Ben Wheatley

Klokkenluider review – tough-guy actor Neil Maskell directs brooding black comedy

There is something of In Bruges about this Belgium-set tale of whistleblowers in hiding, with a little bit of David Brent

Peter Bradshaw

29, Aug, 2023 @8:00 AM

Neil Maskell: ‘If me and Idris Elba got into a physical altercation, I’d last about a second!’

From terrifying audiences in Kill List to squaring up to Elba in airline thriller Hijack, the actor has made his name playing a host of wrong’uns. Now he’s leaving the baddies behind to direct a Belgium-based whistleblower drama

Ellen E Jones

22, Aug, 2023 @10:00 AM

Meg 2: The Trench review – Jason Statham v seamonsters, round two

Director Ben Wheatley serves up a busy but flavourless bouillabaisse of ideas nicked from Jaws, Jurassic Park, Alien and Sharknado, and leaves it to Statham to occasionally raise a droll smile

Ryan Gilbey

04, Aug, 2023 @10:00 AM

The Strays to Kill List: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Ashley Madekwe heads up a smart, snappy psychological thriller about escaping a murky past, while Ben Wheatley’s visceral film about a hitman really packs a punch

Simon Wardell

17, Feb, 2023 @9:00 AM

Blood, gore and a healthy dose of catharsis: why horror can be good for us

A grisly feast of scary British films is heading our way. Why now? Once seen as ‘video nasties’, many believe they have a positive role to play in a pandemic

Vanessa Thorpe

14, Aug, 2021 @5:00 PM

In the Earth review – a breath of frightening fresh air from Ben Wheatley

Wheatley unleashes an hallucinogenic horror story of madness, malevolence and mushrooms

Mark Kermode Observer film critic

20, Jun, 2021 @7:00 AM

In the Earth review – Ben Wheatley’s trippy occult horror is a fine return to form

This low-budget folk-horror is back in Wheatley’s weird, sly world as Joel Fry and Ellora Torchia get lost in the forest

Peter Bradshaw

16, Jun, 2021 @3:00 PM

Ben Wheatley: ‘Early on the pandemic felt like a time for getting a crossbow ready to hunt for petroleum’

The director on his new horror movie set during a pandemic, fearing he’d never work again, and why audiences love Jason Statham

Tim Lewis

13, Jun, 2021 @8:30 AM

From Black Widow to unseen Beatles footage: what films to see as cinemas reopen

The dazzling Nomadland leads the way with a medieval thriller, a Ben Wheatley chiller and Emma Stone’s Cruella hot on its heels

Peter Bradshaw

16, May, 2021 @3:30 PM

In the Earth review – Ben Wheatley's patchy pandemic folk horror

An ambitiously shot mid-lockdown B-movie boasts some eerie visuals and genuine suspense but stumbles with an overly convoluted mythology

Benjamin Lee

30, Jan, 2021 @3:07 PM

Sundance 2021: which films might break out this year?

From buzzy horrors to difficult dramas, this year’s low-key, mostly virtual festival offers a restricted yet intriguing selection

Benjamin Lee

28, Jan, 2021 @8:04 AM

Lily James: 'I got sucked into the vortex. I didn't know which way to turn'

She made her name playing sunny sweethearts, but now James is going gothic in a new Rebecca. She talks getting spooked on set, Covid bubbles and co-stars

Sophie Heawood

24, Oct, 2020 @7:00 AM