Dan Slevin reviews horror highlights, including Alexandra Heller-Nicholas’ 1000 Women in Horror documentary. He also notes The Babadook streaming free on Brollie, and the cinema release They Will Kill You, where a maid uncovers a deadly cult.

Nights’ resident screen critic, Dan Slevin, takes a look at horror films including Alexandra Heller-Nicholas’ book 1000 Women in Horror which has been made into a documentary on AMC+/Shudder.

Also, one of the key examples chosen in that film, Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdmZABM_9H0is streaming for free on Brollie.

And in cinemas, They Will Kill You is a comedy horror about a woman (Zazie Beetz) who takes a job as a maid in a mysterious hotel to try and find her missing sister, but realises that she’s now required to be a human sacrifice for a group of immortal devil worshippers.

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Afternoons film critic Kate Rodger gives her take on films 'If I had Legs I'd Kick You' and 'No Tears on the Field'.

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Nights’ resident screen critic Dan Slevin is back with three picks: one in cinemas, one on streaming, and one you can watch entirely for free.

Nights’ resident screen critic Dan Slevin reviews Project Hail Mary, a science fiction film in which Ryan Gosling plays an unwilling microbiologist, alone on the edge of the galaxy trying to stop all the stars from dying. When he realises he’s not alone, the fun really begins. In cinemas now.

On paid streaming, Disney+ has Skeleton Crew, an eight-part adventure set in the Star Wars universe. Four school friends from a supposedly safe planet accidentally hitch a ride on a starship and end up at the mercy of space pirates led by Jude Law.

Dan’s free streaming pick is on YouTube: United States of Beauty, a 40-minute meditative film stitched together from still photographs taken aboard the International Space Station.

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Film critic Dan Slevin reviews Kiwi doco No Tears on the Field, I Swear, a biography of a Tourette's Syndrome activis and Pixar's animated comedy, Hoppers.

I Swear Movie Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeWqQN3snCU

No Tears On The Field Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArCkvrgwMRE

Hoppers Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PypDSyIRRSs

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Afternoons Critic Dominic Corry is with Jesse Mulligan to share his thoughts on the latest new releases.

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Kate Rodger reviews Tenor: My Name is Pati and makes her predictions for this year's Oscars winners and losers

Tenor: My Name Is Pati Trailer

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Nights’ resident screen critic, Dan Slevin, reviews Cold Storage, a fun splatter movie about a space fungus; Secret Mall Apartment, about a group of artists who live in a mall undetected for years and the acclaimed 2024 National Theatre production of The Importance of Being Earnest.

Nights’ resident screen critic, Dan Slevin, reviews Cold Storage, a fun splatter movie about a space fungus that escapes from containment due to global warming. Only veteran bioterror expert Liam Neeson can save the world - with the help of the minimum wage night security at the storage facility, Joe Keery and Georgina Campbell. In cinemas now.

On paid streaming, DocPlay has Secret Mall Apartment, about a group of Rhode Island artists who discovered a vacant space in their grand new local mall and decided to live in it, managing to go undetected for four years.

Dan’s free streaming option is on YouTube: The acclaimed 2024 National Theatre production of Oscar Wilde’s timeless comedy The Importance of Being Earnest is available for free on YouTube for five days only. Stars former Doctor Who, Ncuti Gatwa, and Olivier Award-winner Sharon D. Clarke.

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Kate Rodger joins Jesse Mulligan to review Ryan Gosling's latest and indulge in a quick Oscars preview.

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