Sentences with phrase «works of suspense»

In this one - of - a-kind collection, today's crime pros offer insights into their favorite works of suspense.

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There is a lot to learn from Alfred Hitchcock's work, his narrative was close to perfect and the skill to create suspense by depriving us of the payoff and restricting our view forcing us to imagine how bad the situation was, for the longest time just to deliver it at the peek of our attention, and that my friends, that is a gift for the film fanatic as for the filmmaker.

Her uncertainty becomes a source of finely wrought suspense, while her emotional myopia comes into crucial scrutiny.

Free of contrived melodrama and phony suspense, it ennobles the hard work by which its hero earns his daily bread.

The far - from - engrossing vibe is compounded by a quizzical dearth of action or suspense oriented interludes, and it does, as a result, become more and more difficult to work up any real interest in or sympathy for the central character's exploits (which proves especially problematic by the time the twist - laden finale rolls around).

There follows a long working out of the film's title, as Jen transforms herself from victim to warrior and Ms. Fargeat turns her skills to suspense and gore.

He did several suspense films, including Johnny Allegro and Dangerous Profession, but it was his work on The Window that earned Tetzlaff a permanent place in the memories of filmgoers — a dark, chilling, and suspenseful thriller, based on the fable of the boy - who - cried - wolf, this film, about a young boy (Bobby Driscoll) known for telling tall tales, who witnesses a murder in his tenement building and can't get anyone to believe him, was an instant hit.

The director, Ted Kotcheff, does a good job with the violence and suspense, working well with the wide - screen format, and he seems fully aware of the dark, subversive implications of the material, even if the screenplay doesn't allow him to resolve them successfully.

Director Neil Burger manages to make his technical deficiencies and clumsy interviews work for the credibility of his story rather than against it, and he builds an eerie, naturalistic suspense that's believable enough to raise an authentic goose bump or two.

This being a Mamet work, a central con naturally figures into the proceedings, and despite the capable orchestration of that subterfuge, the knowledge that a climactic revelation lies in wait diffuses at least a measure of suspense.

The cinematography is also excellent as Tat Radcliffe (who unsurprisingly worked on BBC's dark and stylish The Shadow Line) gets the maximum amount of drama and suspense out of Belfast's narrow, dark, cobbled streets; dusty, smoked filled pubs; and imposing apartment blocks.

The film would open in US theaters three months after Hitchcock left this Earth, demonstrating quickly that the Master of Suspense's work would give him immortality, a fact that feels no less true thirty - five years later.

«Dust» and «On Sabbath Hill» are emblematic of the types of stories that could work quite well in this format, with a slick emphasis on suspense and the unseen that a director like Brad Anderson could impose on the material.

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At all moments a deftly crafted mystery and with thoughtful scares and the sort of shocks that don't feel extraneous, Goodnight Mommy is a must - see for anyone who appreciates sustained suspense, and who maybe doesn't mind a trip to a masseuse after to get all that tension worked out.

Screenwriter James V. Simpson provides the sort of set - up that allows Antal to really tighten the screws, to work the film's warehouse setting, plus both inside and out of the impenetrable vehicles that give the film its title, in a way that maximizes tension and suspense.

Painting on a bigger canvas than his previous works, Wingard created an atmosphere that contains just the right amount of suspense, humor, and terror.

Painting on a bigger canvas than his previous works, Wingard create an atmosphere that contains just the right amount of suspense, humor, and terror.

Kind of noteworthy, if not actually remarkable, then, is that the movie actually works as well as it does, offering up suspense set pieces that are genuinely suspenseful despite one's security that everyone in the top - billed cast that we're supposed to care about will be okay.

A rape scene with Hill (although uncomfortably played for laughs) provides a wonderful Rosemary's Baby reference, and the scenes where they must contend with demonic monsters still work as moments of suspense.

9 «The Lives of Others» With its slow - burn paranoia and pitch - perfect performances, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck «s Oscar - winning «The Lives of Others» (it beat out «Pan's Labyrinth» among others) works as a political suspense film for the majority of its running time.

One of the more consistently underlined truisms in Hitchcock / Truffaut, a work of cinephilic devotion that takes the titular 1966 book as its starting point, is the notion of the master of suspense as a director with full control over every effect in his films.

With a meager budget but memorable moments of suspense, decease the film marks a return to form of sorts for the writer / director, who earned accolades for his work on the Oscar - nominated film The Sixth Sense.

Having turned in a couple of ill - received films delving into the matters of political intrigue, Alfred Hitchcock went back to Britain and, practically at the very end of his career, made another great film on the trail of the works that had given him the title of the master of suspense and the macabre.

