Psychological Thriller
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Movie Review: A Perfect Enemy (2020)
Directed and co-written by Kike Maíllo, A Perfect Enemy is a Spanish-German-French mystery psychological thriller and a hidden gem. Tomasz Kot and Athena Strates star in this small-budget thriller, which keeps the viewer guessing for most of its runtime. The plot revolves around a strange encounter between a successful architect and an enigmatic young woman. Read more
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Movie Review: Black Swan (2001)
Directed by Darren Aronofsky and based on a screenplay by Mark Heyman, Andrés Heinz, and John McLaughlin, Black Swan is a psychological thriller-drama adapted from a story written by Heinz. Unwittingly, I seem to have a knack for picking movies that blur the line between reality and illusion—in this case, hallucination—and I’ve done so again Read more
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Movie Review: The Usual Suspects (1995)
Exceptionally well-written by Christopher McQuarrie and brilliantly directed by Bryan Singer, and featuring a tour de force cast, “The Usual Suspects” is one of the greatest neo-noirs ever made. The plot unfolds in both New York and California, weaving actual truths with myth and imagination. The story opens in San Pedro, CA, with Dean Keaton Read more
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Movie Review: Sleuth (1972)
“Sleuth” is a 1972 crime thriller, also based on a play that has some similarities to Deathtrap, the movie I reviewed in my last post, though its lead character is driven by different motives than the ones in Deathtrap. Critics, like Roger Ebert, have compared “Deathtrap” favorably to the movie that we will look at Read more
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Movie Review: Sleep Tight (2011)
“Sleep Tight,” directed by Jaume Balagueró, is a chilling psychological thriller about a twisted concierge of an apartment building in Barcelona. César (Luis Tosar), the caretaker of an apartment building, is a miserable man. Happiness eludes him. He often contemplates suicide by jumping off the top of the building but never goes through with it. Read more
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Movie Review: The Handmaiden (2016)
“Handmaiden,” the Korean classic thriller and period film directed, co-written, and co-produced by legendary director Park Chan-wook, is a masterpiece of a movie. It is a story of clandestine love between two women in a male-dominated, cruel world and packs a series of plot twists. Set in Japanese-occupied Korea of the early 20th century, the Read more
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