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This Satirical Thriller
Director Coralie Fargeat's unflinching commentary tackles the oppressive nature of women's appearance along with the perceived horrors of growing older. The veteran actress offers an inspired portrayal in the role of Elisabeth, an aging celebrity demoted to hosting an aerobics show on the small screen. Edged out by her deceitful superior her manager Harvey, she turns to an enigmatic and terrifying treatment titled this experimental method. This creates a youthful duplicate portrayed by Margaret Qualley, resulting in a steadily more vampiric relationship between them. This Friday, Paramount Plus
The Woman in Cabin 10
This Agatha Christie-esque mystery features Keira Knightley in the role of Laura, a top-notch writer who takes a hiatus from reporting on global conflict to join an opulent ship accompanied by an ailing Norwegian shipping heiress and charitable figure, her partner, and other extremely wealthy individuals. However when an enigmatic female falls into the sea overnight and everyone insists she wasn't real, Laura's investigative instincts awaken. Available now, on Netflix
Presence
The acclaimed director tests his film-making abilities with this innovative supernatural story shot entirely from the viewpoint of the spirit. As a family featuring mother Rebekah and her distressed teen Chloe moves into their recent residence, the camera – representing the ghost – shadows their actions. The daughter appears sensing the poltergeist, and it looks like protective of her. But why? It's a fun idea that remains concise, including a revelation that could catch you off guard. This Saturday, 4.35pm, 10.10pm, Sky Cinema Premiere
This Self-Referential Film
Cage wholeheartedly adopts his unique fame via this self-referential adventure. He portrays a self-obsessed film star called Nicolas Cage who agrees to a lucrative offer to appear at a birthday party at a Mediterranean location for the rich Javi, played by Pedro Pascal. Recruited by the CIA to investigate the alleged criminal, his “nouveau shamanic acting ability” comes in handy. Saturday 11 October, 9pm, the Channel 4 network
This Creepy Thriller
Scott Derrickson's claustrophobic thriller holds up well even without a follow-up. Set in 1978 Denver, several kidnappings has rendered the youth anxious. After Finney is kidnapped by the villain and imprisoned in a basement, he dreads a fatal end. Yet the disconnected phone on the wall repeatedly calls, with spooky callers offering help, while the prophetic visions of Gwen, his sister may be his salvation. A solid creepfest. October 11th, nighttime, on Film4
This Dramatic Portrait
In the struggle between spirituality and money, the winner is obvious for Mammon in Michael Showalter's delightfully tacky film adaptation about the fallen religious broadcaster and her felon spouse. Andrew Garfield acts as the venal Jim, who proclaims initially, “God does not want us to be poor,”. He and Tammy Faye commence monetising the American public's religious faith. It's a spectacle of poor styling, excessive cosmetics and insincerity, yet the lead actress succeeds to present the character with compassion. Next Tuesday, late night, on Film4
This Espionage Thriller
The current week's additional entry from Steven Soderbergh is a spy mystery as precise similar to the collars worn by the actor's UK spy. His assignment is to discover a double agent inside the organization out of five possibilities – one of whom is his spouse. The two stars are experts of understated style, so a delicious mind game of fact versus fiction unfolds. Additional actors join in the intelligent intelligence fun. Friday 17 October, 8.05am, 12.55pm, 8pm, the Sky channel
