#crimefilms — Public Fediverse posts

Verity review – Dakota Johnson leaves teethmarks as she goes back to Fifty Shades erotic thriller territory https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/30/verity-review-dakota-johnson-anne-hathaway-josh-hartnett #Film #DramaFilms #Sex #DakotaJohnson #AnneHathaway #FilmAdaptations #Books #Culture #LifeAndStyle #CrimeFilms #Thrillers

Verity review – Dakota Johnson leaves teethmarks as she goes back to Fifty Shades erotic thriller territory
By Peter Bradshaw

Anne Hathaway and Josh Hartnett co-star in this unconvincing mystery about a struggling writer who is asked to ghostwrite for a bestselling author

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/30/verity-review-dakota-johnson-anne-hathaway-josh-hartnett

#Film #Dramafilms #Sex #DakotaJohnson #AnneHathaway #Filmadaptations #Books #Culture #Lifeandstyle #Crimefilms #Thrillers #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

Crushed review – Steve Oram is priestly lead in harrowing Bangkok-set child-abduction thriller
By Phil Hoad

A priest investigates his daughter’s kidnapping in Thailand in this Paul Schrader-esque inquiry into spiritual nihilism

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/28/crushed-review-child-kidnap-thriller-steve-oram

#Film #Dramafilms #Crimefilms #Thailand #Culture #TheGuardian #PhilHoad

Just Play Dead review – Samuel L Jackson and Eva Green punch up switchback crime caper
By Phil Hoad

Jackson and Green just about manage to distract viewers from the sub-par Tarantinoesque flourishes, confusing plot points and tired stereotypes

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/28/just-play-dead-review-samuel-jackson-eva-green

#Film #Thrillers #SamuelLJackson #EvaGreen #Culture #Crimefilms #TheGuardian #PhilHoad

‘In our deepest hearts we are voyeurs’: the paedophile-hunting show that inspired Robert Pattinson’s new film https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/25/chris-hansen-paedophile-show-robert-pattinson #CrimeFilms #RobertPattinson #Film #Culture #UsCrime #Thrillers

‘In our deepest hearts we are voyeurs’: the paedophile-hunting show that inspired Robert Pattinson’s new film
By David Smith in Washington

Experts and insiders explain how To Catch A Predator became the most controversial show on 2000s TV

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/25/chris-hansen-paedophile-show-robert-pattinson

#Crimefilms #RobertPattinson #Film #Culture #UScrime #Thrillers #TheGuardian #DavidSmithinWashington

‘I’m a writer but then nobody’s perfect’: how Billy Wilder conquered Hollywood https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/24/how-billy-wilder-conquered-hollywood-double-indemnity-some-like-it-hot-the-apartment #Film #Culture #BillyWilder #FilmIndustry #CrimeFilms #ComedyFilms #DramaFilms #RomanceFilms #DoubleIndemnity #SomeLikeItHot #TheApartment #Bfi

‘I’m a writer but then nobody’s perfect’: how Billy Wilder conquered Hollywood
By Darren Richman

From émigré roots to a titan of modern cinema, penning classics such as Double Indemnity, Some Like It Hot and The Apartment, a new retrospective celebrates the father of film noir’s incredible career

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/24/how-billy-wilder-conquered-hollywood-double-indemnity-some-like-it-hot-the-apartment

#Film #Culture #BillyWilder #Filmindustry #Crimefilms #Comedyfilms #Dramafilms #Romancefilms #DoubleIndemnity #SomeLikeItHot #TheApartment #BFI #TheGuardian #DarrenRichman

Unidentified Murder review – playful sendup of alien abduction and true crime influencers in Hong Kong
By Phuong Le

Childhood friends claim to have witnessed the disappearance of a schoolkid in this low-budget comedy caper that pushes limits of storytelling

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/07/unidentified-review-playful-sendup-of-alien-abduction-and-true-influencers-in-hong-kong

#Film #HongKong #Comedyfilms #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #Crimefilms #AsiaPacific #Comedy #Culture #Worldnews #TheGuardian #PhuongLe

Rise of the Footsoldier: Retribution review – never-ending hardman-on-a-mission franchise heads to Ibiza
By Catherine Bray

The seventh in the series takes longstanding lead gangster Tate, played to the hilt as always by Craig Fairbrass, to the White Isle to knock some heads together

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/25/rise-of-the-footsoldier-retribution-review

#Film #Thrillers #Crimefilms #Crime #Culture #UKnews #TheGuardian #CatherineBray

Snapshot review – fun found-footage scarer follows amateur Ripper hunters in the 1880s
By Peter Bradshaw

Edinburgh film festivalA women’s spiritualist investigation team go after the serial killer, braving evil forces conjured into being by fear, misogyny and political rage

