James RutherfordApr 5, 2021'Shutter Island': A Haunting and Immersive Investigation into a Case of Inexplicable DisappearanceShutter Island (2010) is a haunting and immersive psychological thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio as U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels, a...
James RutherfordMar 6, 2021'The Vast of Night': The Riveting Tale of Two Teens' Attempts to Identify a Mysterious Radio SignalThe Vast of Night is a captivating science fiction-suspense thriller about a pair of teenagers in 1950’s New Mexico who identify a...
James RutherfordJan 14, 2021'The Guilty': An Urgent Danish Thriller About a Dispatcher Desperate to Safeguard a Kidnapped WomanThe Guilty (Den Skyldige) (2018) is a masterful suspense thriller from Denmark starring Jakob Cedergren as Asger Holm, an officer in the...
James RutherfordNov 26, 2020'Bound': An Electrifying Thriller About Two Lovers Scheming to Steal Millions in Mob MoneyBound (1996) is an electrifying and highly seductive neo-noir thriller starring Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly as Corky and Violet,...
James RutherfordOct 8, 2020'Manhunter': Michael Mann's Sleek, Visceral Precursor to 'The Silence of the Lambs'“Manhunter” (1986) is a visceral and thoroughly absorbing crime thriller starring William L. Petersen as Will Graham, a retired FBI...
James RutherfordOct 4, 2020'The Man Who Wasn't There': The Neo-Noir Tale of a Barber's Nefarious Blackmail Scheme Gone Awry“The Man Who Wasn't There" (2001) is the seductive neo-noir tale of a modest small-town barber named Ed Crane (Billy Bob Thornton) who is...
James RutherfordSep 20, 2020'Jane Eyre': A Sleek and Lustrous Modern Adaptation of the Classic Charlotte Brontë Novel"Jane Eyre" (2011) is a sleek, modernistic revision of Charlotte Brontë's classic novel, starring Mia Wasikowska as the titular governess...
James RutherfordSep 9, 2020'Enemy': A Hypnotic Psychological Thriller About a Man Searching Out His Own Doppelgänger"Enemy" (2013) is a bewitching and surrealistic thriller starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Adam Bell, an unassuming young history professor...
James RutherfordAug 31, 2020'Caché': A Taut and Beguiling French Mystery-Thriller About a Family Under Mysterious Surveillance"Caché" ("Hidden") (2005) is a deeply absorbing French mystery-thriller starring Daniel Auteuil as Georges Laurent, an affluent talk show...
James RutherfordAug 20, 2020'Goodnight Mommy': A Chilling Horror Story About Two Twins' Dark Suspicions About Their Own Mother"Goodnight Mommy" ("Ich Seh, Ich Seh") (2014) is a chilling and darkly foreboding psychological horror story from Austria that follows 9...