Tag: Thriller
Film Review: ‘Esme, My Love’- A Tragic Past Shapes A Tragic Future
How one’s life plays out can never be predicted. Death, however, is guaranteed. Director Cory Choy’s “Esme, My Love” explores the bond between mother and daughter and how death is always one step behind us. The finality of life dictates
Film Review: ‘The Hole In The Fence’- Savagery And The Loss Of Innocence
Symbolism weighs heavy in every minute of the always involving but too obvious and much too harsh Mexican film “El hoyo en la cerca” (“The Hole in the Fence”). Written by Lucy Pawlak and Joaquin del Paso and directed by
Film Review: ‘I’ll Be Watching’- A Plundering Of Better Films
Erik Bernard’s “I’ll Be Watching” is a thriller in search of an original idea. The film cannot deliver its intended thrills and fails in the emotional drama. Artist Julie Alexander (Eliza Taylor) is alone at her first big exhibition waiting
Film Review: ‘Knock at the Cabin’- A Tense, Well-Crafted Thriller
M. Night Shyamalan will forever be held to the standards of his breakthrough hit “The Sixth Sense” (and its two popular follow ups, “Unbreakable” and “Signs”). While his latest thriller, “Knock at the Cabin” is not as strong as those
Sundance 2023: ‘Eileen’- Film Review
Sundance 2023 Premiere Selections “Eileen” Thomasin McKenzie is an actress who gets better and better with each new film. William Oldroyd’s “Eileen” continues this streak, as the always interesting young actress gets one of her meatiest roles yet. McKenzie
Film Review: ‘The Stranger In Our Bed’- An Intruiging Mystery
In the effective opening shot of the new thriller “The Stranger in Our Bed”, a woman stands over a makeshift grave, her face bloodied and her hands holding a shovel. As a police car approaches, the woman (covered with dirt
‘Out of the Blue’: Film Review- A Literate Erotic Thriller
Acclaimed filmmaker and playwright Neil LaBute has one of the most unique voices in American Cinema. After a decade-long slump where he morphed into a director for hire of ridiculous Hollywood misfires (“Lakeview Terrace” and the abysmal remake of “The
‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’: Film Review- A Thriller That Is Clever Clever Clever
“Bodies Bodies Bodies” is not only a vicious and funny skewering of the self-obsessed Generation Z, it is also a smart and inventive whodunnit that keeps the film’s interest level high while packing a cinematic whallop. A hurricane is closing
‘Emily The Criminal’: Film Review- A Taut And Effective Dramatic Thriller
In writer/director John Patton Ford’s intense character study, “Emily the Criminal“, Aubrey Plaza finds the role and performance of her career. In this intense character study, Ford crafted a tale that speaks to the America of 2022; a land of
‘Resurrection’: Film Review
Writer/director Andrew Semans’ “Resurrection” is an extremely good film; one that knows how to build sustainable tension and a superbly crafted, unrelenting atmosphere of dread. An excellent Rebecca Hall stars as Margaret, a single mother and successful businesswoman (she is