Tuner: a likeable crime caper thriller scratching the surface of class inequalities in neo-capitalist society
Daniel Roher, “Tuner” (2015) The notion that a piano tuner and a safe-cracking expert can
Tag: Film Noir
French and French-language Films
Vie Privée: Hitchcock-styled film noir character study with a romantic comedy core
Rebecca Zlotowski, “Vie Privée” (“A Private Life”) (2026) Billed as a crime / mystery thriller,
French and French-language Films
L’Étranger: a straightforward and laboured retelling of the famous novel
François Ozon, “L’Étranger” (2025) The third film adaptation of Albert Camus’s famous novel, and the
Brazilian Films | Portuguese-language Films
O Agente Secreto: confronting past crimes and suppressed history and memory to heal trauma
Kleber Mendonça Filho, “O Agente Secreto / The Secret Agent” (2025) Folks anticipating a fast-paced
No Other Choice: how late-stage global capitalism moulds its victims to turn on one another
Park Chanwook, “No Other Choice” (2025) Behind a convoluted plot in which a paper industry
British Films | North American Films
Love Lies Bleeding: interesting character study left bleeding at the end
Rose Glass, “Love Lies Bleeding” (2024) A surprisingly entertaining film, spoilt only by a cartoonish
A Haunting in Venice: behind the storm and the haunted house, a formulaic plot appears
Kenneth Branagh, “A Haunting in Venice” (2023) For his third outing as Belgian police detective
Hanyo / The Housemaid (dir. Kim Ki-young): a delirious melodrama critical of Western culture and Confucian traditions
Kim Ki-young, “Hanyo / The Housemaid” (1960) Delirious and overwrought in its soap-opera melodrama, this
French and French-language Films | North American Films
Clash of two codes of honour and loyalty in “Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai”
Jim Jarmusch, “Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai” (1999) Even after twenty years, this
Alien Infinity: futuristic SF noir meets monsters
Darkus Marque, “Alien Infinity” (2015) Made during his spare time between January and August 2015,