great thriller movies

There’s a lot to talk about William Friedkin. He has made some of the greatest films of all time (“The French Connection,” “The Exorcist”); some of his films were ahead of their time (“The Boys in the Band”); some others became cinephile favorites (“Sorcerer,” “To Live and Die in L.A.”) and also, not every director […]

Arguably no director in American cinema has ever cast a larger shadow than Stanley Kubrick. The towering legacy that precedes his name still looms large over two decades after his death, and to this day, filmmakers around the globe still religiously revisit his work in search of inspiration and guidance. Because to talk about Kubrick […]

Some thrillers are brilliant examples of cinematic technique and narrative structure. Some have a twist in their tail or a narrative hook to catch your attention. Others are sometimes forgotten, taken off television schedules, left on the self, or lost among the more famous titles on Netflix. Some thrillers get a raw deal with their […]

In the middle of the 90’s, he burst into the scene as the new poster boy for American cinema. Critics and fans have long tried to categorize him and put a label on his work, but he’s shown as a filmmaker not to be bound to any genre, only to the expectations of greatness attached […]

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, […]