1 Going out: Cinema 2 Going out: Gigs 3 Going out: Art 4 Going out: Stage 5 Staying in: Streaming 6 Staying in: Games 7 Staying in: Albums 8 Staying in: Brain food Alien: Romulus Out now Set between the events of Ridley Scott’s Alien and James Cameron’s Aliens, this new addition to the Alien canon sees a luckless crew of space colonists tangle with the meanest acid-blooded mother in deep space. Starring Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson and Archie Renaux. Hollywoodgate Out now When the US withdrew from Iraq, they left behind billions of dollars worth of military equipment, much of it dismantled.
But guess what: stuff that has been dismantled can be put back together again. This documentary shows how the Taliban evolved during this period into a heavily armed regime. The Hypnosis Out now The label “cringe comedy” may call to mind Peep Show or The Office, but in Swedish director Ernst De Geer’s feature debut that sense of squirming on behalf of someone else is employed in the film itself, as a young entrepreneur starts to behave uninhibitedly after a hypnosis session, much to the discomfort of her boyfriend.
Only the River Flows Out now Police detective Ma (Yilong Zhu) must investigate a small-town serial killer mystery in Banpo Town, in this 1990s-set adaptation of a short story by the avant-garde Chinese author Yu Hua. Modern film noir from Wei Shujun. Catherine Bray Reading & Leeds 21 to 25 August, Richfield Avenue , Reading; Bramham Park , Leeds The bank holiday blowou.