Happy New Year, Colin Burstead

Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018) is a British comedy-drama you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Ben Wheatley. Neil Maskell plays Colin, who has rented a grand country house to throw a New Year's party for his extended family — with himself firmly at the centre of it all.

Then his estranged brother David (Sam Riley) shows up unannounced. That's the entire setup, and it's enough. Charles Dance, Hayley Squires, Joe Cole, Peter Ferdinando, and Alexandra Maria Lara fill out a cast that turns the holiday gathering into something uncomfortably close to real life.

Wheatley shot the film in a matter of days with minimal script and a largely improvised approach — and that rawness is exactly what makes it land. Nobody here is a villain. Everyone is, in their own way, exhausting. Stream Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018) online on iFILM.