Highlighted Choice
The Substance
Coralie Fargeat's bold satire tackles the tyranny of women's appearance along with the perceived horrors of advancing years. Demi Moore presents an inspired acting turn as Elisabeth, a 50-year-old actress reduced to presenting a workout series on television. Forced aside due to her deceitful superior Harvey, she turns to a secretive and horrifying process titled this experimental method. This generates a new version of herself named Sue, culminating in a progressively vampiric relationship between the two. Friday 17 October, the streaming service Paramount+
The Woman in Cabin 10 Film
This classic whodunit thriller stars Keira Knightley playing Laura, a skilled journalist who opts for a break from reporting on world issues to embark on a high-end voyage with a terminally ill wealthy inheritor and charitable figure, her partner, plus additional affluent passengers. Yet once an enigmatic female goes overboard overnight and all passengers denies she ever existed, Laura's investigative instincts awaken. Out now, Netflix
Presence Film
Steven Soderbergh pushes his creative boundaries through this innovative supernatural story filmed completely from the perspective of a ghost. After a clan including mother Rebekah and troubled teenage daughter Chloe settles into their fresh home, the camera – AKA the Presence – shadows their actions. The teen shows signs of sensing the poltergeist, and it looks like guarding her. But why? The premise is enjoyable that doesn't outstay its welcome, including a revelation you might not see coming. This Saturday, 4.35pm, 10.10pm, Sky Cinema
Nicolas Cage's Meta Comedy
Cage fully commits to his cult stardom via this self-referential adventure. He plays an egotistical film star called Nicolas Cage who agrees to a $1m payday to appear at a birthday party on the Spanish island for the rich Javi Gutierrez. Recruited by government spies to gather intel on the suspected cartel boss, his unconventional method comes in handy. This Saturday, 9pm, the Channel 4 network
The Black Phone Horror
The director's contained scarefest stands strong despite the lack of a sequel. Taking place in 1970s Colorado, a series of kidnappings has made the children on edge. Once Finney is kidnapped by the kidnapper and held captive in a dungeon, he dreads a fatal end. However, the disconnected phone mounted nearby keeps ringing, with ghostly voices providing assistance, as the intuitive nightmares from his sibling Gwen could save him. An effective horror. This Saturday, nighttime, Film4
This Dramatic Portrait
In the conflict between spirituality and money, it's a knockout win for greed in this director's delightfully tacky biopic of the disgraced TV preacher and her criminal husband. Andrew Garfield plays the corrupt Bakker, who proclaims at the beginning, “God does not want us to be poor,”. The couple begin profiting from the American public's spiritual convictions. It's a spectacle of poor styling, overdone appearance and bad faith, yet the lead actress manages to show the real-life figure with compassion. October 14th, early morning, on Film4
Black Bag
This period's second offering by the same director delivers a intelligence thriller as precise like the turtlenecks worn by Michael Fassbender's intelligence officer. He receives a mission to identify a mole within their ranks out of five possibilities – among them is his own wife. Both actors excel of deadpan cool, leading to a delightful mental battle of fact versus fiction unfolds. The supporting cast take part the intelligent intelligence fun. October 17th, multiple time slots, Sky Cinema Premiere
