Diabolically fun horror Heretic will make you believe | TIFF 2024
A pair of young Mormon missionaries find themselves at the center of a sinister plot when they knock on the wrong door in Heretic.
Strange Darling, a thriller to die for | movie review
While it begins as a cat-and-mouse thriller, Strange Darling evolves (and genre-bends) into a psychological quasi-horror that keeps you guessing. Strange Darling is frenetic maximalist romp that murders your expectations at every turn. With its saturated cinematography bringing a mad technicolor world to life and crisp near-deafening sound underlined by Craig DeLeon's discordant bass guitar score…
Longlegs is creepy but ultimately harmless | movie review
A young FBI agent tasked with tracking down a mysterious serial killer called Longlegs is taken down a dark hole that she might not be able to crawl out of.
Civil War is a thriller at war with itself | review
A group of journalists and war photographers trek from New York to Washington, D.C. while the United States is in the throes of a civil war Writer-director Alex Garland's Civil War is an all-out assault on the senses that immerses you in a war zone that isn't just close to home, it is home. When…
Dev Patel’s Monkey Man is an action thriller with a lot on its mind | review
Dev Patel’s directorial debut Monkey Man follows an Indian man on a mission for revenge against the people and politics that wronged him
Queer revenge thriller Femme slays | review
After a homophobic attack, a gay man sets out for revenge on his assailant when he discovers he is closeted in Femme
‘Decision to Leave’ is a romantic mystery | Cannes review
In Decision to Leave, a picture-perfect detective's murder investigation slowly goes off the rails when he finds himself fascinated by the victim's enigmatic wife Decision to Leave finds South Korean director Park Chan-wook at the absolute top of his game as he breathes new life into a not-so-classic detective story. The fiercely paced first half…
Best Thrillers of the Decade (a running list)
From psychological to political, here are some of our favorite thrillers since 2020 What is a thriller? The thriller genre is difficult to nail down because the genre itself is so broad. Where does the thriller genre end and horror begin? Are all action movies thrillers, but not all thrillers action movies? While the definition…
‘Dream Scenario’ puts Nicolas Cage in an internet-age nightmare | review
A woefully average middle-aged professor garners overnight fame after he appears in the entire world’s dreams in Dream Scenario
TIFF 2023 reviews: ‘Woman of the Hour’ and ‘Shayda’
Actor-turned-director Anna Kendrick and first-time director Noora Niasari screened their new movies at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival