The Killers (1946)
Synopsis: Ernest Hemingway’s gripping short story The Killers has fascinated readers and filmmakers for generations. Its first screen incarnation came in 1946, when director Robert Siodmak unleashed The Killers, helping […]
Tag Archives: Mystery
Mr. Arkadin (The Comprehensive Version)
Synopsis: Orson Welles’s Mr. Arkadin (a.k.a. Confidential Report) tells the story of an elusive billionaire who hires an American smuggler to investigate his past, leading to a dizzying descent into […]
The Third Man
Synopsis: Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, black-market opportunist Harry Lime, and thus begins this […]
Les diaboliques
Synopsis: Before Psycho, Peeping Tom, and Repulsion, there was Diabolique. This thriller from Henri.Georges Clouzot (Le corbeau, The Wages of Fear), which shocked audiences in Europe and the U.S., is […]
Mortelle randonnée
Synopsis: Catherine (Isabelle Adjani) is a seductive predator – a serial killer who lures wealthy men to their death. Beauvoir (Michel Serrault), a solitary detective known as “The Eye,” is […]
Oldboy
Synopsis: Park Chan-Wook’s classic genre-defining revenge tale of a man who’s wrongly been imprisoned for 15 years and is then suddenly released. Given money and a cell phone, he’s challenged […]
The Good German
Synopsis: Who knows what American journalist Jake Geismer (George Clooney) expected to find in postwar Berlin? Peace, maybe. Or at least a story. But certainly not Lena (Cate Blanchett), his […]
Ringu
Synopsis: If you liked The Ring, you’ll love Ringu, the original international box office hit that started it all! A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, […]
Les revenants
Synopsis: Why have the dead suddenly returned… One morning, a small French city wakes up to discover thousands of recently dead people walking into town. The reason why is a […]
Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid
Synopsis: As the private eye of private eyes, Steve Martin is Rigby Reardon. He’s tough, rough and ready to take on anything when Juliet Forrest appears on the scene with […]
Inception
Synopsis: Acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan directs an international cast in this sci-fi actioner that travels around the globe and into the world of dreams. Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is the […]
Män som hatar kvinnor
Synopsis: Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found and her beloved […]
The Wicker Man (1973)
Synopsis: When a young girl mysteriously disappears, Police Sergeant Howie (Edward Woodward of The Equalizer) travels to a remote Scottish island to investigate. But this pastoral community, led by the […]
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