🎬 Overview Brett Bentman is the writer and director for the emotionally grounded psychological drama, Texas Twister (2024). While the title suggests a storm-chasing action film, Texas Twister is more of an emotional meditation rather than a meteorological one. It employs the idea of a tornado as an impending metaphor for chaos within subsisting grief […]
🎬 Overview Dexter Fletcher’s 2023 film Ghosted merges romantic elements with action and comedy, creating a lighthearted romance intertwined with an espionage narrative. It features Chris Evans as lovelorn farmer Cole Turner, and Ana de Armas as Sadie Rhodes, a deadly CIA Operative. It attempts to blend two contrasting genres, “boy meets girl” rom-com and
Leave the World Behind is a psychological thriller set to release in 2023, directed and written by Sam Esmail. It is based on the novel of the same name by Rumaan Alam. This Netflix original film vividly illustrates the disintegration of modern civilization through the eyes of two families who must live together under increasingly
Phony is a 2022 experimental drama/mockumentary film that blends the line of reality and fiction. Directed by David Bush, the film tells the story of two men who set out to document contemporary dating, only for their work to descend into morally ambiguous and unsettling territory. With its raw, handheld cinematography and minimalistic storytelling, Phony
Mantra Surugana is an Indonesian supernatural horror thriller released in 2023. It was directed by Dyan Sunu Prastowo and co-written with Budhita Arini, Ervina Isleyen, and Raditya Mangunsong. The movie is set on a university campus and integrates ancient rituals entwined with trauma and modern-day justice. Plot Summary The plot follows the life of Tantri,
Hot Girls Wanted produced by Rashida Jones and directed by Ronna Gradus and Jill Bauer in 2015 is a documentary that sheds deep insights into the world of amateur pornography and the psychology behind it, revealing the disturbing reality of young women who are captivated by the thought of becoming adult film stars. It explores
The Haunted Hotel (2023) distinguishes itself in the oversaturated genre of haunted-house horror by virtue of its psychological and emotional layers as well as its cultural context. While the film is a blend of psychological thriller and drama, the jump scares are substituted with sustained internalized horror, something deeply unsettling—and universal, directed by Guntur Soeharjanto,
Soedjarwo’s Rudi 2023 Indonesia horror thriller movie goes by Primbon and it highlights family loyalty, psychological unraveling, and unfathomable superstitions. It draws on the traditional Javanese belief systems and uses almost no jump scares. Rather, the film employs slowly accumulating dread to create suspense. It is mostly about the disappearance of a young woman, as
🎬 Introduction Dibakar Banerjee released the eagerly anticipated sequel to his 2010 film Love Sex Aur Dhokha, titled Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2, in 2024—nearly 14 years after the original’s release. The first film’s found-footage style and unflinching commentary on voyeurism shocked Indian cinema, and Banerjee’s long overdue sequel serves as a thematic exploration of
🎬 Synopsis Untamed Royals is an upcoming Mexican thriller set to release in 2024, and it portrays the dangerous consequences of the combination of wealth, privilege, and moral decay in the social elite. The film is directed by Humberto Hinojosa Ozcariz and written by Santiago Mohar Volkow. The narrative follows a group of pampered teenagers
