from korea to poland with sweat, which boasts an outstanding central performance by magdalena kolesnikinstructor and social media star sylvia. in public, sylvia is an insta icon, an influencer beloved by her fans, but in private it's a different story, with sylvia's sense of rejection bolstered by everything from the disapproving coldness of her mother to the sinister attentions of a stalker. the only really intimate relationship sylvia seems to share is with her phone, posting personal messages to the virtual world. yet even here the cracks are starting to show, with on—camera tears merely increasing sylvia's celebrity, ironically adding to her state of isolation. written and directed with propulsive energy by swedish film—maker magnus von horn, sweat paints a compelling portrait of a modern malaise. crucially, sylvia remains in ambiguous figure throughout — her apparent narcissism counterbalanced by a subtle sympathy for her predicament, with kolesnik and von horn leaving it up to the audience to decide how and whether tojudge her — a very impressive balancing act. sweat is in cinema

throughout, her apparent narcissism counterbalanced by a subtle sympathy for her predicament, with kolesnikience to decide how and whether tojudge her, a very impressive balancing act. sweat is in cinemas and on curzon home cinema now. in the 60s horror classic rosemary's baby from the satirical novel, mia farrow plays a pregnant woman who believes her nearest and dearest are conspiring to trap her and her baby in a systemic plot. there is more than a hint of rosemary's baby in the new british chiller kindred in which tamara lawrence's pregnant charlotte finds herself in prison of a stately mansion by the mother of her partner ben. we have decided that we are moving. well, that is good. we are moving to australia. excuse me? fiona shore is margaret, the creepy matriarch who insist that her grandchild will be born in her house despite charlotte and ben's plans to move to the other side of the world. jack louden and is thomas, whose devotion to a stepmother whose devotion to his stepmother would provoke in approving smile from norman bates. someone help! we did everything we could. i'm sorry.

throughout, her apparent narcissism counterbalanced by a subtle sympathy for her predicament, with kolesnikical novel, mia farrow plays a pregnant woman who believes her nearest and dearest are conspiring to trap her and her baby in a systemic plot. there's more than a hint of rosemary's baby in the new british chiller kindred in which tamara lawrence's pregnant charlotte finds herself in prison of a stately mansion by the mother of her partner, ben. we've, er, we've decided that we are moving. well, that is good. but we're moving to australia. excuse me? fiona shaw is margaret, the creepy matriarch who insist that her grandchild will be born in her house despite charlotte and ben's plans to move to the other side of the world. jack lowden is thomas, whose devotion to his stepmother would provoke in approving smile from norman bates. someone help! we did everything we could. i'm sorry. from suspicious cups of tea to a sinister local doctor, so much of kindred seems familiar that it would be easy to dismiss it as simply a modern knock—off of a timeless classic. but director and co—writer joe