Synopsis Elles is a French-Polish drama by Małgorzata Szumowska that premiered in 2011. The film features a deeply reflective Juliette Binoche as a journalist balancing work and family responsibilities as a self-discovery journey. Based in Paris, the narrative centers on Anne, a prominent journalist for a well-known magazine. Anne lives in a modern apartment with […]
Synopsis First Love (original Japanese title: Hatsukoi) is a film released in 2019 and directed by the renowned filmmaker Takashi Miike. Unlike many of his earlier works which were filled with relentless action, First Love is surprisingly gentle and character driven. It incorporates elements of action, humor, and emotional complexity. The film explores the themes
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Summary Utopia (2020) is a conspiracy thriller television series created by Gillian Flynn, who is renowned for writing Gone Girl. This series is an Amazon Prime original and an adaptation of a British show from 2013, also titled Utopia. Unlike most sci-fi thrillers, Utopia is an unsettling examination of the intersections of power, disease, and
Synopsis Directed by James Bird, Wifelike (2022) is a thriller that takes place in a world deeply integrated with robotics, technology, and artificial intelligence. The film delves into considerations of one’s identity, affection, autonomy, and the moral dilemmas of AI-human relations. In the world of the film, Wifelike is a company that creates “companions,” hyper-realistic
Introduction American Kamasutra is a 2018 erotic romantic drama directed by Jacky St. James. Co-written with Paul Fishbein, the film chronicles the journey of a young woman who, upon meeting a reclusive novelist, is swept into a swirl of seduction, mystery, and emotional reckoning. Set against a deliberately restrained backdrop, the narrative examines desire, the
Synopsis “Sanctuary” unfolds as an incisive psychological thriller, investigating the murky territories of domination, submission, fractured identity, and emotional entrapment. Under Zachary Wigon’s expert direction, and with a shrewd screenplay by Micah Bloomberg, the film dismantles the trappings of conventional storytelling, presenting instead a taut, raw, and solitary two-hander. Margaret Qualley and Christopher Abbott deliver
Synopsis: Original Sin, a 2001 romantic thriller directed by Michael Cristofer, adapts Cornell Woolrich’s 1947 novel Waltz into Darkness under the pseudonym William Irish. The film, steeped in Nineteenth-Century-Cuban chiaroscuro, investigates the perilous transaction between eros and moral decay. Its sinuous visuals, smoldering eroticism, and labyrinthine psyche mark the midway point between lavish melodrama and
The Escort Wife is a daring Filipino mystery-thriller film that premiered in 2022, under the direction of Paul Alexei Basinillo. The narrative probes the psychological disintegration and subsequent metamorphosis of a widow confronting sorrow, betrayal, and a consuming thirst for vengeance. Inscribed within a stifling domestic space, the film interrogates the contours of womanhood, loyalty,
Overview and Premise Darker Shades of Summer (2023), helmed by British director Ntiarna Xavier Knight, runs 80 taut minutes and chronicles the odyssey of Summer and Dylan, a couple who retreat to an ostensibly idyllic, isolated resort to salvage their disintegrating marriage. Discernable only by the attentive eye, the resort flickers from sunlit opulence to
Overview Girls on Film, a 2023 indie depicting erotic psychological dynamics, boldly interrogates the intersections of intimacy, obsession, and the fragmented self. Conceived, scripted, directed, produced, and edited by Robin Bain, the work interrogates queer love, mental illness, and the performative economies of digital life through an unflinching lens. Characteristic of Bain’s aesthetic, the project
