adaptation, with Emma Corrin and Jack Lowden, lands on Netflix on 3 Dec. Here is the cast, the team and what Netflix has shown so far.
- [New on Streaming in the UK, October](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/new-on-streaming-uk-october-2026/): VisionQuest, Crystal Lake, The Party, The Terminal List and new Netflix seasons: every confirmed UK streaming and TV premiere from 10 to 31 October, by date.
- [New on Streaming in the US, October](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/new-on-streaming-us-october-2026/): The Terminal List, VisionQuest, Crystal Lake, Tulsa King and Nobody Wants This all land before Halloween. Every confirmed US streaming premiere from 10 to 31 Oct.
- [New on Streaming in Canada, October](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/new-on-streaming-canada-october-2026/): Crave's Yaga, Marvel's VisionQuest, new seasons of Nobody Wants This and The Terminal List: every confirmed Canadian streaming premiere from 10 to 31 Oct, by date.
- [Sunrise on the Reaping, Confirmed](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/hunger-games-sunrise-on-the-reaping-what-lionsgate-has-confirmed/): The fifth Hunger Games prequel opens 20 Nov, IMAX included. Here is what Lionsgate and its partners have actually confirmed, and what is still fan chatter.
- [Finding Ice Cove in Iqaluit](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/north-of-north-filming-locations-iqaluit-how-to-visit/): North of North's fictional Ice Cove is really Iqaluit. As season two reaches Netflix worldwide, what the production says it built there, and how to visit.
- [The Diplomat Season 4, Briefed](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/the-diplomat-season-4-netflix-what-to-know-before-you-watch/): Keri Russell's Kate Wyler is back on Netflix from 15 Oct. A briefing on where season three left everyone, who is now running the show, and what Netflix has revealed.
- [Cliff Booth's IMAX Window, Explained](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/further-mis-adventures-of-cliff-booth-imax-netflix-release-explained-canada/): David Fincher's Cliff Booth film gets two weeks in IMAX from 25 Nov, then streams on Netflix on 23 Dec. Here is how that works for Canadians.
- [Free Streaming in Canada, Legally](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/free-legal-streaming-canada-cbc-gem-tubi-pluto-roku-nfb/): Six services let Canadians stream without a subscription, if they accept ads or a sign-in. Here is what each one actually offers, according to its own pages.
- [Crave's Witch Thriller Yaga, Explained](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/crave-yaga-premiere-october-23-cast-episodes-where-to-watch/): Carrie-Anne Moss, Noah Reid and Hudson Williams lead Crave's Baba Yaga mystery, streaming now on Crave and AMC+, with Sky Atlantic and NOW from 31 Oct.
- [The CMF Spent Less, Leveraged More](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/canada-media-fund-annual-report-2025-2026-1-93-billion/): The Canada Media Fund's new annual report credits it with $1.93 billion in activity on slightly less money. Here is where the funding went, and what is next.
- [Cinemania Shows Its Hand](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/cinemania-2026-montreal-opening-film-paradis-competition-passes/): Montreal's francophone film festival has named its opener, its gala, its competition and a first ciné-concert. The full programme lands 21 Oct; here is what is confirmed.
- [Skydance's Theatre Promise, in Writing](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/skydance-30-films-45-day-theatrical-window-what-it-means-for-theatres/): Skydance has pledged 30 theatrical films a year with a 45-day window, now backed by a court decree. It binds U.S. screens only, but Canada shares the calendar.
- [The NFB's Fall, Mapped](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/nfb-fall-2026-festivals-streaming-ladies-and-gentlemen-brian-mulroney/): Matthew Rankin's Mulroney film leads an NFB slate spread across five fall festivals, three new streaming titles and a Crave collection. Where to find each one.
- [Corus Now Belongs to Its Lenders](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/corus-recapitalization-complete-crtc-global-tv-lenders/): Corus closed its debt-for-equity deal on 8 Oct. Lenders now own 99% of Global's parent, and the CRTC waived the usual benefits payment to get it done.
- [Five Nights at Toronto After Dark](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/toronto-after-dark-2026-lineup-whalefall-tickets/): Toronto's genre festival opened with a diver swallowed by a whale and closed on a cryptid sequel. The films, the Canadian titles and where to see them next.
