Ben Wheatley Editor's Picks

  • Top 5 Action Films of 2017 so far - and the 5 we can't wait to see...

    Our first-half report on what films have impressed us most throughout the first six months of 2017, as well as some of our most anticipated for the rest of the year…

    Our first-half report on what films have impressed us most throughout the first six months of 2017, as well as some of our most anticipated for the rest of the year…
    Read More »

    1 0
  • Exclusive Ben Wheatley Interview: Making High-Rise

    We put our questions to the man behind High-Rise, Ben Wheatley.

    High-Rise' quality='100' bps='Default=640,640;iPhone=960,960,640' data='data-vertical="33%" data-horizontal="50%"']
    High-Rise' quality='100' bps='Default=640,640;iPhone=960,960,640' data='data-vertical="33%" data-horizontal="50%"']

    We put our questions to the man behind High-Rise, Ben Wheatley.
    Read More »

    3 0

Ben Wheatley Movie News

  • Free Fire - Trailer 2

    Set in Boston in 1978, a meeting in a deserted warehouse between two gangs turns into a shootout and a game of survival.

    Set in Boston in 1978, a meeting in a deserted warehouse between two gangs turns into a shootout and a game of survival.
    Read More »

    0 0
  • Tom Hiddleston and Ben Wheatley to reunite for comic book film

    High-Rise director Ben Wheatley is reportedly set to team up with Tom Hiddleston once again, this time for a comic-book movie.

    High-Rise director Ben Wheatley is reportedly set to team up with Tom Hiddleston once again, this time for a comic-book movie.
    Read More »

    0 0
  • Ben Wheatley's Free Fire to close LFF; new still of Brie Larson in Action

    Following his excellent movie adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s High-Rise, Ben Wheatley is returning with Free Fire, an action survival movie starring the likes of Brie Larson, Cillian Murphy, Armie Hammer and Sharlto Copley, in which two gangs meet…

    Following his excellent movie adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s High-Rise, Ben Wheatley is returning with Free Fire, an action survival movie starring the likes of Brie Larson, Cillian Murphy, Armie Hammer and Sharlto Copley, in which two gangs meet in a deserted warehouse to make a trade, only for the deal to go south when shots are fired and a game of survival ensues.

    You can see a new still of Brie Larson in action below and put this date in your diary: Sunday 16 October 2016, as it has…
    Read More »

    1 0
  • First look at Ben Wheatley's Free Fire

    A first image has been released by StudioCanal for Ben Wheatley’s new endeavour Free Fire.

    A first image has been released by StudioCanal for Ben Wheatley’s new endeavour Free Fire.
    Read More »

    1 0

Ben Wheatley Movie Reviews

  • Free Fire Review

    Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire never regains it’s excellent momentum from the opening exchanges and becomes slightly monotonous when it should be thrilling.

    Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire never regains it’s excellent momentum from the opening exchanges and becomes slightly monotonous when it should be thrilling.
    Read More »

    0 0
  • High-Rise - Review

    Ben Wheatley is ahead of us all. Regardless that his follow-up to A Field in England feels like a film that used to get made in a healthier moviemaking era, or that the JG Ballard novel it’s based on is 45 years old, the British director is…

    Ben Wheatley is ahead of us all. Regardless that his follow-up to A Field in England feels like a film that used to get made in a healthier moviemaking era, or that the JG Ballard novel it’s based on is 45 years old, the British director is always one elusive step ahead of us in terms of what we expect of him. High-Rise is his latest diversion from a path he seems entertainingly bent on avoiding at all costs, and yet it also feels like the summation of everything he’s done up to this…
    Read More »

    2 0

Ben Wheatley Movie Previews

  • First look at Ben Wheatley's Free Fire

    A first image has been released by StudioCanal for Ben Wheatley’s new endeavour Free Fire.

    A first image has been released by StudioCanal for Ben Wheatley’s new endeavour Free Fire.
    Read More »

    1 0
  • High-Rise - Bringing Ballard to the Big Screen featurette

    Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.

    Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.
    Read More »

    1 0

Ben Wheatley Movie Features

  • Top 5 Action Films of 2017 so far - and the 5 we can't wait to see...

    Our first-half report on what films have impressed us most throughout the first six months of 2017, as well as some of our most anticipated for the rest of the year…

    Our first-half report on what films have impressed us most throughout the first six months of 2017, as well as some of our most anticipated for the rest of the year…
    Read More »

    1 0

Ben Wheatley Movie Trailers

  • Free Fire - Trailer 2

    Set in Boston in 1978, a meeting in a deserted warehouse between two gangs turns into a shootout and a game of survival.

    Set in Boston in 1978, a meeting in a deserted warehouse between two gangs turns into a shootout and a game of survival.
    Read More »

    0 0
  • Free Fire - Trailer

    Set in Boston in 1978, a meeting in a deserted warehouse between two gangs turns into a shootout and a game of survival. Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire is set to close out this year’s London Film Festival. It will get a wide release in the UK/US next year.

    Set in Boston in 1978, a meeting in a deserted warehouse between two gangs turns into a shootout and a game of survival. Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire is set to close out this year’s London Film Festival. It will get a wide release in the UK/US next year.
    Read More »

    1 0
  • High-Rise - Main Trailer

    1975. Two miles west of London, Dr. Robert Laing moves into his new apartment seeking soulless anonymity, only to find that the building’s residents have no intention of leaving him alone. Resigned to the complex social dynamics unfolding…

    1975. Two miles west of London, Dr. Robert Laing moves into his new apartment seeking soulless anonymity, only to find that the building’s residents have no intention of leaving him alone. Resigned to the complex social dynamics unfolding around him, Laing bites the bullet and becomes neighbourly. As he struggles to establish his position, Laing’s good manners and sanity disintegrate along with the building. The lights go out and the lifts fail but the party goes on. People are the…
    Read More »

    0 0
  • High-Rise - Trailer

    Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.

    Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.
    Read More »

    0 0

Ben Wheatley Movie Interviews

  • Exclusive Ben Wheatley Interview: Making High-Rise

    We put our questions to the man behind High-Rise, Ben Wheatley.

    High-Rise' quality='100' bps='Default=640,640;iPhone=960,960,640' data='data-vertical="33%" data-horizontal="50%"']
    High-Rise' quality='100' bps='Default=640,640;iPhone=960,960,640' data='data-vertical="33%" data-horizontal="50%"']

    We put our questions to the man behind High-Rise, Ben Wheatley.
    Read More »

    3 0