Phil Hoad is a reporter, features writer and critic based in the south of France. Twitter @phlode
July 2024
Schlitter: Evil in the Woods review – tightly crafted horror turned DIY torture tutorial
Director Pierre Mouchet’s film is a showcase of economy, style and woodwork skills as three friends stay over at a lumberjack’s house and experience his ingenious ways to inflict pain
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TV tonight: Niki Glaser’s hilarious standup about ageing, not having kids and death
The US comedian takes an irreverent look at later life. Plus: all the post-election coverage you can take. Here’s what to watch this evening
Loop Track review – no escape for tormented hiker on horror trek to creature-feature hell
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TV tonight: the maid who inherited a castle she is not allowed to sell
Blue Lock the Movie: Episode Nagi review – football anime gets the battle royale treatment
June 2024
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TV tonight: a powerful end to Suranne Jones’s witchcraft investigation
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TV tonight: the thrill of Glastonbury 2024 from the comfort of your sofa
The seven best films to watch on TV this week
Brats to Anyone But You: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
Super Seniors review – the near-miraculous feats of tennis players in their 80s and 90s
Sorcery review – orphaned girl out for revenge in unsettling Indigenous horror
The Moor review – Yorkshire-set missing-kids chiller is formidable folk horror debut
Rosalie review – intriguing empowerment tale of a 19th century celebrity ‘bearded lady’
Mysterious Ways review – ex-con marries priest in well-meaning LGBTQ+ rights drama
May 2024
New Life review – stripped-back virus thriller goes hard on bubo-popping horror
Chief of Station review – perma-scowled Aaron Eckhart bids for Liam Neeson ‘geri-action’ market
Morgan Spurlock obituary
Ciné-Guerrillas/Non-Aligned: Scenes from the Labudović Reels review – thoughtful and worthwhile
Pandemonium review – wintry gloom as ghost of dead driver meets the biker he killed
This World Is Not My Own review – fascinating study of black artist Nellie Mae Rowe
The Coffee Table review – horror comedy takes its cue from gaudy furniture item
