Posts tagged Thriller
'Conclave' Review: A Divinely Made Film That Dares To Blur The Lines Between Church And State [TIFF 24]

Director Edward Berger's 'Conclave' is the kind of film that is a treat, especially so in the current state of cinema. This mature, grounded, and gripping mid-budget thriller is definitely contemporary, but spiritually feels like something that could have excelled more. [TIFF 24]

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'The Image of You' Review: A Ridiculous Romp of a Thriller

‘The Image of You’ is one of those inexplicable films which becomes more tolerable - or at least, more entertaining - as it becomes more absurd. If you can endure the cringey first act, you’ll be rewarded with a film that is, if nothing else, fully aware of which audience expectations it will meet.

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'Fair Play' Review: Buy Into This Psychosexual Corporate Thrill Ride [TIFF 2023]

‘First Play’ serves more as a thriller than a drama though and takes a certain level of comfortability with serious topics to be able to watch. Hopefully, with it’s success on the platform, Netflix will go back to giving more artists a creative domain to showcase their newest works.

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'Beau is Afraid' Review: All Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing

Director Ari Aster has described ‘Beau is Afraid’ as a “nightmare” - and to give him credit, that is an apt description, but not in the way that he probably intended. The film feels exactly like one of those incoherent fever dreams which you only half-remember after it’s over, and quickly forget as you go about your day.

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