Tag: thriller
Now Playing: THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB Protests, THE HOUSEMAID Cleans Up, IS THIS THING ON? Tests Marriage
Plus: 'Avatar: Fire and Ash.'
AMSTERDAMNED II Review: A Playful Late Sequel
Let's start with a bit of history. Back in the eighties, we had this young upstart director in the Netherlands who did things everybody told him you couldn't do. His name was Dick Maas and I'll be damned if he...
Exclusive: MALDOROR Trailer Debut, Fabrice du Welz's Gripping Police Procedural
Inspired by true events, Fabrice du Welz's police procedural Maldoror is heading to VOD and Digital next month, but we have the exclusive trailer debut ... now! Our own Martin Kudlac saw the film during the 2024 Venice Film Festival;...
Tallinn 2025 Review: THINK OF ENGLAND Dramatizes Britain's Attempt to Boost Morale with State-Mandated Porn Films
Richard Hawkins' film moves from period workplace comedy, rooted in the absurdities of producing a pornographic film for the war effort, toward a psychological drama shaped by mounting instability.
FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S 2 Review: Redundant Sequel Fails To Justify Its Existence
Between a fervent fanbase numbering in the millions, multi-generational, cross-over appeal, and box-office returns almost 30x the original investment, a sequel to 2023’s gateway horror hit, Five Nights at Freddy’s, the cinematic adaptation of Scott Cawthon’s uber-popular indie video game series,...
KILL BILL: THE WHOLE BLOODY AFFAIR Review: Cycles and Consequences
Uma Thurman stars in Quentin Tarantino's revenge epic.
Opening This Week: LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS, ROSEMEAD, JUJUTSU KAISEN: EXECUTION
Plus: 'Under Current (Noi Mok),' '100 Nights of Hero,' 'Frontier Crucible.'
YOUNG BLONDES, STALKED AND MURDERED Review: Beguiling Hollywood Anti-Slasher
Samantha Carroll stars in director Nick Funess' disquieting film.
Playback: Kleber Mendonça Filho, Civic Tremors, from NEIGHBORING SOUNDS to THE SECRET AGENT
Kleber Mendonça Filho makes politically charged dramas that draw their power from the everyday, letting ordinary Brazilian life tighten with the slow, simmering tension of a thriller. His films lay bare the class rifts and quiet violences embedded in the...
HOW TO MAKE A KILLING Trailer: Glen Powell & Margaret Qualley Star In Comedy Thriller
Disowned at birth by his obscenely wealthy family, blue-collar Becket Redfellow will stop at nothing to reclaim his inheritance, no matter how many relatives stand in his way.
Now Streaming: GOOD BOY, SANGRE DEL TORO, TRAIN DREAMS
Plus: 'After the Hunt' and 'The Roses.'
EYES WIDE SHUT 4K Review: Kubrick's Last Masterpiece
Just in time for the holidays, the ultimate Christmas movie (eat it, 'Die Hard'!) drops into the Criterion Collection
THE THINGS YOU KILL Review: Bending Perception and Consciousness
Directed by Alireza Khatami, the film is Canada's official entry for an International Academy Award.
STONE COLD FOX Review: Kiernan Shipka Stars in Retro '80s-Style Thriller
Moments into writer-director Sophie Tabet’s feature-length debut, Stone Cold Fox, the singularly named “Fox” (Kiernan Shipka, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Mad Men) of the title, stops time in mid-air kick and addresses the camera with a playful, tongue-in-cheek response, suggesting...
KILL BILL: THE WHOLE BLOODY AFFAIR: Official Trailer & Poster For Quentin Tarantino's Epic Action Film
Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill films were a bit of a thing. In our household, anyway. I think I went to see Volume 1 every day the weekend it opened in theaters. I had bought Japanese lobby cards, framed them, and...
NUREMBERG Review: Nazis Are Bad, Allies Are Good
Michael Shannon, Rami Malek, and Russell Crowe star in James Vanderbilt's stolid historical drama.
Playback: Lynne Ramsay, Emotional Ruptures from RATCATCHER to DIE MY LOVE
Lynne Ramsay studies how pain takes shape. The Scottish director harnesses a poetic, sensory style in which her intimate stories of grief are barbed and transcendent. She is drawn to haunted characters, whether that be openly or implicitly. These stories...
Opening This Week: PREDATOR: BADLANDS, DIE MY LOVE, NUREMBERG, PETER HUJAR'S DAY, More
Our new guide to what's opening this week in movie theaters.
Now Streaming: BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER Spins Sadness
Plus: 'Hedda' and 'Jurassic World Rebirth' in our weekly guide to genre movies debuting on streaming services.
Now Streaming: DOWN CEMETERY ROAD Sprightly Trods Familiar Path, TALES FROM THE REZ Tells Stories From Fresh Perspectives
Our weekly guide to new and noteworthy indie and international genre fare.
