Night in Paradise review - lukewarm bloodbath

★★ NIGHT IN PARADISE Violent thriller bogged down by morose pensive sequences

Violent gangster thriller is bogged down by morose pensive sequences

Since launching his directing career in 2011 with The Showdown, Park Hoon-jung has established himself as a promising devotee of the bloody gangster genre. The pandemic may have slowed the South Korean director’s momentum, as the producers were forced to release the film belatedly on Netflix. Still, the move could provide an auspicious entry into the American market.

The Flight Attendant, Sky One review - first-class entertainment

★★★★ THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT, SKY ONE Kaley Cuoco excels as a hard-drinking air stewardess

Turbulence, murder and one-night stands: Kaley Cuoco excels as a hard-drinking air stewardess

“I get to see all these beautiful places and look passengers right in the eye and say the word trash.” Meet Cassie Bowden (the excellent Kaley Cuoco), flight attendant on Imperial Atlantic Airways. In firm denial about her alcohol problem, she knocks back myriads of vodka miniatures onboard, parties hard in cities the world over, has one-night stands after black-out benders (“Thank you for the effort.

Deutschland 89, Channel 4 review - the Wall comes down, what next?

★★★★ DEUTSCHLAND 89, CHANNEL 4 Final series of the East German spy drama

Compulsive start to final series of the East German spy drama that's much more

Joerg and Anna Winger’s gripping drama of East Germany, a loose portrait set over the final decade of that country’s existence, has reached its culmination, and this first episode of Deutschland 89 landed us right in the unpredictable maelstrom of history.

Courttia Newland: A River Called Time review - an ethereality check

★★★★★ COURTTIA NEWLAND: A RIVER CALLED TIME Picturing a world without the legacies of colonialism and slavery

Picturing a world without the legacies of colonialism and slavery

It is near impossible to imagine what the world would look like today if slavery and colonialism had never existed, let alone to write a book on the subject. Courttia Newland sets himself this daunting task in his latest novel, A River Called Time.

Cordelia review – Antonia Campbell-Hughes and Johnny Flynn star in an off-kilter tale of trauma

★★★ CORDELIA Antonia Campbell-Hughes & Johnny Flynn in an off-kilter trauma tale

Psychological drama about a traumatised woman and her weird neighbourhood

There's something deeply uncanny about Adrian Shergold's Cordelia. When the film's poster was released on social media, many mistook it for a kinky period drama with the power dynamics reversed. It definitely isn't a costume drama, but there's some kink.