Sentences with phrase «master of the thriller»

Hitch wasn't really a horror director outside of Psycho, but The Master of Suspense was a master of thrillers, and this set features his very first thriller:

The master of thrillers is back» ¦ For those who are thinking of Michael Jackson, I understand, but for those who are cinema aficionados, you know I'm talking about David Fincher.

Tess Gerritsen is a master of the thriller novel.

Reviewers and admirers — including his fellow authors — have called # 1 New York Times best - selling author Brad Thor «the master of thrillers,» «as current as tomorrow's headlines,» and «quite possibly the next coming of Robert Ludlum.»

In the hope that I might learn something about literary productivity from a true master of the thriller genre, I approached this man, who has become a legend in the self - publishing field.

# 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Brad Thor, hailed as the «Master of Thrillers» (BookReporter.com) and the «Ultimate Thriller Writer» (Suspense Magazine), returns with a masterpiece of action, intrigue, and betrayal.

Not exact matches

Add an enigmatic, neo-Pythagorean cult that is scouring the world for the reincarnation of The Master, his identity revealed only in an ancient document now in pieces, and voila, you have a mathematical thriller.

In the hands of masters — Graham Greene in literature, or Alfred Hitchcock in film — the thriller is a place where the adrenalin kicks of popular entertainment meet the design of serious art.

Hitchcock was a master, and Rope is one of his finest thrillers.

Hitchcock classic that is unusually light - hearted and charming for the master of psycho thrillers.

This atmospheric thriller is average with the one of top chess touring masters becomes the prime suspect in a macabre, ritual murder at an international chees tournament.

Hitchcock's Rear Window gets an update for the mostly teenage crowd unfamiliar with the Master's work, and while it falls far short of the sheer pleasure of its inspiration, it retains enough of the formula to engage as an entertaining paranoid thriller with laughs and chills doled out in equal measure.

Directed with the skill of a master, «Prisoners» is the best thriller to come down the pike in a decade.

American master Brian De Palma's latest creation, Passion (a remake of Alain Corneau's 2010 erotic thriller Love Crime), has welcomed a significantly more positive response than that of both his last two films, Redacted (2007)...

Green sees the Malick comparisons in his own work, especially in «George Washington» — the use of voiceover, the importance of the environment to his characters — and even had a chance to work with the master filmmaker on the 2004 Southern Gothic thriller «Undertow,» which Malick wrote the story for and has a producing credit.

Part of what makes German director Christian Petzold's pulp psychological thriller so special is the way it wrings complex shades of suspense and disquiet out of very basic techniques, and its finale — the most sublime gasp moment of the year in film — is a master class in simplicity of form, cut almost entirely from just two angles and carried by stars Nina Hoss and Ronald Zehrfeld, whose performances have been building to this one exchange of subtleties.

Whether you know nothing about the game, or you are a grand master, the story of Bobby Fischer's rise to the world championship, and the toll it took on his already fragile psyche, has all the suspense and intrigue of an espionage thriller.

Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, and Robert Downey, Jr., master of darkness David Fincher «s haunting, slow - burn thriller is disciplined storytelling at its best.

As a prison - break movie, it is a thriller of high suspense, told by a master who eschews artifice.

Inception (PG - 13 for pervasive action and violence) Christopher Nolan directs this sci - fi, psychological thriller about a master thief (Leonard DiCaprio), capable of hacking into people's subconscious minds while they're in the dream state, who plans to pull off the perfect heist by implanting an idea inside of someone's head.

Over the past 15 years, Christopher Nolan has proven himself as a master of intelligent filmmaking, generally sticking to the psychological thriller genre while mixing in action and brain - bending flourishes.

(1930) but before Hitchcock had firmly established himself as «the master of suspense,» Rich and Strange is not a thriller at all but a romantic comedy of innocents abroad directed as a satire of bourgeois complacency and cultural provincialism.

The Post is a political thriller helmed by Spielberg and acted by masters of the acting craft.

This second entry in the so - called «Animal Trilogy» found Argento further refining his distinctive style and cementing his reputation as the master of the giallo thriller.

A pair of gray suede gloves abandoned on a department store counter; a small 35 mm still camera obscuring a woman's face except for her eyes; an electric train set; a finger on the disconnect button of a telephone; an ungloved, well - manicured hand resting briefly on another woman's shoulder: Todd Haynes's Carol is not a Hitchcockian thriller, although it is adapted from the second novel by Patricia Highsmith, whose first, Strangers on a Train, was the basis for one of the master of suspense's great movies.

While it didn't take home any awards, Ben Affleck's CIA thriller Argo received a moderate boost going into the rest of awards season, finishing second in the New York Critic's Best Picture poll, while Affleck placed third among directors behind Bigelow and The Master's Paul Thomas Anderson.

