Sentences with phrase «slow burn thriller»

In practice, Night Moves is a sort of anti-caper film in a similar way that another taut, slow burn thriller in Blue Ruin established itself as the anti-revenge film.

Slow burn thriller?

This is definitely a slow burn thriller, but one that keeps us in perpetual suspense cos we're always a few steps behind Jackie.

As a slow burn thriller, Lust, Caution works rather well.

This is a quiet, subtle film, though it most definitely belongs in the «slow burn thriller» category.

Not exact matches

Though the film occasionally assumes the airs of a slow - burning thriller, the overall product remains a firmly intellectual exercise.

Scott Cooper's western carries the same slow - burn sensibilities as his 2013 down - home thriller, «Out of the Furnace,» which also, coincidentally, stars the perpetually watchable Christian Bale.

A nominee for the Platform prize at the 2017 Festival, the debut film by Michael Pearce is a riveting, slow - burning thriller about the limits of love and the darkness inside us.

Considered a masterpiece by many, Dead Ringers is an effective, slow burn psychological thriller.

Scott Cooper's western carries the same slow - burn sensibilities as his 2013 down - home thriller, «Out of the Furnace,» which also,...

[notification type =» star»] 98/100 — Drive is a masterpiece of vividly realized contradictions — a brilliantly stylized character study, a brutally violent love story, a slow - burning noir thriller of bright, neon - lit beauty.

After seeing Atomic Blonde, the Kingsman movies, and Daniel Craig's 007 movies, the last movie I expected to see was a slow burn spy thriller that doesn't glorify espionage.

Critic Consensus: Well - acted and solidly crafted, Disorder (Maryland) relies on patiently established slow - burning tension to set the stage for an intelligent, intimate psychological thriller.

George Clooney is one of biggest movie star on the planet, so it doesn't surprise me that a lot of movie goers overlooked Anton Corbijn's slow burning, icy cold European spy thriller.

More character study than thriller (the title means «revenge»), this slow - burning Austrian film effectively holds our interest with its unpredictable plot, even though it's not easy to care where it's going.Tamara (Potapenko) is a Ukrainian...

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.

Just that it's an excellent treat for those willing to sit through the slow - burning thriller atmosphere of 10 Cloverfield Lane...

Finally, we have the great «La Barracuda,» a slow - burn drama / thriller about a young woman upending a family's life.

According to Twitch's Brian Clark, Claire Denis» latest «begins as a simple, slow - burn revenge thriller, and then very quietly morphs into one of the bleakest, most twisted neo-noir films of the decade.»

A palpable sense of menace infuses this slow - burning Norwegian thriller, which is based on shocking, unsettling real - life events.

This may be a slow - burning thriller about eco-terrorists, but it's also directed by Kelly Reichardt (Meek's Cutoff), a filmmaker who maintains an oddly aloof perspective while moving at her own steady pace.

Don't be fooled by the trailer — it's less of a horror movie and more of a slow - burn psychological thriller, a brilliant study in how unchecked fear and paranoia can boil over suddenly.

A bizarro Grand Guignol psychological thriller about a young business executive (Dane DeHaan) who is sent to a rehabilitation spa in the Swiss Alps from which no one ever leaves, «A Cure for Wellness» is a creepy, slow - burning exploration of the porous boundary between health and sickness, sanity and madness, packed with disturbing, visually striking images of slithering eels, torturous dentistry and eerily empty hallways.

If you want a good slow - burning thriller, there's a lot to like about Orphan.

Reflecting the anxiety of the age, this year's best thrillers have run a gamut of phobias, from the environmental terror of Norwegian disaster movie The Wave to the paranoia of ill intentions that informs Karyn Kusama's supremely creepy slow burn The Invitation, about a seemingly friendly dinner party and the one guest who begins to suspect that things are not what they seem.

Nia DaCosta «s haunting directorial debut, Little Woods, is the latest incarnation of the Western, a potent slow - burning thriller that taps into the economic devastation that has wracked middle America for the past few decades.

Set in the final days of a rapidly unraveling crime organization, Montana is a slow - burn thriller that serves up high - velocity intrigue and electrifying entertainment.

Kill List not only qualifies as a fantastic thriller, but it truly showcases some of the best horror elements seen on screen in many years with its twists and turns, all done in unwavering slow - burn style.

Atomic Blonde dances on the razor's edge between these two franchises while borrowing a great deal from the likes of director David Leitch's previous film John Wick and the slower burning Cold War thrillers of the past.

In spite of its shortcomings, The Place Beyond the Pines is more than worth checking out for fans of character - driven, slow - burn thrillers.

Clair Denis» The Bastards begins as a simple, slow - burn revenge thriller, and then very quietly morphs into one of the bleakest, most twisted neo-noir films of the decade.

To be fair, there are things to like in «Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy», but much of those positives are lost in the shuffle of an overlong and middling spy thriller that gives new meaning to the term «slow burn».

It's a slow burn of a buddy cop thriller that sticks to the most basic of action movie clichés, entirely ignoring the CGI and overzealous plotting of the last twenty years of big - budget cinema.

Seth A. Smith crafts a slow - burn, but effective, psychological horror thriller.

This slow - burn horror - thriller preys on your social anxiety.

At first glance, The Caller has the look of another slow - burn thriller, but that facade is quickly shed as it doesn't take long for the mysterious calls from Rose to begin.

But if you love thought provoking, slow - burning horror thrillers with a heavy 80s influence you will adore this film.

Alongside Owen playing to type, they provide the film with its dramatic impetus, turning a standard game of IRA - infused cat and mouse into a solid slow - burn thriller.

Erik Matti's slow burn crime thriller offers a tantalising glimpse of the class struggles and high - level corruption in modern day Philippines, punctuated by taut action beats and a parade of tough, impressive performances.

More of a slow - burning crime thriller than the action - packed film the trailers suggested, «Sabotage» represents an interesting change of pace for Schwarzenegger.

This intense Texas thriller, with its core theme rooted deeply in desperation, is slow to burn, but impossible to look away from once it catches fire.

Anton Corbijn (The American) is directing, which means this will be another refreshing, slow - burning thriller, this time helped along by the likes of Rachel McAdams, Willem Dafoe and Robin Wright.

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.

This is a slow - burn drama - thriller, cut from the same cloth as Blue Ruin (though not as good).

This classy John La Carre adaptation is a slow - burning, engrossing and tense espionage thriller.

Cinematic scene breaks and propulsive reveals will keep the pages furiously turning in this slow - burning but explosive thriller.

No question, the most popular thriller so far this year is Paula Hawkins» slow - burning psychological thriller, The Girl on the Train.