the oscars, get out was nominated for several awards, including best picture, whilejordan peel became the first african—american to win academy award for best screenplaye success of hereditary, dubbed this generation‘s the exorcist, even though it isn‘t. coming away this summer, we have unfriended: dark web, the sequel to the underrated us/russian co—production unfriended which proved to be a blair witch project for the broadband era. and then, towards the end of august, we get slender man, a late in the day cinematic adaptation of something that was an internet meme back in 2009, caused a moral panic in 2014 following the so—called slender man stabbing, and was the subject of an hbo documentary, beware the slender man, in 2016. from slender man to journeyman, paddy considine‘s heartfelt boxing picture which comes to dvd at the end ofjuly. it‘s one of a number of recent pictures which shows the oft—maligned uk film industry is in surprisingly rude health, certainly from a creative point of view. home—grown highlights released in the uk this year have also included funny cow, a tale of a comedian finding her feet in northern club circuit which featured