Ben Wheatley
With Cillian Murphy about to detonate (sorry) the big screen in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, take a look back at the Irish actor’s best movie roles.
Sundance 2021: In The Earth Review
Ben Wheatley makes the most out of his minimalist thriller filmed during the pandemic.
Rebecca Review: Haunted By Hitchcock
Mrs. de Winter can't escape the ghost of Rebecca and audiences won't be able to escape the ghost of Hitchcock.
Best of the Decade: Phil Brown’s Top 10 Missing Movies
Did we miss anything? Here are 10 films of the 2010s that our friend Phil Brown couldn't in good conscience allow to be left behind from That Shelf’s retrospective.
Our 100 Favourite Movies of the Decade: 2013
What are some of our favourite movies of 2013? We've cleared off some space on That Shelf for our 100 favourite movies of the decade. Here's our 2013 picks!
Free Fire Review
Director Ben Wheatley returns with his simplest and most purely entertaining effort to date
The Shelf Minisode – Ben Wheatley on Free Fire
On the latest minisode of The Shelf, we have a really fun chat with Free Fire director Ben Wheatley.
Contest: See FREE FIRE at the Calgary Underground Film Festival
Win passes for you and a guest to see FREE FIRE at the Calgary Underground Film Festival!
Contest: See FREE FIRE in Select Canadian Cities
Win passes for you and a guest to see FREE FIRE in select Canadian cities!
The Shelf Episode 2 – 2017 Movie Preview
Our Film Editor and Editor-in-Chief discuss the indies and blockbusters they're looking forward to in 2017.
TIFF 2016: Free Fire Review
Free Fire TIFF 2016 Review.
High-Rise Review
A self-contained, ultra-modern apartment building slowly descends into complete anarchy in High-Rise, an utterly bonkers adaptation that's certainly not for everyone, but is it for anyone?
TIFF 2015: High-Rise Review
High-Rise TIFF 2015 review
A Field in England Review
There’s absolutely no way that Ben Wheatley’s latest film A Field in England could ever be defined. It’s one of only a small handful of films that can adequately cover possibly every genre in film history and still find a way to dwell on the more bizarre genres.
Interview: Ben Wheatley
We talk to British director Ben Wheatlely: the man behind Kill List, Sightseers, and this weekend's A Field in England (Oh, and a couple of upcoming Doctor Who episodes) about how he never makes the same film twice, his film’s sense of language, how he directs actors, working with his writer as a co-editor, and his thoughts on his own special kind of genre filmmaking.