WATCH IN BRIEF

A Shot Through the Wall

A Chinese-American police officer in Brooklyn accidentally shoots and kills an innocent black man.

Director and writer

Aimee Long boldly pries open several steaming cans of politically charged worms at once: racism in the police, racial profiling, the media’s role in justice, and the psychological drivers and impact of police brutality. What sets it apart is that it embraces moral grey areas that are usually smoothed into black and white to simplify political messaging.

On Showmax from 17 November

Pepsi, Where’s My Jet?

An irreverent documentary series about a college student who called Pepsi’s bluff and sued them for a fighter jet. It’s the kind of wacky niche story that could only have gone down in the mid-1990s. Pepsi was losing the cola wars to Coke, so in a bid to capture a bigger slice of the market, it rolled out its “Pepsi Stuff” campaign. This featured a commercial which implied that if you bought enough Pepsi, you could use your points to purchase a Harrier jet. The ad was supposed to be a joke, but John Leonard saw it as a challenge. On Netflix from 17 November

The Menu

A darkly comedic satire of foodie culture and the grotesqueries of fine dining. A young couple, Margot and Tyler (Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult), travel to a remote island as part of an exclusive culinary experience curated by an eccentric celebrity chef (Ralph Fiennes). The wealthy guests are soon force-fed their just desserts, and realise that their gastronomic adventure is more like a Saw sequel than an episode of Chef’s Table.

In cinemas from 18 November.