Tag: Simon Stone

The Woman in Cabin 10 (2025) | REVIEW

Keira Knightley in THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10 — PHOTO: NETFLIX (Still image from trailer).

Directed by Simon Stone — Screenplay by Joe Shrapnel, Anna Waterhouse, and Simon Stone.

The generically titled The Woman in Cabin 10 — not to be confused with The Woman in the Window, The Woman in the Yard, The Woman in Black, The Woman in the Wall, or The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window — is the latest feature from The Dig director Simon Stone. The film, which is based on Ruth Ware’s novel of the same name, is designed as a whodunnit psychological thriller, and it follows a journalist (Laura Blacklock, played by Keira Knightley) on a billionaire’s luxury yacht, who believes she has witnessed a passenger being thrown overboard and possibly killed. However, when she brings this up to anyone on the ship, no one seems to believe her. As our protagonist starts questioning her sanity, she also starts to uncover clues. 

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REVIEW: The Dig (2021)

Carey Mulligan, Archie Barnes, and Ralph Fiennes in ‘The Dig.’ — Photo: Larry Horricks / Netflix.

Directed by Simon Stone — Screenplay by Moira Buffini.

Back when I was just a very young teenager, my school had arranged for me to receive (what I guess you would call) on-job training for a week with a team of Danish archaeologists. I had had a natural interest in archaeology, and therefore I was thrilled when I got the chance to learn from them. Over the course of that week, I archived a lot of items, I spoke with the archaeologists for quite some time, I got an early look at a history museum’s recreation of a Viking ship (if memory serves), and I even got to take part in an actual excavation. For this reason, I had a particular interest in Simon Stone’s The Dig, a Netflix original film about a historic excavation in England in 1939, and I actually really enjoyed watching it and learning about Basil Brown and Edith Pretty. But I will say that this period drama is probably a little bit too slow for your average Netflix subscriber. Continue reading “REVIEW: The Dig (2021)” →