A Quiet Place

A senator’s daughter has been kidnapped. The authorities can do nothing. So ex-soldier Joe (Joaquin Phoenix), who has a reputation for resolving impossible situations, is contracted to return the girl safely home. However, things don’t quite go to plan in this stripped-down psychological thriller by Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About Kevin). Phoenix has […]

Shot on an iPhone – though you would never guess it – Steven Soderbergh’s thriller is a reality-bending trip, and Foy is excellent. Sawyer Valentini (Claire Foy) has been the victim of a stalker. Having moved to a new city, she still thinks she sees him everywhere. It’s understandable, considering her trauma. But when she […]

Clio Barnard, one of Britain s most distinctive contemporary filmmakers, follows The Selfish Giant and The Arbor with Dark River, a searing Yorkshire-set drama inspired by Rose Tremain s acclaimed rural novel Trespass. Following the death of her father, Alice (Ruth Wilson, Saving Mr. Banks) returns home for the first time in 15 years, to […]

A runaway hit on the London stage, Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman recreate their drama for the screen, replete with its unerring sense of dread. Phillip Goodman, professor of psychology and self-styled ‘belief buster’ has his rationality tested to the hilt when he receives a letter apparently from beyond the grave. His mentor Charles Cameron, the […]