great thriller movies

Thrillers make us sweat, bite our nails, lose our sleep and skip a heartbeat… and yet audiences have been drawn to them ever since they exist. So what is it about the thriller genre in particular that makes us desperately crave them? They come in different shapes and forms, but one thing is for certain, […]

“When people ask me if I went to film school, I tell them no, I went to films”. We have all heard of Quentin Tarantino’s quote ad-infinitum, but it’s a statement that also applies to another of his contemporaries, Christopher Nolan. One thing is for sure, whatever he may lack in formal film education, he […]

The process of gathering a shortlist of recommended films can be a daunting task when talking about a self-declared cinephile with such a longstanding knowledge about the history of the medium like Martin Scorsese. There’s probably no director dead or alive who has been so vocal about his passionate love for cinema as the Italian […]

Perfectionist, slick, cerebral, visionary… Some would say he’s methodical to a fault, a certified workaholic whose films tread the narrow line between edgy pretentiousness and genius self-awareness. The jury is still out on him, but if there’s something certain with David Fincher is that with him you get the whole package, a thorough professional that’ll […]

Continuing the series of great films recommended by Guillermo del Toro, today we’re taking a look at crime thrillers – a genre the filmmaker is about to work in for the first time with his upcoming “Nightmare Alley.” It may seem like a sudden change of pace for a director better known for his fantasy […]

If there’s something that defines the Coen Brothers, it’s their range. No matter how hard you look, you will find no director working today capable of shifting through different genres, moods and styles quite like this Minnesotan duo. In an industry where almost every other auteur doubles down on their preferred genre to try to […]