- [The Oscar Race Gets a Side Door](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/oscars-2027-international-feature-race-festival-winners-key-dates/): A top festival prize can now put a film in the Oscars' international race without its country's backing. Who has qualified, and the dates that decide it.
- [Netflix's Third Quarter, Previewed](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/netflix-q3-2026-earnings-preview-guidance/): Netflix reports on 20 Oct. Its July guidance sets the bar: US$12.86 billion in revenue, and a margin comparison flattered by last year's Brazil tax charge.
- [Fall Films Worth Leaving the House For](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/fall-films-2026-theatrical-slate-canada/): Ten theatrical releases from now to late November, with Canadian dates checked against each distributor, so the big-screen nights go to the films built for them.
- [Your Halloween Watchlist, Programmed](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/halloween-2026-horror-streaming-guide-canada-us-uk/): A Friday the 13th prequel, a new V/H/S and Dragula's seventh season lead October's horror; here is what is streaming where, region by region, through 31 Oct.
- [What to Watch This Week](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/what-to-watch-this-week-9-16-october-2026/): From VisionQuest and Crystal Lake to The Diplomat's fourth season, the week's new releases in Canada, the US and the UK, with platforms and dates.
- [CBC Gem's Fall, Sorted](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/cbc-gem-fall-2026-whats-worth-watching/): Lord of the Flies arrived 22 Oct, The Assembly returns 1 Nov and Diamonds & Plastic lands 19 Nov, each streaming first on CBC Gem at 9 a.m. ET.
- [SCTV Comes Home to Netflix](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/sctv-norm-macdonald-netflix-comedy-documentaries-october-2026/): Netflix's four October comedy documentaries include two about Canadian comedy: Judd Apatow's Norm Macdonald film on 16 Oct and an SCTV history on 30 Oct.
- [Festival Season Isn't Over](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/canadian-film-festivals-fall-2026-dates-tickets/): TIFF is done, but Canada's festival calendar runs to December: 10 festivals from St. John's to Whistler, with dates, ticket details and what to target.
- [TIFF's Winners, and When to See Them](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/tiff-2026-winners-where-to-watch-canada/): TIFF's 2026 winners are reaching Canadian screens on very different schedules: here is when each one arrives, and which still have no date.
- [Ottawa's Streaming Reset, Explained](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/ottawa-streaming-reset-crtc-base-contribution-explained/): Ottawa says it intends to scrap the CRTC's streamer payments and fund Canadian content itself, which changes who pays for the Canadian shows you watch.
- [Canada's Oscar Bet Is Nina Roza](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/nina-roza-canada-oscar-submission-2027-international-feature/): Telefilm Canada has picked Nina Roza, a Berlinale screenplay winner, for the Oscars' international race, and Canadians can rent or buy it on demand from 13 October.
- [Your Streaming Bills, Audited](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/canada-streaming-prices-october-2026-every-plan/): Every major Canadian streaming plan and its current monthly price, read from each service's own page, plus how to rotate subscriptions instead of paying for all of them.
- [HBO, Crave and the Skydance Question](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/hbo-crave-skydance-warner-bros-discovery-canada/): Skydance now owns HBO, but in Canada HBO still runs through Bell's Crave. Here is what changes for subscribers, what doesn't, and what to watch.
- [The Assembly Season 2 Lands Hudson Williams](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/the-assembly-season-2-cbc-gem-hudson-williams/): CBC's interview series returns 1 November with more than 30 neurodivergent and autistic interviewers, and guests from Hudson Williams to Zach Galifianakis.
- [Halloween Weekend: What's New to Stream](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/halloween-weekend-new-to-stream-oct-30-nov-1-2026/): Zombies in the Canary Islands, Korean horror, Carrie-Anne Moss's YAGA and a live darts night: only what actually arrives from 29 October to 1 November.
- [Every American Horror Story Season, by Market](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/every-american-horror-story-season-where-to-stream/): With the AHS: 13 finale on FX on 29 October, here is every season of the anthology, in order, and where each market can stream it.
