Highlighted Choice
The Substance
Coralie Fargeat's daring satire addresses the oppressive nature of women's appearance and the dreaded aspects of growing older. The veteran actress offers a masterful acting turn playing Elisabeth, a mature actress forced into starring in a workout series on television. Pushed out thanks to her unscrupulous employer Harvey, played by Dennis Quaid, she turns to an enigmatic and gruesome procedure known as this experimental method. This generates a youthful duplicate called Sue, resulting in a progressively vampiric relationship among both women. This Friday, the streaming service Paramount+
The Woman in Cabin 10
This suspenseful mystery stars Keira Knightley as Laura, a top-notch writer who decides to take a break from covering global conflict to board a high-end voyage alongside an ailing Scandinavian billionaire and donor, her spouse, as well as other affluent guests. However when a mysterious woman falls into the sea overnight and all passengers claims she was never there, Laura's investigative instincts take over. Out now, on Netflix
This Supernatural Story
Soderbergh tests his creative boundaries through this clever paranormal narrative filmed completely from the perspective of a ghost. As a family including mother Rebekah and troubled teenage daughter Chloe occupies their recent residence, the filming device – representing the ghost – tracks their movements. The daughter appears aware of the ghostly being, and it seems defensive toward her. But why? It's a fun idea that doesn't outstay its welcome, including a revelation that could catch you off guard. This Saturday, afternoon and evening times, the Sky channel
This Self-Referential Film
Nicolas Cage wholeheartedly adopts his unique fame via this self-referential adventure. He acts as a narcissistic film star called Nicolas Cage who agrees to a million-dollar gig to appear at a celebration on the Spanish island for the rich Javi, played by Pedro Pascal. Hired by government spies to gather intel on the potential kingpin, Cage's unique performing skills is put to the test. October 11th, 9pm, Channel 4
This Creepy Thriller
The director's contained scarefest holds up well even without a continuation. Located in 1970s Colorado, several child abductions has rendered the local kids on edge. After Finney is kidnapped by the kidnapper and imprisoned in a dungeon, he fears the worst. Yet the non-functional line in the room continues to ring, with eerie communicators offering help, while the intuitive nightmares of Gwen, his sister could save him. A solid creepfest. October 11th, nighttime, on Film4
The Tammy Faye Biopic
In the battle between faith and wealth, it's a knockout win for greed in Michael Showalter's wonderfully garish true story about the fallen religious broadcaster and her criminal husband. Andrew Garfield acts as the corrupt Bakker, who proclaims early on, “God does not want us to be poor,”. The couple set about profiting from the people's Christian beliefs. It's an extravaganza of tacky decor, overdone appearance and hypocrisy, though Chastain achieves to show the real-life figure in a likable light. Tuesday 14 October, late night, the Film4 channel
Black Bag
The current week's additional entry from Steven Soderbergh delivers a espionage tale as sharp like the turtlenecks used by Michael Fassbender's intelligence officer. He receives a mission to discover a mole among the team from a group of five – one of whom is Kathryn, played by Cate Blanchett. Each performer are masters of deadpan cool, so a delicious psychological game of fact versus fiction takes place. Additional actors join in the clever spy entertainment. This Friday, various showings, Sky Cinema Premiere
