{"id":684032,"date":"2026-07-10T10:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T10:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/684032\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T10:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T10:26:10","slug":"heartstopper-forever-to-anemone-the-seven-best-films-to-watch-on-tv-this-week-television-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/684032\/","title":{"rendered":"Heartstopper Forever to Anemone: the seven best films to watch on TV this week | Television &#038; radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pick of the week<br \/>Heartstopper Forever<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Submerge yourself, for the last time, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/2022\/apr\/22\/heartstopper-review-alice-oseman-netflix-tv-drama\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">warm bath of inclusivity<\/a> that is Alice Oseman\u2019s world-conquering LGBTQ+ romantic teen drama. Despite returning as a feature film, it\u2019s intimate, suburban business as usual for Joe Locke\u2019s Charlie, Kit Connor\u2019s Nick and their tight-knit circle of queer friends. The principal conflict this time revolves round Nick\u2019s looming departure for university and the pair\u2019s worries about how \u2013 and if \u2013 a long-distance relationship could work. It\u2019s also about navigating everyday coupledom, with Anna Maxwell Martin (replacing Olivia Colman) as Nick\u2019s single mum and\u00a0Derek Jacobi as an older gay man giving the boys pause for thought. <br \/>Friday 17 July, Netflix<\/p>\n<p>Redux ReduxLife saver \u2026 Michaela McManus in Redux Redux. Photograph: Blue Finch Film Releasing<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">In something of a family concern, brothers Kevin and Matthew McManus direct their sister Michaela in a satisfying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2026\/feb\/17\/redux-redux-review-new-take-on-time-loop-genre\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">multiverse thriller<\/a> that, like all good sci-fi, is really about something else. Grief is the motor that drives Irene (Michaela, channelling the brutal self-sufficiency of Linda Hamilton in Terminator 2) to visit alternative Earths and repeatedly kill the man who murdered her teenage daughter. That is until she saves the serial killer\u2019s next victim, care home runaway Mia (Stella Marcus), and finds her priorities changing. <br \/>Saturday 11 July, 6.15am, 8.25pm, Sky Cinema Premiere<\/p>\n<p>The Lady EveUtterly delightful \u2026 Henry Fonda and Barbara Stanwyck in The Lady Eve. Photograph: Paramount Pictures\/Allstar<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">There can\u2019t be many more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2019\/feb\/14\/the-lady-eve-review-preston-sturges-barbara-stanwyck-henry-fonda\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">seductive movie<\/a> criminals than Barbara Stanwyck\u2019s con artist Jean in Preston Sturges\u2019s utterly delightful screwball comedy. Sharp, witty and flirtatious, she wraps Charles (Henry Fonda), the naive, snake-obsessed heir to a brewery empire, round her finger while on a cruise \u2013 then makes the mistake of falling in love with him. How is she to get the man she wants while keeping her grifting past hidden? Maybe another scam will work! It\u2019s a joy to spend time in the company of the roguish Jean in a film of zippy dialogue and zany slapstick. <br \/>Saturday 11 July, 11am, Film4<\/p>\n<p>AnemoneGrief \u2026 Sean Bean and Daniel Day-Lewis in Anemone. Photograph: Courtesy of Focus Features\/AP<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">What could draw Daniel Day-Lewis out of retirement? His son Ronan directing the script they co-wrote may have helped, but it\u2019s surely the chance to get his teeth into this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2025\/nov\/06\/anemone-review-daniel-day-lewis-is-endlessly-watchable-as-ex-soldier-living-with-guilt\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dark drama<\/a>\u2019s meaty, traumatic monologues that did the trick. Sean Bean holds his own against the triple Oscar winner as Jem, who heads into remote woods to find his ex-soldier brother Ray (Day-Lewis), a brooding, off-the-grid figure who abandoned his partner (Samantha Morton) and unborn son 20 years ago. A stormy tale of violence, fear and generational pain. <br \/>Sunday 12 July, 7.40am, 8.25pm, Sky Cinema Premiere<\/p>\n<p><a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"#EmailSignup-skip-link-14\" class=\"dcr-76akua\">skip past newsletter promotion<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-vf9hps\">Sign up to What&#8217;s On<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1r7my33\">Get the best TV reviews, news and features in your inbox every Monday<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783064109_55_500.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"dcr-xiq31o\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"EmailSignup-skip-link-14\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"after newsletter promotion\" role=\"note\" class=\"dcr-76akua\">after newsletter promotion<\/p>\n<p>MisericordiaBaker\u2019s man \u2026 Fe\u0301lix Kysyl as Je\u0301re\u0301mie andCatherine Frot as Martine in Misericordia. Photograph: CG Cinema<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Alain Guiraudie\u2019s latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2025\/mar\/26\/misericordia-review-one-of-the-strangest-films-of-the-year\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">film<\/a> starts out as a slice of French rural social realism, but gets more twisted as it goes along. J\u00e9r\u00e9mie (F\u00e9lix Kysyl) attends the funeral of a village baker he worked for in his youth. He is put up for the night by the widow, Martine (Catherine Frot), then decides to hang around \u2013 to the fury of her son, Vincent (Jean-Baptiste Durand). An atmosphere of danger and sexual tension lingers around J\u00e9r\u00e9mie, which ultimately drags in the mother, the son and even the local priest. <br \/>Tuesday 14 July, 10.55pm, Film4<\/p>\n<p>Kim Novak\u2019s VertigoLooking back \u2026 Kim Novak\u2019s Vertigo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">In 1958, Kim Novak starred in one of the greatest films of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2018\/jul\/12\/vertigo-review-alfred-hitchcock-james-stewart-kim-novak\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vertigo<\/a>, but less than a decade later she had essentially retired from acting. To illuminate a life of great highs and lows, Alexandre O Philippe\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2025\/sep\/01\/kim-novaks-vertigo-review-hitchcock\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">documentary features<\/a> an unusually candid interview with the then 92-year-old. She opens up about her colourful upbringing, being groomed for stardom, her fight for control of her career in a misogynistic industry \u2013 and that Hitchcock picture. Novak proves to be a bullish, witty subject, with her body of work deserving of a reappraisal; to start that process, Vertigo follows straight after. <br \/>Thursday 16 July, 9pm, BBC Four<\/p>\n<p>AnacondaMeta-comedy \u2026 Jack Black and Paul Rudd in Anaconda. Photograph: Pictorial Press\/Alamy<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">When you have secured the likes of Jack Black and Paul Rudd for your film, there isn\u2019t much else you need to do to make it a fun watch. Writer-director Tom Gormican does add some meta trimmings to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2025\/dec\/23\/anaconda-review-jack-black-paul-rudd\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">comedy-focused reboot<\/a>. Old friends, bit-part actor Griff (Rudd) and wedding video director Doug (Black), and two mates (the rather underused Thandiwe Newton, plus Steve Zahn), enthusiastically head off to the Amazon to make a no-budget remake of Anaconda. Naturally, things immediately go pear- (or snake-) shaped. <br \/>Friday 17 July, 9.15am, 8pm, Sky Cinema Premiere<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pick of the weekHeartstopper Forever Submerge yourself, for the last time, in the warm bath of inclusivity that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":684033,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-684032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=684032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/684033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=684032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=684032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=684032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}