- [Canada's First Eurovision Hopefuls, Revealed](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/canada-eurovision-2027-finalists-how-to-vote/): CBC and Radio-Canada have named five finalists for Canada's first Eurovision entry, and the public has until 5 November to pick who goes to Bulgaria.
- [How to Watch Beat Luke Littler Live](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/beat-luke-littler-netflix-live-darts-how-to-watch/): Netflix's live darts night puts 20 amateurs against the world number one on Friday, with £501,000 for anyone who beats him in a single leg.
- [Channel 4 Moves Into Disney+](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/channel-4-disney-plus-deal-uk-ireland-2027-what-it-means/): From early 2027, Disney+ in the UK and Ireland carries Channel 4 live, on demand and, for some new shows, on the same day as broadcast.
- [Every Columbo, and Where to Stream](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/columbo-every-episode-where-to-stream/): All 69 Columbo films span two networks and 35 years. Here is how the NBC and ABC eras split, where to start, and where each streams.
- [Yellowjackets Comes Home for Good](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/yellowjackets-season-4-final-season-release-date-paramount-plus/): The fourth and final season of Yellowjackets premieres Friday, 20 November on Paramount+ Premium, with the survivors home and rescue threatening to expose them.
- [Black Doves Season 2 Lands 5 November](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/black-doves-season-2-netflix-release-date-cast/): Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw return to Joe Barton's spy series on Netflix, with Neve Campbell, Ambika Mod and Sam Riley among the new faces.
- [Every Mission: Impossible Film, in Order](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/mission-impossible-movies-in-order-where-to-stream/): With Tom Cruise named for the AFI Life Achievement Award, here are all eight Mission: Impossible films in order, who directed them and where to stream.
- [I Kill the Bear: Keeso's Next Comedy, Explained](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/i-kill-the-bear-crave-release-date-cast-how-to-watch/): The Letterkenny creator's six-part comedy about a family of film-set bear wranglers premieres on Crave on 6 November, in English and French.
- [Walter Koenig's Chekov, in Five Episodes](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/walter-koenig-dies-chekov-star-trek-episodes-to-stream/): Walter Koenig, Star Trek's Pavel Chekov, has died at 90. Five original series episodes show what he brought to the bridge, and where to stream them.
- [East of Eden's California Is New Zealand](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/east-of-eden-netflix-filming-locations-new-zealand/): Netflix's Steinbeck series turned Ōamaru's Victorian streets and a Devonport road into early 1900s California. Here is what the official record confirms.
- [How to Get the Criterion Channel in Canada](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/criterion-channel-canada-price-devices-how-to/): The Criterion Channel streams in Canada with a free trial. Here is the price, the devices, what to check first and the free alternatives.
- [SBS Puts One Executive in Charge of Content](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/sbs-kathryn-fink-chief-content-officer-restructure/): SBS has named Kathryn Fink Chief Content Officer, putting television, sport, NITV, audio, digital and SBS On Demand under one executive.
- [Tom Cruise Gets AFI's Highest Honour](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/tom-cruise-afi-life-achievement-award-2027/): The American Film Institute will give Tom Cruise its 52nd Life Achievement Award at the Dolby Theatre on 24 April 2027. Here is where to stream his films.
- [IDFA 2026 Puts a Montreal Debut in Competition](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/idfa-2026-lineup-competition-carol-nguyen-still-night-burning-house/): The Amsterdam documentary festival opens with a Myanmar resistance film and puts Carol Nguyen's NFB co-production in its International Competition.
- [The Gilded Age Season 4 Comes Calling](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/the-gilded-age-season-4-release-date-cast/): Julian Fellowes's period drama returns to HBO on Sunday 1 November for eight episodes, as Agnes sees an opening and Bertha counts the cost of winning Society.
- [What to Watch This Week in the UK](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/what-to-watch-this-week-uk-oct-26-nov-1-2026/): Carrie-Anne Moss's YAGA reaches Sky and NOW, Luke Littler takes on 20 amateurs live on Netflix, and Apple TV opens Nocturne on Friday.
- [What to Watch This Week in the US](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/what-to-watch-this-week-us-oct-26-nov-1-2026/): A Matthew Perry docuseries, Parker Posey's mob-movie reality show, Apple's Nocturne and Peacock's Minions & Monsters lead the week before Halloween.
