Tag Archives: thriller movies

an Italian thriller about the Chinese Mafia (film: ‘L’ultima Notte di Amore’ – Andrea Di Stefano, 2023)

Posted on February 7, 2024 by admin

‘Last Night of Amore‘ (2023 – original title ‘L’ultima notte di Amore‘) is the title of a very good Italian ‘noir’ thriller, written and directed by Andrea Di Stefano. It’s the actor-turned-director’s first feature film made in Italy, but it … Continue reading →

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in the shade of Philip Marlowe (film: Manhattan Night – Brian DeCubellis, 2016)

Posted on September 25, 2023 by admin

I liked how ‘Manhattan Night‘, the 2016 film by director Brian DeCubellis, begins. We are in a dark, cold and violent New York, and the main character is one of those who bring the public news about the crimes in … Continue reading →

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vertigo at the peak (film: Vertigo – Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)

Posted on April 19, 2023 by admin

‘Vertigo‘, made in 1958, seems today, at the first viewing or at a re-watch, like a cinema lesson left by Alfred Hitchcock to the directors who would come after him. It is a complex story (inspired by a French novel … Continue reading →

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the best of Deville (film: Le dossier 51 – Michel Deville, 1978)

Posted on March 26, 2023 by admin

The best tribute we can pay to a departed filmmaker is to watch or rewatch his films. That’s what I’ve been doing for the past few weeks, since I learned that Michel Deville is no longer with us. In the … Continue reading →

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a thriller to rediscover (film: Un homme à abattre – Philippe Condroyer, 1967)

Posted on March 14, 2023 by admin

‘Un homme a abattre‘ (the English distribution title is ‘A Man to Kill‘) is an unjustly forgotten film made in 1967 that deserves to be rediscovered. Its director is Philippe Condroyer, a director who has only three feature films in … Continue reading →

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strangled legality (film: Kurak Günler – Emin Alper, 2022)

Posted on February 17, 2023 by admin

‘Kurak Günler‘ (‘Dry Days’, the English distribution title – inaccurately translated – is ‘Burning Days‘) is the fourth feature film by Turkish director Emin Alper, one of the young and brave directors who continue to make films in Turkey (some … Continue reading →

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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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