Tag Archives: thriller

from narco-thriller to musical soap opera and back (film: Emilia Pérez – Jacques Audiard, 2024)

Posted on November 4, 2024 by admin

Jacques Audiard has never disappointed me before. Many of his films have as their main theme (or one of the main themes) the search for identity and changes of identity. Many of the memorable characters in his films search for … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Emilia Pérez, gangster movies, inspired by a novel, Jacques Audiard, Karla Sofía Gascón, musical movies, soap operas, thriller, Zoe Saldana | Leave a comment

farma-thriller in Dublin (TV series: ‘Acceptable Risk’)

Posted on March 30, 2024 by admin

I do not regret the decision to spend the time of the six episodes in the company of the Irish mini-series ‘Acceptable Risk‘ (2017) written by Ron Hutchinson and directed by Kenneth Glenaan and hristian Langlois. One of the reasons … Continue reading →

Posted in TV | Tagged Acceptable Risk, Angeline Ball, Christian Langlois, Elaine Cassidy, farma-thriller, Irish TV series, Kenneth Glenaan, Lisa Dwyer Hogg, mini-series, Morten Suurbale, Ron Hutchinson, techno-thriller, thriller | Leave a comment

damned be the savior (film: 125, rue Montmartre – Gilles Grangier, 1959)

Posted on February 24, 2024 by admin

The year 1959 in which Gilles Grangier‘s ‘125 rue Montmartre‘ was made was not an ordinary year in the history of French cinema. It was the year of the release of films like ‘Les quatre cent coups’ and ‘Hiroshima mon … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged 125 rue Montmartre, André Gillois, film noir, French cinema, Gilles Grangier, heist film, Lino Ventura, Michel Audiard, movies filmed in Paris, social drama, thriller | Leave a comment

an uneven and unsettling Hitchcock (film: Marnie – Alfred Hitchcock, 1964)

Posted on December 19, 2023 by admin

In Hitchcock‘s filmography, ‘Marnie‘ (1964) comes after four masterpieces, probably among the best if not the best films of the master of suspense films: ‘Vertigo’, ‘North by Northwest’, ‘Psycho’ and ‘The Birds’ ‘. The last two also represented real cinematic … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Bernard Herrmann, film based on a novel, Hollywood movies, Marnie, Sean Connery, thriller, Tippi Hedren, Winston Graham | Leave a comment

in the shade of Philip Marlowe (film: Manhattan Night – Brian DeCubellis, 2016)

Posted on September 25, 2023 by admin

I liked how ‘Manhattan Night‘, the 2016 film by director Brian DeCubellis, begins. We are in a dark, cold and violent New York, and the main character is one of those who bring the public news about the crimes in … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Adrien Brody, American cinema, Brian DeCubellis, Colin Harrison, erotic thriller, film based on a novel, Manhattan Night, neo-noir, New York, thriller, thriller movies | Leave a comment

postponed love (film: Sur mes lèvres – Jacques Audiard, 2001)

Posted on April 17, 2023 by admin

Thrillers attract audiences and sell well. Producers love them and many script writers and directors aspire to make good thrillers. Some succeed, others less so. Jacques Audiard, the director and co-writer of the 2001 film ‘Sur mes lèvres‘ (the English … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Emmanuelle Devos, French cinema, Jacques Audiard, original script, romantic thriller, Sur mes lèvres, thriller, Vincent Cassel | Leave a comment

Un thriller istoric în lumea cărților (carte: Fiona Davis – Leii de pe Fifth Avenue)

Posted on April 7, 2023 by admin

Invitația de pe coperta cărții era prea tentantă. ‘Roman scris pentru iubitorii de cărți’ – așa suna recomandarea (preluată din ‘The Oprah Magazine’) a romanului ‘Leii de pe Fifth Avenue’ al Fionei Davis, apărut în 2022 în traducerea Sînzianei Dragoș … Continue reading →

Posted in books | Tagged American literature, Fiona Davis, historical thriller, Leii de pe Fifth Avenue, The Lions on Fifth Avenue, thriller | Leave a comment

Un Goncourt pentru un thriller? (carte: Hervé Le Tellier – Anomalia)

Posted on April 3, 2023 by admin

2020 a fost un an de anomalie. Întreaga planetă a părut că se oprește în loc. Viața socială, culturală, economică, personală a fiecăruia dintre noi s-a schimbat drastic aproape peste noapte. Ne-am trezit izolați în case, separați de familii, departe … Continue reading →

Posted in books | Tagged Anomalia, experimental literature, French books, Hervé Le Tellier, L'anomalie, thriller | 1 Comment

between naturalistic and noir thriller (film: Thérèse Raquin – Marcel Carné, 1953)

Posted on February 10, 2022 by admin

‘Thérèse Raquin‘ (1953) (English title – ‘The Adultress‘) is Marcel Carné‘s third post-Prévert film. Connoisseur film fans consider it his latest remarkable film. It was produced by the famous Hakim brothers. Even though Jacques Prévert no longer wrote his screenplays … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged film based on a novel, film noir, French cinema, Marcel Carné, SImone Signoret, Sylvie, Thérèse Raquin, thriller | Leave a comment

Mult mai mult decât un tehno-thriller (carte: J.P. Delaney – Soția perfectă)

Posted on September 8, 2021 by admin

Colecția buzz-BOOKS a Editurii Litera oferă cu promptitudine cititorilor români amatori ai genului romanelor polițiste și a diferelor sale variante romane de succes traduse din literatura lumii, alături de textele unora dintre clasicii domeniului. Printre autorii traduși cu consecvență în … Continue reading →

Posted in books | Tagged American literature, J.P. Delaney, Soția perfectă, techno-thriller, The Perfect Wife, thriller | Leave a comment