- [What to Watch This Week in Canada](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/what-to-watch-this-week-canada-oct-26-nov-1-2026/): Apple TV's Nocturne, a Matthew Perry docuseries, a Spanish zombie sequel and a celebrity hot seat on CBC Gem lead a busy Halloween week.
- [What to Watch This Week: Australia and NZ](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/what-to-watch-this-week-australia-new-zealand-oct-26-nov-1-2026/): Hamish Blake's Unskilled Adult opens on Stan, Apple TV launches Nocturne, and Netflix and Prime Video fill Friday with thrillers, heists and zombies.
- [Lee Chang-dong's Possible Love Heads to Netflix](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/possible-love-lee-chang-dong-netflix-november-6/): Lee Chang-dong's first film since Burning, South Korea's Oscar entry, streams on Netflix from 6 November after a final trailer and a limited theatrical run.
- [The Assassin Returns to Stan in November](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/the-assassin-season-2-stan-release-date-cast/): Keeley Hawes and Freddie Highmore are back as a hitwoman and her estranged son, with all six episodes of season two landing on Stan on 6 November.
- [Netflix's Ad Plan Is Coming to Aotearoa](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/netflix-ad-tier-new-zealand-march-2027/): Netflix's latest shareholder letter puts New Zealand in the first wave of 2027 ad-tier launches, in March, though pricing has not been announced.
- [Where Netflix Filmed Below in Newfoundland](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/below-netflix-filming-locations-newfoundland/): Netflix's sea-monster thriller is the first Canadian title to top its global English TV chart. Here is where it was shot, and what you can visit.
- [Carrie Gets a Second Season at Prime Video](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/carrie-renewed-season-2-prime-video/): Prime Video has renewed Mike Flanagan's Carrie for a second season, two weeks after all eight episodes arrived, with Stephen King promising the story goes past prom.
- [Prime Video's Muhammad Ali Series, Ringside](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/the-greatest-prime-video-muhammad-ali-release-date-cast/): All eight episodes of The Greatest, which Amazon calls the first authorized scripted series about Muhammad Ali, arrive on Prime Video 4 November, starring Jaalen Best.
- [BIFA 2026: The Longlists Are In](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/bifa-2026-longlists-british-independent-film-awards/): Longlists across new talent, performance, documentary and international film are out, with nominations on 3 November and winners at the Roundhouse on 6 December.
- [ITV Buys Kate Mulgrew's Irish Murders](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/galway-bay-murders-itv-kate-mulgrew-cast/): ITV has acquired the RTÉ crime thriller The Galway Bay Murders, with Kate Mulgrew as a New York detective solving a bog killing in Connemara.
- [Netflix Rebuilds El Mayo's Final Flight](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/the-fall-of-el-mayo-netflix-docuseries-release-date/): A three-part Netflix docuseries, streaming from 29 October, reconstructs the July 2024 flight that ended with the Sinaloa Cartel co-founder in US custody.
- [Friends Is Moving Back to Channel 4](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/friends-returns-channel-4-e4-january-2027/): The sitcom Channel 4 last aired in 2011 returns to Channel 4 and E4 in January 2027, free to watch and stream, under a Warner Bros. deal.
- [The ABC's 2027 Slate, Sorted](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/abc-2027-slate-new-shows-great-white-rural-crime-unit/): Hugo Weaving's barrister drama, Rebecca Gibney's rural cops and a fourth Fisk lead the ABC's 2027 line-up, alongside a return for You Can't Ask That.
- [NZ On Air Goes Trans-Tasman for Kids](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/nz-on-air-kids-ip-incubator-screen-australia-actf/): NZ On Air has joined Screen Australia and the ACTF's Kids IP Incubator, giving New Zealand children's creators a path to digital-first series for YouTube and FAST.
- [A Crowded Friday at the Movies](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/new-movies-in-theatres-october-23-2026/): A DC horror film, a Taika Waititi adaptation, a LAIKA fantasy and a Patricia Highsmith thriller all open Oct. 23, though not everywhere at once.
