Highlighted Choice
The Substance
Director Coralie Fargeat's bold satire addresses the tyranny of female beauty along with the dreaded aspects of ageing. The veteran actress delivers a masterful acting turn as Elisabeth, a 50-year-old film star reduced to presenting a workout series on the small screen. Forced aside by her slimy boss Harvey, she undergoes a secretive and gruesome procedure known as this experimental method. This produces a younger clone named Sue, resulting in an increasingly vampiric relationship between the two. Friday 17 October, Paramount+
The Woman in Cabin 10 Film
This Agatha Christie-esque story includes Keira Knightley playing Laura, an ace reporter who decides to take some time off from covering international wars to join a luxury cruise alongside an ailing Scandinavian billionaire and charitable figure, her spouse, and other affluent guests. But after an unknown lady disappears from the ship during the evening and everyone denies she ever existed, the reporter's sleuthing skills take over. Available now, Netflix
Presence Film
Soderbergh pushes his creative boundaries in this nifty paranormal narrative captured wholly from the perspective of the phantom. As a family with Lucy Liu as Rebekah and troubled teenage daughter Chloe moves into their new suburban house, the filming device – representing the ghost – shadows their actions. Chloe seems aware of the ghostly being, and the entity appears guarding her. But why? This is an entertaining concept that remains concise, featuring a surprise that may be unexpected. This Saturday, 4.35pm, 10.10pm, the Sky channel
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Cage wholeheartedly adopts his cult stardom via this meta comedy caper. He acts as a narcissistic celebrity playing himself who agrees to a million-dollar gig to visit a festive event on the Spanish island for the wealthy Javi, played by Pedro Pascal. Recruited by the CIA to investigate the suspected cartel boss, his “nouveau shamanic acting ability” is put to the test. Saturday 11 October, evening, on Channel 4
The Black Phone Horror
The director's claustrophobic thriller stands strong without requiring a continuation. Located in 1978 Denver, a series of kidnappings has made the youth frightened. Once Finney gets captured by “the Grabber” and imprisoned in a dungeon, he fears a fatal end. But the disconnected phone in the room keeps ringing, with spooky callers offering help, as the prophetic visions from his sibling Gwen might rescue him. An effective horror. This Saturday, nighttime, the Film4 channel
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
In the conflict between God and Mammon, the victory is clear for greed in this director's delightfully tacky biopic of the disgraced religious broadcaster plus her lawbreaking partner. Garfield acts as the venal Jim, who proclaims initially, claiming divine approval for wealth. Both individuals commence monetising the people's Christian beliefs. It's a spectacle of bad interior design, overdone appearance and insincerity, however Jessica Chastain manages to show the real-life figure as a sympathetic figure. October 14th, early morning, the Film4 channel
The Spy Mystery
The current week's another release from the filmmaker delivers a intelligence thriller as precise as the polo necks sported by Fassbender's British agent. His assignment is with uncovering a traitor among the team from a group of five – including is his spouse. Each performer are experts of understated style, so a delicious psychological game of truth or lie unfolds. Tom Burke, Regé-Jean Page, Naomie Harris and Marisa Abela join in the intelligent intelligence fun. Friday 17 October, various showings, Sky Cinema Premiere
