Top 10 Most Read Film Reviews of 2023

A-bombs and b-movies were what you were interested in this year

"..."It's directed with zero panache by Ben Wheatley of all people. The British master of gritty..."

Dec. 23, 2023 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

Meg 2: The Trench

It's Jason Statham versus a giant, ancient shark again

"...Directed by: Ben Wheatley. Starring: Jason Statham, Wu Jing, Shuya Sophia Cai,..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: Vesper

Eco-horror melds with fairytales in this remarkable SF parable

"...mycological mysticism of South African survival horror Gaia, or Ben Wheatley's peat-black enviro comedy In The Earth. Under the..."

Sept. 26, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Men

Alex Garland's mix of gender and myth is saved by its villain

"...the careers of Sherlock star Mark Gatiss and regular Ben Wheatley collaborator Reece Shearsmith. But in the UK it..."

May 20, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Josh Kupecki’s Top 10 Films of 2021

"...you want to hear at the beginning of a Ben Wheatley film. Near Misses..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Fantastic Fest Returns ... In the Flesh

Alamo Drafthouse's genre celebration, coming to a cinema soon

"...(Tigers are Not Afraid), Nacho Vigalondo (Time Crimes, Colossal), Ben Wheatley (Down Terrace, High-Rise), and Rose Glass (Saint Maud)...."

June 22, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

In the Earth

Ben Wheatley's unexpected eco-horror is sinister and hilarious

"...Directed by: Ben Wheatley. Starring: Joel Fry, Ellora Torchia, Reece Shearsmith, Hayley..."

April 16, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Ben Wheatley Goes Digging In The Earth

Of mushrooms, men, and subterranean superintelligences ..

"...clearance. Not so fast, explained In The Earth director Ben Wheatley. He'd read a study showing that, when foresters..."

April 15, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

We Have an Issue: Getting Into the Weeds

Celebrate 420 with our dive into Luck Presents, cannabis culture and reform, and some locally made CBD products to mellow you right out

"...Ben Wheatley's Pandemic Production Screens Editor Richard Whittaker chats with..."

April 16, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Review: Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break

Bloody British comedy has a delicate heart

"...Gillespie has honed his craft on the films of Ben Wheatley, working as a camera operator on everything from..."

March 18, 2021 Screens Post by Matthew Monagle

Finding the Roots of Folk Horror in Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched

Kier-La Janisse searches for the origins of a genre

"...giving it a surge in popularity and demand. From Ben Wheatley's Kill List to Ari Aster's Midsommar, folk horror..."

March 12, 2021 Screens Feature by Jenny Nulf

Possessor Uncut

Identity melts in this psychotropic assassination brainblender

"...that permeated the elder Cronenberg’s early-to-mid-career work in such genre-bending classics as Dead Ringers, Videodrome, and the The Fly..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Come to Daddy

Family freakout with Elijah Wood in this slick and twisted thriller

"...genre fans familiar with the work of actor and Ben Wheatley regular Michael Smiley probably wouldn’t settle for anything..."

Feb. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

How Fantastic Fest Is Shaping the Genre Film Scene

Fifteen years in and still fantastic

"...led to working with Anne Hathaway on Colossal) and Ben Wheatley (jumping from micro-indie Kill List to directing Brie..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Faith and Fear at Fantastic Fest

Action director Gareth Evans returns to Wales for the chilling Apostle

"...were two works by one of his British peers, Ben Wheatley: the grisly Kill List and the hypnotic A..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Buster's Mal Heart

Rami Malek's newest and strangest, plus more home releases

"...and the final roster (Kusama, Vuckovic, Southbound alum Roxanne Benjamin, and Annie Clark, aka St. Vincent)...."

Sept. 12, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Dark Song

Black magic goes awry in this taut thriller

"...Fans of Ben Wheatley’s oeuvre will recognize a certain amount of that..."

May 26, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: Another Evil

Carson D. Mell on crying exorcists, plus home release update

"...432 (IFC Midnight, on Blu-ray now) shares DNA with Ben Wheatley's masterful A Field in England (not too much..."

May 6, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: A Dark Song

Director Liam Gavin on magic and loss

"...his film had been in a double bill with Ben Wheatley's Kill List. "There's a karmic finishing," said Gavin...."

April 30, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ben Wheatley Catches Free Fire

Director on making his U.S. action debut

"...a 90-second gun fight: With Free Fire, he noted, Ben Wheatley did the polar opposite...."

April 21, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Free Fire

A delirious shoot'em-up comedy

"...Directed by: Ben Wheatley. Starring: Sharlto Copley, Brie Larson, Armie Hammer, Enzo..."

April 21, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Review: Prevenge

Maternity can be murder

"...best known to U.S. audiences as maniac-in-the-making Tina in Ben Wheatley's pitch-black romantic comedy Sightseers. Yet that was scarcely..."

March 17, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Prevenge

"...best known to U.S. audiences as maniac-in-the-making Tina in Ben Wheatley's pitch-black romantic comedy Sightseers. Yet that was scarcely..."

March 17, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

MFA and Prevenge Give the Revenge Genre a Feminist Spin

Vengeance is hers

"...acting for 15 years, including co-writing and starring in Ben Wheatley's Sightseers. "It's quite ironic that my first film..."

March 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Sarah Marloff

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...drama gets its world premiere, while his fellow Englishman Ben Wheatley returns to SX for the first time since..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Last year's unseen genre gems to add to your must-see list

"...2) High-Rise: Ben Wheatley's masterful adaptation of JG Ballard's novel got a..."

Jan. 1, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: A Dark Song

Sorcery and loss meld in stunning debut

"...Walker) and Joseph Solomon (Steve Oram, best known for Ben Wheatley's Sightseers) first meet, it could be mistaken for..."

Sept. 24, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

NO VA's Brunch, Germany's Wine

Daily Austin food news

"...If J.G. Ballard’s High-Rise (and the subsequent Ben Wheatley film adaptation) taught us anything, it’s that not..."

June 22, 2016 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Fox fairies, ultra-violence, and amnesia dominated 2015

"...Anyone who has been watching Ben Wheatley's career since the bottle-drama brilliance of Down Terrace..."

Jan. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest 2015: High-Rise

J.G. Ballard adaptation becomes Wheatley's first masterpiece

"...Since his debut Down Terrace, British director Ben Wheatley has been a talent to watch, always on..."

Sept. 27, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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