- [Fourth Wing Finds Its Violet and Xaden](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/fourth-wing-tv-series-cast-esther-mcgregor-emilio-sakraya/): Amazon confirms Esther McGregor and Emilio Sakraya as the leads in its Fourth Wing series, with Lisa Joy directing the pilot. No release date yet.
- [Rings of Power Season 3 Trailer Puts Sauron in Charge](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/rings-of-power-season-3-trailer-release-date-cast/): Prime Video's full trailer lands three weeks before the 11 November premiere, with Middle-earth at war and Sauron forging the One Ring.
- [Live-Action Moana Sails Onto Disney+](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/moana-live-action-disney-plus-streaming-now/): Disney's live-action remake, starring Catherine Lagaʻaia and Dwayne Johnson, is now streaming on Disney+, about 15 weeks after it opened in theatres.
- [Netflix Q3 2026: Profits Up, Ad Hopes Trimmed](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/netflix-q3-2026-results-ads-guidance/): Revenue rose 12 per cent and margins jumped, but Netflix cut its 2026 ad revenue forecast and promised a busier live slate to keep viewers watching.
- [The Matthew Perry Docuseries Is Almost Here](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/the-one-about-matthew-perry-netflix-release-date/): Netflix's three-part docuseries on the Friends star lands 27 October, built on first-time interviews with his sister and his oldest friends, plus unreleased family archive.
- [Clayface: What to Know Before Friday](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/clayface-dc-studios-horror-what-to-know/): DC Studios' first horror film opens in cinemas on 23 October, with James Watkins directing Tom Rhys Harries from a script by Mike Flanagan and Hossein Amini.
- [Nobody Wants This, Season Three](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/nobody-wants-this-season-3-netflix-release-date-cast/): All 10 episodes of the Kristen Bell and Adam Brody comedy are on Netflix now, with Sarah Silverman and Andrew Rannells joining.
- [Klara and the Sun: What to Know](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/klara-and-the-sun-what-to-know/): Taika Waititi's take on Kazuo Ishiguro's novel, with Jenna Ortega as a robot companion and Amy Adams as a grieving mother, is in cinemas this week.
- [Tokyo's Festival Gets Godzilla Minus Zero](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/tokyo-international-film-festival-2026/): Yamazaki's Godzilla sequel takes the centrepiece slot at Tokyo's 39th festival, alongside a 15-film competition and a Kenji Mizoguchi retrospective.
- [How Long Before It Streams? Windows, Explained](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/cinema-to-streaming-windows-explained/): Warner Bros. films reach HBO Max about 11 weeks after cinemas, A24's about 17. Here is how the windows work and how to time your wait.
- [Dexter Returns October 30, Premium Only](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/dexter-resurrection-season-2-release-date-cast-how-to-watch/): Season two of Dexter: Resurrection arrives on Paramount+ on Friday 30 October, with Brian Cox and Dan Stevens joining as two very different New York killers.
- [Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2, Explained](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/cyberpunk-edgerunners-2-netflix-release-date-what-to-know/): The anime sequel is streaming on Netflix with a new crew, a first-time director and all 10 episodes. Here is who is in it and how to catch up.
- [This Week in the US, 19 to 25 Oct](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/what-to-watch-this-week-us-october-19-25-2026/): The Terminal List returns all at once, Nobody Wants This and Lupin come back to Netflix, and Hulu adds the thriller Phony: the US week, by day.
- [This Week in Canada, 19 to 25 Oct](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/what-to-watch-this-week-canada-october-19-25-2026/): Crave's witch thriller Yaga, CBC's Lord of the Flies, Lupin's return and The Terminal List's second season lead a crowded Canadian week. Every confirmed premiere, by day.
- [Who Owns Hollywood's Classic Films?](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/who-owns-hollywood-classic-film-libraries/): Paramount's takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery redraws the map: who owns which classic studio library now, and why that decides where old films stream.
- [Where to Stream Bluey and Australian Favourites](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/where-to-stream-bluey-australian-tv/): Bluey streams on ABC iview in Australia, TVNZ+ in New Zealand and Disney+ in Canada, the US and UK. Plus three Australian series worth queuing on iview.
- [Aotearoa's Independent Cinemas, Mapped](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/aotearoa-independent-cinemas/): From the Embassy's 1924 auditorium to the Civic's starry ceiling, where Aotearoa's heritage and arthouse cinemas are, what they programme and how to book.
- [Halloween Classics to Stream, by Market](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/halloween-classics-to-stream-tonight-by-market/): Hocus Pocus, The Nightmare Before Christmas and Halloweentown stream on Disney+ in five markets, with Crave adding the Addams Family in Canada. Here is what plays where.
- [Starfleet Academy Season One, Recapped](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/star-trek-starfleet-academy-season-1-recap-where-to-stream/): Before the final season lands in March 2027, here is what happened in the first 10 episodes of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy and where to stream them.
- [Agatha Christie on Screen: Where to Start](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/agatha-christie-on-screen-where-to-start-uk/): From David Suchet's Poirot to Joan Hickson's Marple and the BBC's darker dramas, here is where the essential Christie adaptations stream in the UK.
- [Every Mad Max Film, in Order](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/mad-max-in-order-filmed/): Five films, two Maxes, one Furiosa and a lot of outback: the wasteland saga in release order, in story order, and where to find the real locations.
- [Where Harry Potter Was Filmed in Britain](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/harry-potter-filming-locations-uk/): From the Glenfinnan Viaduct to Lacock's cloisters and the Leavesden studio tour, where to find Hogwarts in Britain and what to book this autumn.
- [Every Addams Family, in Order](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/addams-family-in-order-where-to-watch/): From the 1964 ABC sitcom to Netflix's Wednesday, every major Addams Family screen outing in release order, and where to find each one this Halloween.
- [Where to Stream Canada's Comedy Favourites](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/where-to-watch-schitts-creek-kims-convenience-canadian-comedy/): Schitt's Creek and Kim's Convenience live on CBC Gem, Letterkenny and Shoresy on Crave: where Canada's best-loved sitcoms stream, checked on each platform.
- [Where Outlander Was Filmed](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/outlander-filming-locations-scotland-you-can-visit/): From Castle Leoch to Lallybroch, the Scottish castles, villages and railways that stood in for Outlander's world, and which ones you can walk into.
- [The Twilight Zone, Where to Start](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/twilight-zone-where-to-start/): Rod Serling's anthology ran 156 episodes over five seasons. Here are 10 to start with, how the revivals fit, and where to stream it free.
- [London Film Festival's Final Weekend](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/bfi-london-film-festival-2026-closing-weekend-the-debut-awards/): The 70th BFI London Film Festival closed on Sunday 18 October with Jesse Eisenberg's The Debut and the Best Film award from a 10-title Official Competition.
- [Street Fighter and Friday's New Films](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/new-movies-in-theatres-october-16-2026-street-fighter-whalefall-fjord/): A 1993-set Street Fighter, a man swallowed by a sperm whale, a new Sense and Sensibility and Canada's run of the Palme d'Or winner opened on 16 October.
- [Awards Season 2026 to 2027, Dated](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/awards-season-2026-2027-key-dates-oscars-golden-globes-bafta-canadian-screen-awards/): From the Canadian Screen Awards entry deadline on 26 Oct to the Oscars on 14 Mar, every confirmed date of awards season in one calendar.
- [The 1950s Sci-Fi Boom, Explained](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/1950s-sci-fi-starter-guide/): Flying saucers, giant ants and pod people: why the atomic age filled cinemas with science fiction, and 10 films to start with.
- [Love Is Blind Goes to Boston](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/love-is-blind-season-11-boston-episode-release-schedule-netflix/): Netflix's pod experiment has moved to Boston, with 30 singles and 12 episodes released in four Wednesday drops through 4 Nov: here is the schedule.
- [Hammer Horror, Where to Begin](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/hammer-horror-starter-guide/): Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and a country house in Berkshire: five ways into Hammer's gothic horror, with a restored Dracula back in UK cinemas.
- [Crystal Lake, Explained](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/crystal-lake-crave-friday-the-13th-prequel-cast-episodes-how-to-watch-canada/): All eight episodes of the Friday the 13th prequel are on Crave in Canada: who is in it, who made it and what the series is about, spoiler-free.
- [The UK Weekend Watchlist, 16 to 18 October](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/what-to-watch-this-weekend-uk-october-16-18-2026/): Apple's Everest drama Tenzing starts streaming, Scream 7 reaches Sky Cinema and Sky Atlantic's divorce drama WAR rolls on: the UK weekend, plus next week's dates.
- [A New Sense and Sensibility, Finally](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/sense-and-sensibility-2026-movie-release-date-cast/): Georgia Oakley's adaptation of Jane Austen's first published novel is now in Canadian cinemas, with Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles as the Dashwood sisters.
- [Your Weekend Watchlist, 16 to 18 Oct](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/what-to-watch-this-weekend-canada-us-october-16-18-2026/): Tulsa King's fourth season, Apple's Everest drama Tenzing and The Rainmaker's return lead the weekend, with Canadian and American viewers getting different lineups on several services.
- [Taika Waititi's Aotearoa, Film by Film](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/taika-waititi-aotearoa-film-by-film/): Before Klara and the Sun opens, every Taika Waititi feature in release order, where the home-grown ones were shot, and where to stream them.
- [Wentworth: Halfway Home, Who Is Back](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/wentworth-halfway-home-cast-release-date-binge/): Boomer, Franky and Lou return on the outside in Binge's Wentworth spinoff, filming in Victoria for a late 2026 premiere.
- [Australia's Streaming Quota, 10 Months In](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/australia-streaming-content-quota-explained/): Big streamers must now spend 10% of local program budgets on new Australian work, with the first compliance reports due to ACMA in February 2027.
- [HBO Max in Australia, Explained](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/hbo-max-australia-plans-prices-what-to-watch/): Three plans, annual pricing from $9.99 a month, and HBO's catalogue in one place: what HBO Max's own Australian site says you get, and what it does not.
- [What's Leaving Netflix, and How to Tell](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/whats-leaving-netflix-canada-how-to-check-last-day-to-watch/): Netflix flags expiring titles a month ahead, if you know where to look: how to spot what is leaving in Canada, why, and what Crave tells you.
- [The Classics You Can Watch Free, Legally](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/public-domain-classic-films-watch-free-legally/): A missed renewal or a forgotten copyright notice put some Hollywood classics in the US public domain. Here is why, and where to stream them free.
- [Nocturne Brings Schreiber, Beetz and Graham](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/nocturne-apple-tv-liev-schreiber-zazie-beetz-stephen-graham-release-schedule/): Apple TV's 10-episode crime drama, adapted from Lars Kepler's novels, opens with two episodes on 30 October and runs weekly to Christmas Day.
- [The Diplomat's Tuscany, Located](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/the-diplomat-season-4-filming-locations-lucca-tuscany-london/): Season four of The Diplomat staged a fictional G7 summit in walled Lucca: where Netflix's political drama filmed in Tuscany and Britain, and how to visit.
- [The Ealing Comedies, in Order](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/ealing-comedies-in-order-starter-guide/): The postwar Ealing Studios comedies, from Hue and Cry to The Ladykillers, in release order with one reason to watch each.
- [Lupin Part 4: Catch Up First](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/lupin-part-4-recap-release-date-netflix/): Omar Sy's gentleman thief is back on Netflix from 23 October, framed by a copycat, so here is a spoiler-light refresher on Parts 1 to 3.
- [Norm Macdonald, in His Own Words](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/norm-the-tale-of-norm-macdonald-netflix-judd-apatow-october-16/): Judd Apatow's portrait of Norm Macdonald is streaming on Netflix, the second of four comedy documentaries the streamer released across October.
- [LFF's British Contenders, and When to See Them](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/british-films-lff-competition-release-dates/): Two British and Irish films chased Best Film at the London Film Festival, with five more in the debut and documentary races, and almost none has a UK date yet.
- [Whalefall Opens Friday, One Hour of Air](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/whalefall-movie-release-date-cast-trailer/): 20th Century Studios' survival thriller about a diver swallowed by a sperm whale reaches cinemas on 16 October, with Austin Abrams and Josh Brolin leading.
