seven best – From a rampantly bloody New York apartment nightmare to an aching summer holiday in Turkey, MISRYOUM’s pick of the week lands on seven films airing across Sky Cinema, Channel 4, BBC Two, Netflix and Film4—each one daring you to keep watching.
There’s a special kind of dread that hits just before the first scare lands: the moment you realise the rules of the story won’t protect you. This week’s TV schedule leans straight into that feeling—then flips it, just as hard, into grief, jealousy, pressure, longing and pure adulthood ache.
Kirill Sokolov’s They Will Kill You kicks things off with a horror caper that’s equal parts gory fun and stubbornly silly. Coming from a director whose first feature was Why Don’t You Just Die!. the film follows Asia (a kickass Zazie Beetz) as she travels to the exclusive New York apartment block the Virgil. looking for her younger sister. Maria (Myha’la). a maid there. What Asia finds is something very wrong with the place. especially once the residents decide they don’t want her around. The undead action moves fast, and the roaming eyeball stands out as a standout visual. The broadcast runs on Saturday 13 June at 9.30am and 6.15pm on Sky Cinema Premiere/HBO Max.
If you’re in the mood to step away from blood and into something quieter—but no less heavy—Lawrence Kasdan’s The Big Chill is the kind of film that makes you sit with your own past. In the 1983 drama. a group of longstanding friends who met at college back in the 1960s reunite for a pal’s funeral. It’s a wake for Alex. who inexplicably killed himself. but it’s also an elegy for their once radical and idealistic baby boomer generation. As actor. housewife. journalist. doctor. lawyer and everyone else in the group are forced to reassess where they find themselves now. the mood travels through confusion. despair. regret and hope. The cast is a bravura mix of Glenn Close, William Hurt, Kevin Kline and Mary Kay Place. Sunday 14 June brings it at 10.10pm on Sky Cinema Greats.
Tension returns in a different form in Boiling Point, where pressure is built into the structure. Director Philip Barantini and actor Stephen Graham previously tried out the single-shot technique in Adolescence. and here they take it further in this nerve-shredding restaurant drama. Graham plays head chef Andy. and the pressure starts from minute one after a health inspection—then doesn’t let up. Difficult customers and sloppy staff pile on, and the unwelcome appearance of his old boss raises the temperature even more. Sunday 14 June at midnight finds Boiling Point on Channel 4.
Then there’s The Power of the Dog, a sensuous, psychosexual western that refuses to announce its emotions. Jane Campion’s film explores unspoken feelings that can still steer people’s actions. In 1920s Montana. Benedict Cumberbatch and Jesse Plemons play ranching brothers: Phil. the charismatic alpha male. and George. taciturn but decent. The balance shifts after George brings home new bride Rose (Kirsten Dunst) and Rose’s teenage son Peter (Kodi Smit-McPhee). Phil’s jealousy ebbs as he mentors the kid in the ways of the cowboy. Underneath it all runs an undercurrent of homoerotic tension—present in the looks. the silences. and the way each person keeps adjusting to the others. Monday 15 June at 12.05am is the BBC Two slot.
If you’d rather feel something lighter before the weekend’s weight returns. Wonka offers a sweet origin story with a sharp edge. Paul King—described here as the Paddington maestro—directs the Roald Dahl-based tale. The lead. Timothée Chalamet. may not be a Broadway kind of guy. but his singing voice lands. and his gangly exuberance carries the charm. Young Willy arrives in town to sell his magical chocolates. but a trio of established rivals—Paterson Joseph. Matt Lucas and Mathew Baynton—set out to crush him. Hugh Grant steals all his scenes as an irate Oompa-Loompa. The film airs Tuesday 16 June on Netflix.
And when the schedule turns toward tenderness, it doesn’t hold back. Aftersun. by Charlotte Wells. is described here as utterly lovely and delicately heartbreaking. and it earns that combination by wrapping the mysteries of adulthood and the loss of innocence inside a summer holiday. Sophie is 11 years old—played by Frankie Corio—and she goes to Turkey with her dad Calum. played by Paul Mescal. There are lazy days by the hotel pool. buffets. boat trips and excursions to ancient ruins. but beneath the warmth. Calum’s hidden melancholy keeps surfacing. The tenderness and comfort of his relationship with his daughter helps. but there’s something gnawing at him that’s hard to fully grasp. Wednesday 17 June is the Netflix slot.
The week ends with New Life. a chase thriller from John Rosman that largely shuns thrills but goes after a different kind of visceral connection. A bloodied young woman, Jessica (Hayley Erin), is on the run—for horrific reasons that only gradually become apparent. She’s pursued by Sonya Walger’s weary tracker-for-hire Elsa, who is struggling to accept her diagnosis of ALS. The film keeps you unsure where your sympathies should land. Jessica’s brief encounters with other people are also framed as lives worthy of their own dramas. and the movie ultimately comes down to human contact—in both emotional and medical senses. New Life is on Friday 19 June at 11.30pm on Film4.
Between them. the schedule feels less like entertainment and more like a mood swing you can’t escape: kill-or-be-killed horror. a friendship circle pulled apart by a funeral. a single-shot spiral of restaurant pressure. jealousy on the open range. a candy-fueled fight against rivals. a father-daughter holiday that turns tender and then painful. and finally a chase that asks what it really means to reach someone—before time runs out.
They Will Kill You The Big Chill Boiling Point The Power of the Dog Wonka Aftersun New Life Sky Cinema Channel 4 BBC Two Netflix Film4