With only three directorial efforts under his belt, Ari Aster has already established himself as a brand-name filmmaker with a strong authorial stamp and a cult following, having jolted new life into arthouse and genre cinema alike in recent years. Now, the mastermind behind “Hereditary” and “Midsommar” is once again on everyone’s lips following the […]
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10 Great Thriller Movies Favored By M. Night Shyamalan
Once dubbed the next Steven Spielberg at the turn of the millennium after bursting onto the scene with the Bruce Willis-led pop-culture hit “The Sixth Sense”, Indian-born director M. Night Shyamalan once again dominates the headlines following the release of his 15th feature film, Universal’s “Knock in the Cabin”. Loved by many and arduously hated […]
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10 Great Thriller Movies Favored By Pauline Kael
In one of her last essays for the New Yorker, Pauline Kael turned the criticism inward. She celebrated and lamented having had to write in the pre-rental era, which meant that each “Current Cinema” column responded in real time to a film she had just seen, or it recalled films that remained stuck in the […]
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10 Great Thriller Movies Favored By Rian Johnson
No director feels better tuned into the wavelengths of modern discourse than Rian Johnson; a cinematic provocateur who’s carved a perfect niche for himself by juggling high art and pulp pleasures almost in equal measure. Make no mistake: “The Last Jedi” and “Looper” might have cemented his reputation as a solid craftsman capable of handling […]
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10 Great Thriller Movies Favored By Quentin Tarantino
If stealing is indeed the sign of a great artist, then Quentin Tarantino is by far the best of them all. In the past twenty years throughout a tenfold catalog, the former video store has littered his work with a barrage of nods, thinly-veiled homages, and shameless pastiches of everything from ’40s classic film noir, […]
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10 Great Thriller Movies Favored By Jordan Peele
It is very safe to say Jordan Peele holds a special place in film lovers’ hearts. Ever since taking the world by storm in 2017 with ‘Get Out’, the director has only further solidified his newfound status as one of the figureheads of the horror genre and biggest trendsetters in the industry, despite having merely […]