- [Halloween Horror Down Under, by Platform](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/halloween-horror-streaming-australia-new-zealand-2026/): Pam Voorhees on Stan, Mike Flanagan's Carrie on Prime Video and six seasons of vampires on SBS: Halloween horror in Australia and New Zealand, by platform.
- [Telefilm Funds 16 New Talents to Watch](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/telefilm-talent-to-watch-2026/): Telefilm Canada is putting nearly $3.6 million into 16 first features from seven provinces, chosen from 136 applications to its Talent to Watch program.
- [Where to Stream Studio Ghibli, by Market](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/where-to-stream-studio-ghibli-by-market/): Spirited Away's 25th anniversary run brought it back to US cinemas; here is where every Ghibli film streams, market by market, in release order.
- [Where The Lord of the Rings Was Filmed](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/lord-of-the-rings-filming-locations/): Hobbiton, Mount Doom, Edoras and Rivendell: where Middle-earth was filmed in Aotearoa, what is still standing, and how to book a visit.
- [Mārama Carries New Zealand's Oscar Hopes](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/marama-new-zealand-oscar-entry-international-feature-2027/): Taratoa Stappard's Māori gothic debut, which premiered at Toronto in 2025, has been named Aotearoa's submission for the international feature Oscar, pending the commission's formal notice.
- [What Macondo Was Worth to Colombia](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/one-hundred-years-of-solitude-netflix-colombia-economic-impact/): Netflix says One Hundred Years of Solitude added more than COP 525 billion to Colombia's economy: what the figures show, what they leave out and why they exist.
- [The Universal Monsters, in Order](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/universal-monsters-in-order/): From Dracula's first bow in 1931 to the Gill-man in 1954: the classic Universal horror cycle in release order, with every monster crossover mapped.
- [Half-Term Viewing for the Whole Family](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/uk-half-term-family-tv-films-streaming-october-2026/): Zootropolis 2, Elio and Moana 2 on Disney+, Casper and The Addams Family on Sky Cinema, and Strictly's Halloween week: family viewing for the October half-term.
- [Film Noir, a Starter Kit](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/film-noir-starter-guide-essential-films/): What makes a film noir, 10 essentials from The Maltese Falcon to White Heat, and how the 1950s pushed the genre somewhere harder and stranger.
- [Sundance's Peltier Doc Reaches Netflix](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/free-leonard-peltier-documentary-netflix-sundance/): Jesse Short Bull and David France's Sundance 2025 documentary is now on Netflix, giving a festival film about the American Indian Movement a global audience.
- [Tulsa King Returns, Renewed Already](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/tulsa-king-season-4-release-date-cast-what-to-know/): Season four of Tulsa King is on Paramount+ from 16 October, days after Paramount+ renewed the Sylvester Stallone series for a fifth season set in New York.
- [Hillary's Everest, Told From Tenzing's Side](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/tenzing-apple-tv-jennifer-peedom-edmund-hillary-everest/): Jennifer Peedom's Everest drama streams on Apple TV from Friday, putting Tenzing Norgay at the centre and Tom Hiddleston in Edmund Hillary's boots.
- [Paramount Owns Warner Bros. Now What?](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/skydance-paramount-warner-bros-discovery-deal-what-it-means-for-viewers/): Paramount closed its purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery on 6 October, creating Skydance and promising one streaming service over time. What it means for your subscriptions.
- [Canada's Screen Agencies Want Your Audience Data](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/national-audience-data-consortium-survey/): Five public screen bodies have hired Léger to survey how producers, distributors, broadcasters, cinemas and festivals use audience data, with findings promised in early 2027.
- [What a Festival Premiere Actually Means](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/film-festival-premiere-world-international-north-american-explained/): World, international, North American, Canadian: how Cannes, Venice, Sundance and TIFF define each premiere label, and what it tells viewers about a film.
- [Canada's Independent Cinemas, Mapped](https://www.dontlosetheremote.com/canada-independent-cinemas-guide/): Thirteen independent theatres screened Indigenous films for a 30 September pilot from Telefilm Canada, the Indigenous Screen Office and NICE, and most program Canadian film year round.

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