Thriller Reviews and Features | Little White Lies

Genre Thriller

Two people sitting in a car covered in snow during a heavy snowstorm, with only their faces visible through the windscreen.
Review

I’m Thinking of Ending Things

by Hannah Strong

Charlie Kaufman presents a mind-bending psychodrama about a young woman’s journey to meet her boyfriend’s parents.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Man, woman, and child eating at a table in a dimly lit room.
Review

Back Roads

by Charles Bramesco

Alex Pettyfer marks his directorial debut in inauspicious fashion with this lurid family incest thriller.

2
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Person wearing glasses and headphones sitting in cockpit of an aircraft, focused on the instrument panel.
Review

7500

by Charles Bramesco

Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a besieged pilot in this airborne thriller from German director Patrick Vollrath.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
Three men attending to an elderly man seated in a red car.
Review

The Whistlers

by David Jenkins

Double, triple and quadruple crosses play a part in this lightly-eccentric gangster thriller from a Romanian great.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Man in green T-shirt, jeans, and sunglasses walking through colourful market stalls.
Review

Extraction

by David Jenkins

Chris Hemsworth goes full Rambo in this slick, soulless shoot-em-up penned by Joe Russo.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
Group of diverse people, including an older woman in a pink tie-dye cardigan, standing together outdoors.
Review

Bacurau

by Biju Belinky

Directors Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles skewer modern Brazilian history in this subversive survival thriller.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Two young males, one with short dark hair and the other with longer hair, face each other intently with serious expressions against a blue background.
Review

Daniel Isn’t Real

by Anton Bitel

A traumatised man summons his former imaginary friend in Adam Egypt Mortimer’s knotty psychological thriller.

3
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
A person with blond hair and green eyes gestures towards the camera with a serious expression.
Review

Seberg

by David Jenkins

Kristen Stewart is woefully miscast in Benedict Andrews’ biopic of the late screen icon Jean Seberg.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A man in a dark suit walking down a dimly lit alley at night, with other people visible in the background.
Review

21 Bridges

by David Jenkins

This exceptionally poor cop thriller starring Chadwick Boseman prizes leery violence over basic coherence.

2
Anticipation
1
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
Woman wearing glasses and colourful top, pensive expression.
Review

The Report

by Hannah Strong

Scott Z Burns’ vital political drama investigates the CIA’s post 9⁄11 Detention and Interrogation Program.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect