Tag Archives: thriller movies

the hidden laws of history (film: Blutholz – Torsten C. Fischer, 2022)

Posted on January 20, 2023 by admin

‘Don’ t research these laws / For you are mad when you understand them’. Transylvanian poet George Coșbuc’s lyrics are mentioned twice at the end of ‘Blutholz‘ (the direct translation of the title would be ‘Blood wood‘), a film by … Continue reading →

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a revenge thriller of a special kind (film: Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell, 2020)

Posted on December 17, 2022 by admin

Cassandra, the main hero of ‘Promising Young Woman‘, a movie written and directed by British filmmaker and actress Emerald Fennell and released on screens in 2020, seems to be a typical heroine in the genre of ‘revenge thriller’. During the … Continue reading →

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an immersive police investigation (film: On ne meurt que deux fois – Jacques Deray, 1985)

Posted on December 13, 2022 by admin

At first glance ‘On ne meurt que deux fois‘ (or ‘He Died with His Eyes Open‘ – the title of the English version) is another detective movie, with a police inspector investigating a murder. And yet this ‘whodunit’ style story … Continue reading →

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a good computer-screen thriller (film: Searching – Aneesh Chaganthy, 2018)

Posted on November 9, 2022 by admin

Movies that take place mostly or even exclusively on computer screens are not exactly a novelty anymore. In the last 20 years I have seen such productions in different genres – from romantic comedies to science fiction epics. The compression … Continue reading →

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a one room real-time film noir classic (film: Sorry, Wrong Number – Anatole Litvak, 1948)

Posted on January 26, 2022 by admin

‘Sorry, Wrong Number‘, made in 1948, was originally written by Lucille Fletcher as a radio play script, and successfully broadcast on this medium, which was very popular at the time. Orson Welles, also a master of the genre, considered it … Continue reading →

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Hitchcock’s British thriller made in Hollywood (film: Suspicion – Alfred Hitchcock, 1941)

Posted on January 22, 2022 by admin

Released in 1941, ‘Suspicion‘ is one of the first films made by Hitchcock after crossing the ocean and relocating in the United States. The cast includes two of the biggest Hollywood stars of the day, but Cary Grant was also … Continue reading →

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De Palma between Hitchcock and Lynch (film: Sisters – Brian De Palma, 1972)

Posted on November 20, 2021 by admin

Made in 1972, ‘Sisters‘ is one of Brian De Palma‘s few ‘Hitchcockian’ films in the first stages of his long and prolific film career. Arguably the best in this category. It is interesting that De Palma had become a Hitchcock … Continue reading →

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truth at all price (film: Boite Noire – Yann Gozlann, 2021)

Posted on November 18, 2021 by admin

Here is a movie that I beleive deserves a better fate than the one it has had so far. ‘Boite noire‘ (or ‘Black Box‘ in English) directed by Yann Gozlan, who is also co-author of the screenplay, got lost in … Continue reading →

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the last Truffaut (film: Vivement Dimanche! – Francois Truffaut, 1983)

Posted on June 8, 2021 by admin

It is very difficult for us, those who admired and loved François Truffaut to judge the 1983 ‘Vivement Dimanche!‘ (the English title is ‘Confidentially Yours‘ without taking into account the ruthless label that fate has attached to it: his last … Continue reading →

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mirror games (film: Enemy – Denis Villeneuve, 2013)

Posted on May 4, 2021 by admin

I like Denis Villeneuve‘s movies. He is one of the directors who manages to combine quality and audience success. I had not seen before ‘Enemy‘ (filmed in 2013) and now, after watching it, I got a favourite among the Canadian … Continue reading →

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