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John Dahl’s 1992 brilliantly quirky and twisty retro-film noir Red Rock West is a killer thriller to watch again and again. Nicolas Cage is mistaken for a hired killer by a sinister bar owner (J […]
‘The story of a love that became the most fearful thing that ever happened to a woman!’ Director Otto Preminger’s glorious 1944 romantic mystery thriller Laura in the best film noir vein still exerts its […]
In 1990, James Foley wrote and directed the top-notch neo noir film tale of kidnapping and double-cross After Dark, My Sweet, flawlessly adapted from Jim Thompson’s hardboiled novel. ‘When a man stops caring what happens, all the strain […]
Director John Dahl’s scalding 2002 Duel-influenced chiller is an edge-of-seat, nightmarish thrill ride all the way. Paul Walker and Steve Zahn star as carefree, wisecracking brothers making a road trip across the country from Colarado to New […]
Suspense, wit, atmosphere, sudden death and fine character study are the name of the game in writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson’s superb, stylish, hard-nosed 1996 thriller Hard Eight. Anderson’s feature debut is graced with the performance […]
The Coen Brothers make their film debut in 1984 with the astonishing, thrillingly realised neo-noir thriller Blood Simple. Frances McDormand also makes her film debut and M Emmet Walsh stars as the double-crossing private detective. […]
The star and director of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo reunite for this efficient and competent 2013 gangland revenge thriller that delivers good genre thrills with a smart arty overlay without reaching any great […]