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Freaks: Genre-Bending Sci-Fi Thriller Greater than the Sum of Its Parts

September 12, 2019

By Thom Ernst

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In Review Tags Freaks, TIFF 2018, Zach Lipovsky, Adam B. Stein, Emile Hirsch, Bruce Dern, Lexy Kolker, Thriller, Mystery, Sci-fi, Horror, Psychological thriller
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Anna: Luc Besson Thriller Not Quite A Feminist Fiesta But It Gives Good Action (Sorry)

June 20, 2019

By Thom Ernst

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In Review Tags Anna, Luc Besson, Thriller, Cillian Murphy, Helen Mirren, Luke Evans, Sasha Luss, Drama, La Femme Nikita
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Through Black Spruce: An Indigenous-themed thriller that just can't commit

March 28, 2019

By Thom Ernst

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In Review Tags Through Black Spruce, Don McKellar, Joseph Boyden, Tanaya Beatty, Indigenous films, Thriller, Barbara Samuels, Brandon Oakes, Tina Keeper, Tantoo Cardina, Jeff Barnaby, Missing or murdered Native Women
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Replicas: Silly Sci-Fi Thriller a Lesson in How Not to Spin A Tale

January 13, 2019

By Liam Lacey

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In Review Tags Replicas, Thriller, Sci-fi, Keanu Reeves, Alice Eve, Thomas Middleditch, John Ortiz, Jeffrey Nachmanoff, Marie Kondo, January opening
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Suspiria: Dancing Witches, Nazis, And Fifty Shades Of Pretension

November 1, 2018

By Liam Lacey

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In Review Tags Luca Guadagnino, Suspiria, Dario Argento, remake, Tilda Swinton, Thom Yorke, Dakota Johnson, Mia Goth, Chloe Grace Moretz, Thomas De Quincey, Horror, Thriller, Call Me By Your Name, Chloë Grace Moretz
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Burning: Near-Perfect Korean Thriller Unpacks Suspense with Social Critique

November 1, 2018

By Liam Lacey

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In Review Tags Jun Jong-seo, Steven Yuen, Haruki Murakami, Lee Chang-dong, South Korean filmmakers, TIFF 2018, Thriller, The Walking Dead, Poetry, Secret Sunshine, Yoo Ah-in, William Faulkner
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The Guilty: Thriller Leverages Snug Space to Engage and Enthrall Its Audience

October 16, 2018

By Kim Hughes

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In Review Tags Thriller, Danish films, Swedish films, Gustav Möller, Jakob Cedergren, Tom Hardy, Locke, The Guilty
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Let the Corpses Tan: Ecstatic Visuals Power Hallucinogenic Crime Drama

October 4, 2018

By Liam Lacey

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In Review Tags Drama, Thriller, TIFF 2017, Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, The Strange Colour of Your Body’s Tears, Amer, Elina Löwensohn, Michelangelo Marchese, Hal Hartley, Michael Almereyda, Ennio Morricone
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Unsane: Steven Soderbergh Thriller Is Really, Really (No, Really) Dumb

March 22, 2018

By Kim Hughes

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In Review Tags Unsane, Claire Foy, Amy Irving, Steven Soderbergh, Thriller, Jay Pharoah

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