Mystery

It Comes at Night

By Elena Lazic

This coldly affecting contagion horror excels in generating a sense of acute dread, but falls short on the story front.

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My Cousin Rachel

By David Jenkins

Roger Michell’s plush adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s mystery romance novel fails to leave a lasting impression.

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Personal Shopper

By Manuela Lazic

Kristen Stewart excels in this strange, surprising and occasionally sublime film from Olivier Assayas.

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In the Heat of the Night (1967)

By David Jenkins

Sidney Poitier confronts violent racists in smalltown Mississippi in this sweat-dappled 1967 policier.

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Nocturnal Animals

By Manuela Lazic

Tom Ford’s long-awaited follow-up to A Single Man is a gorgeous, wild and wholly frustrating affair.

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Inferno

By David Jenkins

Epically stupid faux intellectual Euro sleuthing, with Tom Hanks reprising his role as the dullest character of his career.

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Nerve

By Beth Perkin

The schoolyard game of Double Dare finally gets its own movie courtesy of Catfish directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman.

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Men and Chicken

By Charlie Theobald

Two socially maladjusted brothers search for their father, and happen upon a lair of depravity. It’s funny.

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Remainder

By Phil Concannon

There’s shades of Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York in this Tom Sturridge-starring mystery drama.

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Evolution

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

This opaque, gorgeous mystery movie is Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s follow-up to 2004’s Innocence.

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Despite the Falling Snow

By Adam Chapman

Rebecca Ferguson as a US spy is the only stand out in this confused Cold War drama.

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10 Cloverfield Lane

By Katherine McLaughlin

This frisky and frenetic sort-of-sequel to Matt Reeves’ 2008 monster movie boasts a trio of amazing performances.

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M (1931)

By David Jenkins

This tale of a wily German child murderer from legendary director Fritz Lang is still one of the all-time greats.

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The Double

By Anton Bitel

Richard Ayoade branches out into steampunk paranoia with this feisty and funny adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s 1846 novella.

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Now You See Me

By Chris Blohm

A film which proves the theory that if magicians were also bankrobbers, they’d still be pretty stupid.

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In the House

By Adam Woodward

Literary prodigy writes rings around his prof in the spry latest from arty teaser François Ozon.

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Sound of My Voice

By Martyn Conterio

Brit Marling shines in this creepy cult sci-fi movie that has its genre cake and eats it.

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