Academy - award winning director William Friedkin discusses his early career — including making documentaries for David L. Wolper, working for Alfred Hitchcock and what he learned from studying his films, and directing his first movie Good Times (1967), starring Sonny and Cher; how his career path led to making The Exorcist, his initial reaction to reading the source material, the story's theme of Good versus Evil, and the role his own faith played in his approach to making the movie; the techniques he used to generate suspense and fear in the audience, his use of subliminal imagery, and his reasons for recently restoring deleted footage to the film.

One major problem working against the film is that you know the kids can't get mauled by rage victims and it kills a lot of the film's suspense.

Skip Lievsay, the sound editor who has worked with the Coen brothers since their first feature, Blood Simple., said of the technique, «Suspense thrillers in Hollywood are traditionally done almost entirely with music.

It's unlikely to spark any meaningful conversations about eco-terrorism beyond «man, effin» hippies» or «man, effin corporations,» surrounded by murmurs of assent, but it uses that topic as the framework for some terrific suspense and character work.

The movie is often compared to Alfred Hitchcock's work for its combination of suspense, humor and a well - crafted plot, yet was directed by Stanley Donen, better known for his work on classic American dance musicals.

Working here with a great, unpredictable screenplay from Taylor Sheridan, Villeneuve conducts a master class of constant suspense, one that ratchets up the tension just as the audience thinks it can grow comfortable.

The only thing that doesn't work in this otherwise enjoyable film is the lack of suspense in the third act.

All of the menus are accompanied by a section of score, but as is usually the case with Ring - like movies, that score doesn't work very well when it's not coupled with suspense - filled drama and is extremely grating when left on its own to accompany a looping menu screen.

Peter Berg knows the power of suspense, but even more than that, he knows the virtue of the human spirit, as is demonstrated by his work in «Patriots Day.»

That said, Denise Di Nova manages to deliver some suspense in some of the scenes, but the film can't quite manage to work out whether it is playing for laughs in terms of black comedy, or completely straight.

nside Man» is like some dream team blend of Spike Lee's sass with the taut suspense of John McTiernan or Wolfgang Petersen's best work.

The pic is in the vein of an Alfred Hitchcock suspense thriller, but it's a decidedly artful piece of work.

That last score is one of Beltrami's most innovative and impressive works, a jagged combination of traditional orchestral cues and unnerving soundscape that proved crucial to conveying both the film's drama and its intense sequences of high - stakes suspense.

Cheating the audience of any apocalyptic suspense to the proceedings, Melancholia starts with the destruction of the world only to work backwards and show characters on the eve of their inevitable demise.

Directed and co-written by Phil Alden Robinson, the man responsible for the equally entertaining, Field of Dreams, the film works on many levels, mixing comedy, action, suspense, drama, and even a little romance.

The technique adds to the suspense by throwing the viewer off the scent, and contributing to a sense that we might be watching the work of an untrustworthy narrator.

Grisham's legal suspense thriller follows the work of attorney Jake Brigance who represents a man charged with capital murder after he guns down the rapists of his 10 year - old daughter.

Strikingly filmed in black and white — cinematographer Robert Crasker won the Oscar for his work — The Third Man contains a great deal of suspense, several moments of dry British humor, and a fun performance from Cotten as the wide - eyed innocent.

The Commuter (PG - 13 for profanity and intense violence) Liam Neeson stars in this suspense thriller as an insurance salesman who finds himself caught up in a criminal conspiracy on his way home from work after being offered $ 100,000 by a mysterious stranger to uncover the identity of a passenger hiding on the train.

The asylum setting and the combination of both sound effects and music work fantastically to create incredible suspense that proves both frightening yet engaging at the same time.

There is a psychological element in this film that works more as a gimmick than it does as an extra layer of drama or suspense, the savvy viewer should be able to spot this obvious secret pretty early on.

The Space will air five short films that provide context to the master of suspense and his early work.

It's a talent for chilling string suspense that's far more the domain of such barely - seen McCreary - scored thrillers as «The Boy» and «The Forest» as opposed to the mostly unplugged work for «The Walking Dead.»

What works: Director Brad Anderson does a wonderful job of building suspense, helped by a series of pitch - perfect performances.

Even the above - average cast — with Paul Giamatti livening things up as the requisite concerned - scientist / exposition - delivery - machine — can't seem to make it work as anything more than a series of reasons to get from point A to point B. Which should be fine, given that it's how disaster movies generally play, but Peyton can't sustain suspense past the first earthquake scene, set at Hoover Dam.