Finest Small Screen Picks: 7 Must-Watch Films This Week

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The Substance

Director Coralie Fargeat's unflinching commentary tackles the tyranny of women's appearance and the dreaded aspects of growing older. Demi Moore offers a masterful portrayal playing Elisabeth, a 50-year-old celebrity reduced to hosting a fitness program on the small screen. Forced aside thanks to her deceitful superior Harvey, she turns to a mysterious and horrifying process called this experimental method. This generates a new version of herself portrayed by Margaret Qualley, leading to a steadily more parasitic dynamic between them. Friday 17 October, Paramount+

The Woman in Cabin 10 Film

This classic whodunit thriller includes the talented actress as Laura, a top-notch writer who opts for a break from covering international wars to join an opulent ship alongside a gravely sick wealthy inheritor and philanthropist, her husband, and other filthy rich passengers. But after an unknown lady falls into the sea during the evening and everyone claims she was never there, her journalistic curiosity take over. Streaming currently, on Netflix

This Supernatural Story

Soderbergh pushes his film-making abilities with this nifty ghostly tale captured wholly from the perspective of the phantom. As a family including mother Rebekah and troubled teenage daughter Chloe occupies their fresh home, the camera – AKA the Presence – tracks their movements. The daughter appears sensing the poltergeist, and it looks like protective of her. Yet what is the reason? The premise is enjoyable that avoids overstaying, with a twist you might not see coming. This Saturday, afternoon and evening times, Sky Cinema Premiere

This Self-Referential Film

The iconic actor fully commits to his eccentric image in this meta comedy caper. He acts as a narcissistic celebrity named Nicolas Cage who accepts a million-dollar gig to visit a birthday party on the Spanish island for billionaire Javi Gutierrez. Contacted by government spies to spy on the suspected cartel boss, his unique performing skills proves useful. This Saturday, 9pm, on Channel 4

The Black Phone

Scott Derrickson's contained scarefest remains effective without requiring a follow-up. Located in the late 70s in Denver, a series of disappearances has made the youth on edge. Once Finney gets captured by “the Grabber” and held captive in a basement, he dreads a fatal end. However, the non-functional line mounted nearby keeps ringing, with spooky callers offering help, and the prophetic visions of Gwen, his sister might rescue him. A genuinely scary movie. Saturday 11 October, nighttime, the Film4 channel

This Dramatic Portrait

In the battle between God and Mammon, the winner is obvious for materialism in Showalter's wonderfully garish film adaptation of the disgraced religious broadcaster and her felon spouse. Andrew Garfield acts as the greedy Jim, who states initially, claiming divine approval for wealth. Both individuals begin monetising the nation's spiritual convictions. It's an extravaganza of bad interior design, excessive cosmetics and insincerity, however Chastain succeeds to depict the real-life figure as a sympathetic figure. October 14th, 1.15am, on Film4

This Espionage Thriller

The current week's second offering from Steven Soderbergh is a espionage tale as sharp like the turtlenecks worn by Michael Fassbender's British agent. He receives a mission to identify a traitor among the team out of five possibilities – including is his own wife. The two stars are experts of deadpan cool, leading to a delightful mind game of truth or lie takes place. Tom Burke, Regé-Jean Page, Naomie Harris and Marisa Abela participate the clever spy entertainment. This Friday, multiple time slots, Sky Cinema