Marmalade

Marmalade (2024) is a crime romance with a twist — the directing debut of actor Keir O'Donnell — and you can watch online on iFILM. Behind bars, Baron befriends Otis, a seasoned cellmate with a string of escapes to his name. While they plot the next one, Baron starts telling the story of the girl he calls Marmalade.

From there the film folds two timelines together. In the past, sweet, gullible Baron falls hard for the bold, free-spirited Marmalade, and the two cook up a Bonnie-and-Clyde scheme to rob a bank — money for his sick mother's care and for the future they keep dreaming about. In the present, there's a cold cell and a plan to break out. Joe Keery and Camila Morrone play the lovers, with Aldis Hodge as the calculating Otis.

It feels light and playful, but that's the trick: the romance and the jokes are cover for a story that snaps into a very different shape by the end. One for anyone who enjoys crime fables with a hidden floor. Stream Marmalade (2024) online on iFILM.