Film Ben Wheatley’s In the Earth is a trippy eco-horror A well-meaning scientist with an interest in mushrooms travels to a remote ecological centre in the aftermath of an unspecified, disastrous plague. By Philippa Snow
International Politics Cary Grant’s turn in the 1950s romcom Indiscreet is a lesson in effortlessness By Philippa Snow
International Politics Hal Ashby’s Shampoo is a rude awakening from the California dreaming of the Sixties By Philippa Snow
How In the Cut offers a disturbing look at the dark side of desire Jane Campion’s 2003 film is an ugly, frightening exploration of the danger that comes with being a woman attracted… By Philippa Snow
Lisa Cholodenko’s 1998 High Art is an eerily precise portrayal of stone-broke bohemian city living In this hip and smacky drama-romance, a young woman drifts through parties, trying to find a higher purpose. By
Happiest Season is a warm, light-hearted festive romp This Kristen Stewart-Mackenzie Davis romcom asks “What if Meet the Parents had been 90 per cent gayer?” By Philippa Snow
Why Gaspar Noé’s Enter the Void is the perfect setting for natural-born provocatrice Paz de la Huerta In Noé’s drugged-out three-hour riff on The Tibetan Book of the Dead, de la Huerta gives perhaps her best performance… By
Why David Fincher’s slick thriller Gone Girl is also one of the great romcoms The film's structure of two halves is perfectly suited to its genre, which is arguably that of the marriage… By Philippa Snow
The dizzying Celine and Julie Go Boating is apt viewing for a chaotic present The brilliantly trippy Seventies masterpiece suits the growing feeling that life itself is somehow glitching, looping, or not making sense. By Philippa Snow
David Cronenberg’s 2012 film Cosmopolis is even more exhilarating today The dystopian thriller offers both the soothing image of a billionaire capitalist brought to heel by riots, and one… By Philippa Snow
Why Southland Tales – a fascinating disaster of a movie – is apt lockdown viewing Richard Kelly's science-fiction comedy was widely derided on release in 2006, but it has since found a cult audience. By Philippa Snow