Pick of the Week
The Substance Film
Director Coralie Fargeat's bold commentary examines the oppressive nature of women's appearance and the dreaded aspects of growing older. The veteran actress offers a brilliant portrayal playing Elisabeth, an aging celebrity demoted to starring in a fitness program on TV. Edged out due to her deceitful superior her manager Harvey, she turns to a secretive and horrifying treatment known as this experimental method. This generates a new version of herself named Sue, leading to an increasingly toxic connection between them. October 17th, Paramount+
The Woman in Cabin 10 Film
This Agatha Christie-esque story features Knightley as Laura, an ace reporter who takes a break from covering international wars to board a luxury cruise alongside a gravely sick Norwegian shipping heiress and charitable figure, her husband, and other extremely wealthy passengers. However when an unknown lady goes overboard during the evening and the entire crew insists she wasn't real, her journalistic curiosity take over. Out now, Netflix
Presence
The acclaimed director challenges his film-making abilities in this nifty paranormal narrative shot entirely from the viewpoint of the phantom. As a family including mother Rebekah and troubled teenage daughter Chloe settles into their fresh home, the filming device – representing the ghost – shadows their actions. The daughter appears aware of the poltergeist, and the entity appears protective of her. However, the motive remains? The premise is enjoyable that avoids overstaying, with a twist that could catch you off guard. October 11th, 4.35pm, 10.10pm, Sky Cinema Premiere
This Self-Referential Film
Cage embraces his eccentric image through this meta comedy caper. He portrays an egotistical celebrity named Nicolas Cage who accepts a million-dollar gig to visit a celebration at a Mediterranean location for the rich Javi Gutierrez. Hired by government spies to investigate the alleged criminal, Cage's unconventional method comes in handy. Saturday 11 October, evening, on Channel 4
The Black Phone
Derrickson's claustrophobic thriller holds up well even without a continuation. Taking place in 1970s Colorado, a series of child abductions has made the local kids frightened. After Finney gets captured by the kidnapper and held captive in a dungeon, he fears a fatal end. However, the old telephone on the wall keeps ringing, with eerie communicators giving advice, and the prescient dreams from his sibling Gwen could save him. An effective horror. This Saturday, nighttime, Film4
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
In the conflict between spirituality and money, the victory is clear for greed in this director's wonderfully garish true story of the disgraced televangelist and her criminal husband. Garfield portrays the corrupt Bakker, who proclaims at the beginning, “God does not want us to be poor,”. He and Tammy Faye set about capitalizing on the nation's religious faith. It's an extravaganza of tacky decor, overdone appearance and bad faith, though Jessica Chastain succeeds to present the character with compassion. Tuesday 14 October, early morning, on Film4
The Spy Mystery
This period's another release by the same director is a spy mystery as precise like the turtlenecks used by Fassbender's intelligence officer. He is tasked to discover a double agent among the team from a group of five – one of whom is his own wife. Each performer are masters of understated style, leading to a delightful mind game of deception or honesty takes place. Tom Burke, Regé-Jean Page, Naomie Harris and Marisa Abela take part the intelligent intelligence fun. This Friday, multiple time slots, Sky Cinema
