Top Selection
This Satirical Thriller
The filmmaker's bold critique examines the demanding standards for feminine aesthetics and the feared consequences of advancing years. The veteran actress delivers a masterful performance as Elisabeth, a 50-year-old actress reduced to hosting an aerobics show on television. Edged out thanks to her slimy boss her manager Harvey, she undergoes a secretive and horrifying procedure known as the Substance. This produces a youthful duplicate portrayed by Margaret Qualley, leading to an increasingly vampiric relationship between the two. Friday 17 October, the streaming service Paramount+
The Woman in Cabin 10 Film
This classic whodunit thriller includes the talented actress as Laura, a skilled journalist who opts for some time off from reporting on global conflict to embark on a luxury cruise with an ailing wealthy inheritor and philanthropist, her spouse, plus additional extremely wealthy guests. But after an unknown lady goes overboard overnight and all passengers insists she wasn't real, Laura's investigative instincts awaken. Out now, Netflix
Presence Film
Soderbergh pushes his creative boundaries in this nifty ghostly tale captured wholly from the perspective of the phantom. After a clan featuring mother Rebekah and troubled teenage daughter Chloe settles into their fresh home, the lens – AKA the Presence – tracks their movements. Chloe seems sensing the ghostly being, and the entity appears defensive toward her. But why? The premise is enjoyable that avoids overstaying, including a revelation that may be unexpected. Saturday 11 October, 4.35pm, 10.10pm, the Sky channel
This Self-Referential Film
Cage wholeheartedly adopts his eccentric image through this self-referential adventure. He plays a self-obsessed film star named Nicolas Cage who agrees to a $1m payday to attend a birthday party in Mallorca for the wealthy Javi Gutierrez. Hired by the CIA to spy on the alleged criminal, Cage's “nouveau shamanic acting ability” proves useful. Saturday 11 October, 9pm, on Channel 4
This Creepy Thriller
Scott Derrickson's claustrophobic thriller holds up well without requiring a continuation. Located in 1970s Colorado, several child abductions has rendered the children on edge. When Finney is taken by “the Grabber” and held captive in a basement, he anticipates a fatal end. Yet the old telephone on the wall keeps ringing, with ghostly voices providing assistance, and the prescient dreams of his sister Gwen may be his salvation. A solid creepfest. October 11th, 10.50pm, on Film4
This Dramatic Portrait
In the struggle between God and Mammon, the winner is obvious for Mammon in Michael Showalter's wonderfully garish biopic about the fallen religious broadcaster and her criminal husband. Andrew Garfield portrays the venal Jim, who states at the beginning, asserting religious justification for riches. He and Tammy Faye begin capitalizing on the nation's spiritual convictions. It's a spectacle of bad interior design, excessive cosmetics and hypocrisy, however Jessica Chastain manages to show the real-life figure in a likable light. Tuesday 14 October, late night, Film4
The Spy Mystery
The current week's another release from Steven Soderbergh is a intelligence thriller as tight like the turtlenecks sported by Fassbender's UK spy. He receives a mission to identify a double agent among the team from a group of five – one of whom is his own wife. The two stars excel of understated style, resulting in an engaging mind game of truth or lie unfolds. Tom Burke, Regé-Jean Page, Naomie Harris and Marisa Abela join in the intelligent intelligence fun. October 17th, various showings, Sky Cinema Premiere
