The new film from director Josh Appignanesi (Song of Songs, The Infidel) and his wife and co-director, Devorah Baum, is a sister picture to their previous collaboration, The New Man. Once again, the pair turn the lens on to their own relationship – Baum embarks on a stressful New York book tour, Appignanesi offers support in the only way he knows, by hounding her with a camera – exploring marriage through a prickly and unflinching blend of autofiction and documentary. It skews, one assumes, more towards the former than the latter, with Appignanesi playing the butt of the joke, an exaggerated version of himself. The humour is of the squirmingly uncomfortable variety.
Husband is released on 3 February in UK cinemas and on Curzon Home Cinema