Still recovering from the mild stroke I suffered whilst watching this very complex thriller from master - of - that - kind - of - thing David Lynch.

Michael Curtiz brings a master skipper's hand to the helm of this thriller, Hollywood's second crack at Ernest Hemingway's To Have and Have Not.

The film launched a new wave of Hong Kong filmmaking and you can feel its influence in everything from Bruce Lee's martial arts thrillers of the 1970s to Jackie Chan's Drunken Master films to the Tsui Hark - led new wave of high energy, special effects laden adventures in 1980s Hong Kong, and of course, the Oscar winning Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Ang Lee's tribute the magical, colorful genre that King Hu reinvented with this film.

One review on ScreenAnarchy says «it's an example of a master attempting a new direction — in the form of a good, old - fashioned, bloody, spirited thriller.»

by Walter Chaw Nicknamed «The Italian Hitchcock,» Dario Argento is more aptly classified «The Italian DePalma»: a director with his own set of stylistic excesses who, especially early in his career, borrowed many tropes from the Master of Suspense en route to crafting his own distinctive thrillers.

Q: With this movie, you went into a different mode of filmmaking, partnering with Jason Blum who's a master of the low budget, atmospheric horror thriller.

Yet, after my initial viewing of Dan Trachtenberg's claustrophobic thriller, I find myself bowing to the new masters of tension.

His big break came in the 1999 mystery thriller The Sixth Sense, which cemented Shyamalan as a master of the twist, ironically or not, in pop culture.

(Messaggero) The long - mooted thriller directed by Wong Kar - wai and starring Nicole Kidman has been shelved indefinitely in favour of «The Grand Master».

My own interest runs more toward «Goksung,» the latest from Na Hong - jin, a master of the contemporary crime thriller whose earlier films, «The Yellow Sea» and «The Chaser,» remain two of my most memorably grisly Cannes experiences.

Christopher Nolan further proved he's the master of steering high - budgeted original films to immense box office glory with Dunkirk, a pulsating thriller following the 10 - day WWII battle which ultimately led to the evacuation of more than 330,000 allied troops in 1940.

At the hands of a master like Hitchcock, who probably would have changed the script into something more plausible, this could have been an intriguingly effective thriller.

Best - known for B - movie thriller Cat People, the Technicolor Canyon Passage reminds us that Jacques Tourneur was a master of the western as well.

But Boyle (who also gave us the reinvented zombie thriller 28 Days Later and the ambitious sci - fi of Sunshine) has revealed himself to be a true master of the language of cinema, in all its dimensions.

Giallo - like in its plot convolutions as well as its stark, shadowy visual style, this rare foray into strict horror by dark crime thriller master J. Lee Thompson is perhaps best known for its infamous shish - kebab murder scene, but the underappreciated slasher film has much more to offer, with a whole slew of show - stopping death set pieces and a stellar supporting cast, including Glenn Ford as Virginia's doctor.

Get Out from comedian turned filmmaker Jordan Peele masters a delicate balance of witty thriller, social satire, modern horror, and commentary on race on the so - called «post-racial» era.

Part biopic, part cerebral thriller, Morten Tyldum's follow up to 2011's Headhunters is the improbable and ultimately tragic tale of master logician Alan Turing.

Inspired by the epic thrillers of Louis Feuillade (Les Vampires) and Joe May (The Indian Tomb), Fritz Lang crafted an epic drama revolving around a diabolical hypnotist, master of disguise, and criminal genius: Dr. Mabuse.

He currently serves as the Cultural Coordinator for the Indigenous Masters of Education program at the University of Calgary, and is producing his directorial debut Kills Last — a post-apocalyptic thriller based on traditional tribal coup stories and told primarily in the Blackfeet language.

With Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained and Ben Affleck's correctenjoyable thriller Argo expectant, it only leaves Steven Spielberg's Lincoln and Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master in the traditional berth of serious, adult - skewed pictures that have traditionally dominated Oscar nominations.

From the producer of the blockbuster franchises The Matrix and Lethal Weapon, world - renowned martial arts master and Asian film sensation Jet Li stars in this hi - octane thriller as a one - man arsenal who escapes from a Hong Kong jail to avenge his brother's murder in Los Angeles.

Melville is quite simply France's master of crime dramas (no disrespect to Chabrol or Clouzot, who tended a bit more toward the mystery / thriller aspect anyway), and this film combines elements of crime drama, police procedural, and heist film together perfectly into an intricate slow burn building to its inevitable climax.

There were also multiple nominations for Feud: Bette and Joan, about the rivalry between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, Aziz Ansari's comedy Master of None, dystopian drama The Handmaid's Tale and Jessica Biel - starring thriller The Sinner.

White of the Eye (Scream Factory, Blu - ray + DVD), the cult thriller from Donald Cammell (co-director of Performance), makes its disc debut in a Blu - ray combo pack mastered from the original camera negative.