Top Selection
This Satirical Thriller
Coralie Fargeat's daring satire tackles the tyranny of women's appearance as well as the perceived horrors of advancing years. Demi Moore offers a brilliant acting turn playing Elisabeth, a 50-year-old film star forced into presenting a workout series on the small screen. Edged out by her slimy boss her manager Harvey, she turns to an enigmatic and terrifying process known as the Substance. This generates a youthful duplicate portrayed by Margaret Qualley, leading to a progressively vampiric relationship between the two. Friday 17 October, the streaming service Paramount+
This Mystery Thriller
This suspenseful thriller includes Knightley in the role of Laura, a skilled journalist who decides to take a hiatus from reporting on world issues to join a luxury cruise with an ailing Scandinavian billionaire and donor, her spouse, and other extremely wealthy passengers. Yet once an unknown lady falls into the sea overnight and everyone insists she wasn't real, her journalistic curiosity kick in. Out now, Netflix
Presence Film
Soderbergh pushes his creative boundaries in this nifty supernatural story captured wholly from the perspective of the phantom. As a family featuring mother Rebekah plus Callina Liang as Chloe settles into their new suburban house, the lens – AKA the Presence – shadows their actions. The daughter appears sensing the poltergeist, and the entity appears defensive toward her. However, the motive remains? It's a fun idea that doesn't outstay its welcome, with a twist you might not see coming. Saturday 11 October, afternoon and evening times, Sky Cinema
Nicolas Cage's Meta Comedy
The iconic actor embraces his unique fame in this meta comedy caper. He plays a self-obsessed Hollywood actor named Nicolas Cage who accepts a million-dollar gig to visit a birthday party on the Spanish island for the rich Javi Gutierrez. Hired by government spies to spy on the potential kingpin, Cage's “nouveau shamanic acting ability” comes in handy. October 11th, prime time, the Channel 4 network
The Black Phone Horror
Derrickson's claustrophobic thriller holds up well even without a sequel. Set in 1978 Denver, several kidnappings has left the local kids frightened. When Finney gets captured by the villain and held captive in a basement, he anticipates a terrible outcome. Yet the non-functional line on the wall keeps ringing, with ghostly voices offering help, while the intuitive nightmares of his sister Gwen could save him. An effective horror. Saturday 11 October, 10.50pm, on Film4
The Tammy Faye Biopic
In the conflict between God and Mammon, it's a knockout win for Mammon in Michael Showalter's delightfully tacky true story of the disgraced televangelist and her criminal husband. Garfield acts as the greedy Jim, who proclaims at the beginning, asserting religious justification for riches. He and Tammy Faye set about capitalizing on the American public's spiritual convictions. It's a spectacle of tacky decor, bad makeup and hypocrisy, however the lead actress succeeds to depict the character in a likable light. Tuesday 14 October, 1.15am, on Film4
The Spy Mystery
This week's second offering by the same director presents a spy mystery as tight like the turtlenecks used by the actor's UK spy. He is tasked to identify a double agent within their ranks from a group of five – among them is his own wife. Both actors are masters of understated style, so a delicious psychological game of truth or lie unfolds. Tom Burke, Regé-Jean Page, Naomie Harris and Marisa Abela take part the smart espionage amusement. Friday 17 October, various showings, the Sky channel
