Mystery

Out of Blue

By David Jenkins

Patricia Clarkson is dangerously out of her depth in Carol Morley’s mind-boggling detective noir.

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The Highwaymen

By Adam Woodward

This drab Depression-era procedural takes a sideways look at the Bonnie and Clyde saga.

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Under the Silver Lake

By David Jenkins

Andrew Garfield disappears down the rabbit hole in David Robert Mitchell’s zany LA noir.

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Everybody Knows

By Adam Woodward

Fiery central performances from Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem fuel this slowburn mystery from Asghar Farhadi.

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Serenity

By Adam Woodward

LWLies intercepts a telecommunication between Matthew McConaughey and his agent.

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Happy Death Day 2U

By Elena Lazic

This time-bending slasher sequel from writer/director Christopher Landon packs a surprising emotional punch.

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Burning

By Trevor Johnston

Lee Chang-dong’s sly take on a Haruki Murakami short story is a slow-burn mystery touched by genius.

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Velvet Buzzsaw

By Hannah Strong

Dan Gilroy, Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo reunite for a bizarre mystery horror set in LA’s fine art scene.

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Destroyer

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Nicole Kidman suffers through prosthetics and a patchy script in Karyn Kusama’s detective noir.

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Glass

By Hannah Strong

M Night Shyamalan gets the gang back together for the bizarre finale to his “Eastrail 177 Trilogy”.

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Laura (1944)

By Matt Thrift

A new Blu-ray edition provides an opportunity to revisit Otto Preminger’s slyly subversive noir masterpiece.

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The Mule

By Mark Asch

Clint Eastwood directs and stars in this outstanding American road movie about an ageing drug runner.

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Meteors

By Thomas Nguyen

Turkish filmmaker Gürcan Keltek uses a meteor shower as a metaphor for human conflict in this docu-fiction hybrid.

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The Workshop

By Trevor Johnston

Writer Robin Campillo and director Laurent Cantet team up for this slight exercise in social commentary.

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Overlord

By Anton Bitel

Two US soldiers make a surprising discovery behind enemy lines in this World War Two horror from Julius Avery.

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Bad Times at the El Royale

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Seven strangers convene in a run-down Lake Tahoe hotel in Drew Goddard’s enjoyably pulpy ensemble mystery.

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Apostle

By Andy Crump

Dan Stevens has a run in with a religious cult in this dread-filled folk horror from The Raid director Gareth Evans.

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