He used giallo films to portray a man going insane in Berberian Sound Studio, and then pulled from ‘70s erotica to make a beautiful love story in The Duke of Burgundy. This year, he returns with In Fabric, which follows a cursed dress as it goes from one customer to another. It sounds like a potential anthology film, and Strickland has lucked out with his cast this time around: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Gwendoline Christie, Hayley Squires, and Duke of Burgundy star Sidse Babett Knudsen are just some of the names confirmed. It’s unknown where Strickland will get his stylistic influences from this time, but no matter how In Fabric turns out it should offer the same kind of intense, sensory experience as his previous films. – C.J. P.