"Coralie Fargeat's no-holds-barred satire about the tyranny of female beauty standards and the perceived horrors of ageing features an inspired bit of casting in Demi Moore, who plays a role with echoes of her own career. More than holding her own amid a splurge of wince-inducing makeup effects, Moore is Elisabeth, a 50-year-old film star reduced to doing an aerobics show on TV."
"what with ITV's The Hack and now this rather more fantastical Christie-esque mystery. Keira Knightley plays ace reporter Laura, who takes time out from writing about global conflict to join a luxury cruise with a terminally ill Norwegian shipping heiress/philanthropist, her husband and other filthy rich folk. But after a mysterious woman goes overboard one night and in Lady Vanishes style everyone denies she ever existed, Laura's investigative instincts kick in"
"Steven Soderbergh loves testing his abilities as a film-maker, and for his nifty 2024 supernatural story he decided that the entire thing should be shot from the point of view of the ghost. So, as a family including mother Rebekah (Lucy Liu) and troubled teenage daughter Chloe (Callina Liang) settle into their new suburban house, the camera AKA the Presence follows them around."
A satirical horror film confronts the tyranny of female beauty standards and ageing through a gruesome procedure called the Substance that spawns a younger clone, creating a parasitic relationship between an aging star and her replica. A Christie-esque mystery places an investigative reporter on a luxury cruise where a passenger’s disappearance is mysteriously denied, prompting journalistic sleuthing. A supernatural drama filmed entirely from a ghost's perspective follows a suburban family and a troubled teenage daughter as a poltergeist appears protective. Each film employs striking casting and formal choices to explore relevance, denial, and protection.
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