Death in Buenos Aires is an entertaining, stylish, well shot 2014 Argentine crime thriller, with compelling performances by Demián Bichir as a tough, astute police inspector and Chino Darín as the rookie agent he uses […]
Francis Galluppi’s 2023 American crime thriller The Last Stop in Yuma County is one heck of a cool, chic and smart movie, a brio exercise in mounting hysteria. Debut writer/director Francis Galluppi’s 2023 American crime […]
Steven Zaillian’s 2024 American neo-noir psychological thriller TV series Ripley is based on Patricia Highsmith’s Ripley novels. Ripley is a gorgeous looking art work in glorious black and white, and Andrew Scott is quietly sensational […]
The brilliant 2006 British comedy drama film The History Boys is adapted by Alan Bennett from his hugely successful, award-winning play, and features its tremendous original cast. The brilliant 2006 British comedy drama film The […]
Compton Bennett’s suspense-packed 1957 British black and white B-movie crime caper heist thriller film The Flying Scot [Mailbag Robbery] stars Lee Patterson, Kay Callard and Alan Gifford. Producer/ director Compton Bennett’s suspense-fuelled 1957 British black […]
Pierre Chatagny stars in Swiss film-maker Lionel Baier’s unsettling 2004 coming-of-age drama film Stupid Boy [Garçon Stupide] as a young man called Loïc, who takes a troubled path towards realising who he really is and […]
Undertow [Contracorriente] is an extremely beautiful and moving 2009 Peruvian romantic drama film in which a married fisherman struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover with his village’s rigid traditions. Undertow [Contracorriente] is an […]