Pick of the Week
The Substance Film
Coralie Fargeat's bold critique tackles the demanding standards for women's appearance along with the feared consequences of ageing. Demi Moore offers a brilliant performance as Elisabeth, an aging film star forced into hosting a fitness program on TV. Edged out thanks to her deceitful superior her manager Harvey, she undergoes an enigmatic and horrifying process titled this experimental method. This creates a youthful duplicate named Sue, culminating in an increasingly vampiric relationship between the two. This Friday, Paramount+
The Woman in Cabin 10 Film
This Agatha Christie-esque story features Knightley as Laura, a skilled journalist who opts for some time off from writing about world issues to board an opulent ship alongside a terminally ill wealthy inheritor and charitable figure, her husband, as well as other filthy rich individuals. Yet once a mysterious woman goes overboard one night and everyone insists she wasn't real, the reporter's sleuthing skills awaken. Out now, on Netflix
Presence
Soderbergh pushes his film-making abilities with this nifty supernatural story shot entirely from the perspective of the phantom. As a family including mother Rebekah plus Callina Liang as Chloe settles into their recent residence, the filming device – representing the ghost – tracks their movements. The daughter appears sensing the poltergeist, and the entity appears guarding her. But why? It's a fun idea that doesn't outstay its welcome, with a twist you might not see coming. This Saturday, multiple showings, Sky Cinema
Nicolas Cage's Meta Comedy
The iconic actor embraces his cult stardom in this self-referential adventure. He portrays a self-obsessed Hollywood actor named Nicolas Cage who takes on a million-dollar gig to attend a celebration on the Spanish island for billionaire superfan Javi. Recruited by government spies to spy on the potential kingpin, Cage's unique performing skills proves useful. Saturday 11 October, evening, Channel 4
The Black Phone Horror
Derrickson's claustrophobic thriller holds up well even without a continuation. Set in the late 70s in Denver, several kidnappings has rendered the children anxious. Once Finney is kidnapped by “the Grabber” and locked up in a cellar, he dreads a fatal end. But the disconnected phone mounted nearby repeatedly calls, with ghostly voices providing assistance, and the intuitive nightmares from his sibling Gwen might rescue him. An effective horror. This Saturday, late evening, the Film4 channel
This Dramatic Portrait
In the struggle between faith and wealth, the winner is obvious for greed in Michael Showalter's delightfully tacky film adaptation regarding the shamed religious broadcaster and her criminal husband. Garfield acts as the greedy Jim, who proclaims early on, asserting religious justification for riches. He and Tammy Faye begin monetising the people's religious faith. It's an extravaganza of poor styling, overdone appearance and hypocrisy, however Chastain achieves to show Tammy Faye as a sympathetic figure. Next Tuesday, late night, on Film4
Black Bag
This period's additional entry by the same director is a espionage tale as tight as the polo necks used by Fassbender's British agent. He receives a mission with uncovering a mole inside the organization out of five possibilities – one of whom is his own wife. Each performer excel of deadpan cool, resulting in an engaging psychological game of truth or lie develops. Tom Burke, Regé-Jean Page, Naomie Harris and Marisa Abela take part the intelligent intelligence fun. October 17th, 8.05am, 12.55pm, 8pm, Sky Cinema Premiere
