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
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