The heatwave continues to bake Britain, with the promise of thunderstorms to cool things off this weekend. Cinemas are open to full capacity, and their air conditioning is a great way to escape the stickiness. Although there's still a sense that people are looking to stay safe from this new surge in the pandemic. Critics have been wearing masks at screenings, including M Night Shyamalan's new thriller
Old, starring Thomasin McKenzie, Alex Wolff and Gael Garcia Bernal. It's an enjoyably head-spinning freak-out. Matt Damon stars
Stillwater, which recently screened at Cannes. It's a big movie, overlong and a bit contrived, but beautifully performed by Damon, Camille Cottin, Abigail Breslin and especially little scene-stealer Lilou Siauvaud.
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BEST OUT THIS WEEK:
Night of the Kings • Kandisha
The Man With the Answers
PERHAPS AVOID:
Joe Bell
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Mark Wahlberg stars in
Joe Bell, a solidly made true drama that kind of misses the central point of its homophobia theme. Nicolas Cage is terrific in the above-average offbeat drama
Pig. Ben Platt and Lola Kirke are both strong in
Broken Diamonds, a slightly too-gentle look at mental illness. The solid horror thriller
The Boy Behind the Door has two excellent young teen stars and some properly nerve-jangling suspense.
The Pebble and the Boy is a slightly awkward British road-trip drama infused with Mod culture. And the superb French thriller
Kandisha puts a multi-cultural community at risk from a demon, while filling scenes with nuance.
Sundance Film Festival London returns to Picturehouse Central next week, and I have 12 in-person press screenings in the diary for that, plus Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt in
Jungle Cruise, the drama
Lorelei and horror
The Offering.
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