James RutherfordSep 12, 2019'The Lives of Others': A Provocative Thriller about an Stasi Officer's Covert Surveillance Duties“The Lives of Others” (“Das Leben der Anderen”) is a German drama-suspense thriller from 2006, set in Soviet-controlled East Germany...
James RutherfordAug 27, 2019'Mulholland Drive': David Lynch's Landmark Neo-Noir Psychological Thriller"Mulholland Drive" (2001) is an enthralling neo-noir thriller from the inimitable David Lynch ("Twin Peaks", "Lost Highway") that opens...
James RutherfordAug 2, 2019'The Grifters': An Edgy Neo-Noir Crime Thriller from Stephen Frears and Martin Scorsese"The Grifters" (1990) is a neo-noir crime thriller based on the novel of the same name by hardboiled fiction writer Jim Thompson.
James RutherfordJul 11, 2019'House of Games': David Mamet's Quintessential 80's-Era Treatise on the Art of the Con“House of Games” (1987) is a superb psychological drama about a psychiatrist and author named Margaret Ford (Lindsay Crouse) who is confront
James RutherfordJun 17, 2019'Blue Velvet': David Lynch’s Seminal Neo-Noir Mystery ThrillerWritten and directed by David Lynch (Twin Peaks”, “Mulholland Drive”), “Blue Velvet” is an unconventional mystery-thriller about a small...
James RutherfordJun 13, 2019'Memento': An Innovative Psychological Thriller Told Brilliantly in Reverse-Chronological Order“Memento” (2000) is a wildly innovative psychological thriller staring Guy Pearce as Leonard Shelby, an insurance investigator mourning...
James RutherfordMay 3, 2019'Blood Simple': A Gripping 80's-Era Neo-Noir Thriller from the Esteemed Coen BrothersThe first feature-length film from Joel and Ethan Coen (Fargo, No Country For Old Men), “Blood Simple” (1984) is a razor-sharp thriller...
James RutherfordNov 9, 2018'13 Tzameti': A Darkly Suspenseful and Foreboding French Thriller“13 Tzameti” is a razor-sharp French thriller starring George Babluani as Sébastien, a poor Georgian immigrant living in France and working
James RutherfordNov 2, 2018'Winter's Bone': An Enthralling Neo-Noir Thriller Set in the Ozark Mountains“Winter’s Bone” is s stark neo-noir mystery/drama that follows teenage Ree struggling to care for her impoverished family in rural Missouri