Search: Directed by Ben Wheatley

With each director having only four minutes there is really little time for the viewer to get engrossed in the material, barring some kind of sharp shock, superb central twist, gag or sharp social commentary, and some of writers and directors struggle wit

It's not a map, it's a blueprint, a means of telling fortunes and a handsome puzzle to boot.

By mixing the situations of a crime drama with dysfunctional family dynamics, the everyday becomes accentuated, meaning that outbreaks of violence are absurdly comic but still retain a nasty edge.

A kaleidoscopic sequence explores questions of identity through some of the trippiest black and white imagery you'll have seen on the big screen for a long time.

The director resembles a sniper who remains unseen, but whose presence can nonetheless be felt.

In the literal act of performance there is room to talk about self as performance, and that is where High-Rise is strongest.

In the Earth begins as an unassuming creep-show about a scientist venturing out into a dangerous woods, but has far greater ambitions than a mere slasher or monster movie.

Kill List manages to blend its study of friendship, masculinity, violence and family with a hitman road movie wrapped inside a horror mystery. This is quite some achievement.

What is fatal is to make the mistake of thinking, because Hitchcock built up his illusions so well, that this is a story about nice people.

If Malick's lands were bad, then Wheatley's are sad, as small injustices, petty jealousies and perceived slights lead to cold blooded murder and childish revenge.