Cold Road: Terrific Far North Thriller Updates (and Honours) Spielberg’s Duel
By Chris Knight
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Some Other Woman: Confusing Film Maybe Needed Some Other Writer
Night Swim: Something Wicked This Way Swims… and Quickly Sinks
ReviewJim SlotekNight Swim, Thriller, Bryce McGuire, Jason Blum, James Wan, Wyatt Russell, Kerry Condon, Amélie Hoeferie, Gavin Warren, Ben Sinclair, Nancy Lenehan
On Fire: Cheesy Action Film Capitalizing on Tragedy is Hard to Warm Up To
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekOn Fire, Nick Lyon, Peter Facinelli, Fiona Dourif, Asher Angel, Lance Henriksen, Thriller, Inspired by true events, Pandemic, Actioner
No One Will Save You: More Like No One Will Talk to You
Reptile: Thriller Elevates Benicio Del Toro As Its Story Lards on the Twists
ReviewJim SlotekReptile, Netflix, TIFF 23, Benicia del Toro, Alicia Silverstone, Eric Bogosian, Thriller, Cop drama, Mystery, Frances Fisher, Ato Essandoh
Original-Cin Q&A: Guy Pearce and Damian Lewis Talk Spies, Lies and A Spy Among Friends
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekPrime Video, Mini-series, Damian Lewis, Guy Pearce, A Spy Among Friends, British, espionage, Thriller, 1960s, adaptation, Ben Macintyre, Q&A
Missing: Clever Script Leverages Social Media Apps, Spyware to Unfurl its Mystery
ReviewJim SlotekThriller, Out of control technology, technology, Missing, Nicholas D. Johnson, Will Merrick, Storm Reid, Nia Long, Ken Leung, Tim Griffin
Burial: Sad-Sack ‘Political Thriller’ Awash in Spoilers, Bereft of Chills
Emily the Criminal: Smart Indie Actioner a Showcase for Aubrey Plaza
By Karen Gordon
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Fall: White-Knuckle Thriller at Once Silly and Kind of Beguiling
Fair Game: Reissued Ozploitation Thriller a Queasy Look Back at Female Vengeance Genre
ReviewJim SlotekFair Game, Ozploitation, 1980s, Re-release, Female Vengeance, Mario Andreacchio, Australian, Cassandra Delaney, Peter Ford, Don Barker, Garry Who, Thriller, Outback, Genre films
The Black Phone: Creepy Child-Abduction Thriller Disturbs as Only Child-Abduction Thrillers Can
Watcher: Thriller Traverses Territory Covered by Master Filmmakers, For Better or Worse
ReviewJim SlotekThriller, Watcher, Chloe Okuno, Karl Glusman, Maika Monroe, Burn Gorman, Gabriela But, Madelina Anea, Hitchcockian, Polanski
Crimes of the Future: Cronenberg’s Cannes-Fêted Latest Predictably Divisive
ReviewJim SlotekCrimes of the Future, Cannes Film Festival, David Cronenberg, Viggo Mortensen, Don McKellar, Nadia Litz, Kristen Stewart, Scott Speedman, Tanaya Beatty, Léa Seydoux, Thriller, Canadian
Deep Water: Adrian Lyne Rediscovers his Erotic Thriller Mojo with Patricia Highsmith's Help
Timely Tales of Paranoia: Soderbergh’s Deft Thriller, Kimi, Neeson’s Doleful Blacklight
Zeros and Ones: Ethan Hawke Dual-Role Thriller Promises Big, Delivers Small
See For Me: Okay, It's Only Mid-January, But Here's the Year's Best Thriller
Nightmare Alley: Guillermo del Toro Noir Epic Lovely to Look At, Dreary to Behold
ReviewJim SlotekNightmare Alley, Guillermo del Toro, Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Richard Jenkins, Toni Collette, Rooney Mara, Thriller, Noir, Remake