Film, Mystery, Thriller
Film: Unsane
Steven Soderbergh is always worth checking out, and while Unsane (2018) isn’t his most accomplished outing, it’s a classy,…
August 15, 2022-
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Film, Horror, ThrillerFilm: Eyes of Laura Mars
Something about the grungy look and feel of seventies cinema appeals to me, and Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)…
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Film, Horror, ThrillerFilm: Last Night in Soho
Edgar Wright has gifted us with the likes of Shaun of the Dead, Baby Driver, and Scott Pilgrim vs.…
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Film, Science Fiction, ThrillerFilm: Kimi
For a guy who “retired” in 2013, Steven Soderbergh sure is prolific. After coming out of retirement in 2017,…
February 13, 2022 -
Drama, Film, Mystery, ThrillerFilm: Enemy
I can’t say I went into Enemy (2013) with boundless enthusiasm, given it presents like a cheesy “separated at…
December 31, 2021 -
Film, Mystery, ThrillerFilm: Les Diaboliques
Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Les Diaboliques (1955) is the follow-up to his superb suspense adventure The Wages of Fear, and while…
July 24, 2021 -
Fantasy, FilmFilm: Under the Silver Lake
I can’t say I whole-heartedly loved Under the Silver Lake (2018), but for me it was the perfect film…
August 17, 2020 -
TelevisionTV: Homecoming (Season 2)
Last year I watched Amazon Prime’s Homecoming convinced it was a limited series. Learning a second season was on…
May 26, 2020 -
Film, SpiesFilm: The Stranger
Considering Orson Welles’ pedigree, I was hoping for a bit more from The Stranger (1946), a creepy small-town potboiler…
January 15, 2019 -
TelevisionTV: Homecoming (Season 1)
Based, remarkably, on a podcast, Amazon Prime’s Homecoming is another feather in the cap for Sam Esmail, creator of…
January 3, 2019 -
Film, SpiesFilm: Above Suspicion
A mildly diverting World War II spy caper based on a novel by Helen MacInnes, Above Suspicion (1943) is…
June 25, 2018 -
Film, History, Spies, World War IIFilm: Contraband
Contraband (1940) reunites director Michael Powell with stars Conrad Veidt and Valerie Hobson, the team that collaborated in the…
January 28, 2018 -
Fantasy, FilmFilm: The Man Who Haunted Himself
Part beaten-to-death Twilight Zone premise, part third-rate Hitchcock knockoff, The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970) is a quirky, colorful…
September 13, 2017 -
Spies, TelevisionA Tribute to the Man of a Million Faces
A week ago today, the great Martin Landau died. Landau first caught my attention in the great Hitchcock caper…
July 22, 2017 -
FilmFilm: Coma
I had pretty low expectations for Coma (1978), which is probably why it met them so comfortably. Dr. Susan…
April 11, 2017