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/15/snapshot-review-fun-found-footage-scarer-follows-amateur-ripper-hunters-in-the-1880s

#Film #Edinburghfilmfestival #Thrillers #Horrorfilms #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Crimefilms #JacktheRipper #Culture #Festivals #UKnews #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

Never Had a Chance review – a slice of gritty British Asian life with a side of drug dealing and addiction
By Leslie Felperin

Two likely lads in their 20s deal with problematic lives that dramatically intersect in this persuasive London drama

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/11/never-had-a-chance-review-a-slice-of-gritty-british-asian-life-with-a-side-of-drug-dealing-and-addiction

#Film #Crimefilms #Dramafilms #London #Culture #UKnews #TheGuardian #LeslieFelperin

A Child of My Own review – barely believable true crime tale of desperation and delusion https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/05/a-child-of-my-own-review-true-crime-fake-pregnancy #Film #DocumentaryFilms #ParentsAndParenting #Childbirth #Pregnancy #Culture #Family #CrimeFilms

A Child of My Own review – barely believable true crime tale of desperation and delusion
By Phil Hoad

Candy-coloured recreations of one woman’s pregnancy unravel as dark truths are revealed in Maite Alberdi’s intimate docudrama

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/05/a-child-of-my-own-review-true-crime-fake-pregnancy

#Film #Documentaryfilms #Parentsandparenting #Childbirth #Pregnancy #Culture #Family #Crimefilms #TheGuardian #PhilHoad

The Killer: without John Woo’s gun fu classic, Hollywood action films would be far more dull
By Adam Fleet

The 1989 Hong Kong thriller established Woo as one of the greats, with its explosive gun fights, high-speed car chases and an incorruptible hero

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/29/the-killer-john-woo-gun-fu-classic

#Film #JohnWoo #Culture #Actionandadventurefilms #Thrillers #Crimefilms #HongKong #TheGuardian #AdamFleet

‘She wasn’t acting, she wanted to live it’: how a fake pregnancy resulted in the wildest true crime film of the year
By Cath Clarke

Netflix documentary A Child of My Own tells the stranger-than-fiction story of a hospital worker who went to extreme lengths in her efforts to become a mother. Its director recounts their meetings in a Mexican prison

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/28/a-child-of-my-own-fake-pregnancy-documentary-netflix

#Documentaryfilms #Film #Culture #Crimefilms #Pregnancy #Parentsandparenting #TheGuardian #CathClarke

‘People who commit heinous crimes can be victims’: Michael Mann on the provocative power of Manhunter at 40
By Matthew Allan

As a stunning 4K restoration arrives in theaters, the director and cast reflect on creating the disturbing descent into a criminal underworld

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/25/michael-mann-interview-manhunter

#MichaelMann #BrianCox #Culture #Film #HannibalLecter #ThomasHarris #Crimefilms #Thrillers #TheGuardian #MatthewAllan

Marginalized for her ‘immense ambition’, the genius of director Elaine May is finally being recognized https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/25/elaine-may-director-film-series #Film #NewYork #ComedyFilms #CrimeFilms #Comedy #Culture #UsNews

Minotaur review – Andrei Zvyagintsev’s scorching noir intrigue amid the Ukraine war https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/19/minotaur-review-cannes-film-festival-andrei-zvyagintsev-ukraine-russia #CannesFilmFestival #AndreyZvyagintsev #DramaFilms #Russia #Ukraine #CrimeFilms #Europe #Festivals #Culture #Film #WorldNews

Butterfly Jam review – Barry Keoghan can’t save this New Jersey misstep https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/13/butterfly-jam-review-barry-keoghan-cant-save-this-new-jersey-misstep #CannesFilmFestival #Film #DramaFilms #CrimeFilms #BarryKeoghan #RileyKeough #Culture #Festivals

The Sheep Detectives review – Hugh Jackman gives a flock in baa-rking mad cosy crime caper https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/27/the-sheep-detectives-review-hugh-jackman #Film #ComedyFilms #FilmAdaptations #HughJackman #CrimeFilms #EmmaThompson #ChrisOdowd #JuliaLouisdreyfus #PatrickStewart #BryanCranston #Books #Comedy #Culture #TelevisionRadio

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man review – Tommy Shelby returns for muddy, bloody big-screen showdown https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/05/peaky-blinders-the-immortal-man-review-tommy-shelby-returns-for-muddy-bloody-big-screen-showdown #Film #CrimeFilms #PeriodAndHistoricalFilms #PeakyBlinders #CillianMurphy #RebeccaFerguson #BarryKeoghan #Birmingham #RomaGypsiesAndTravellers #Culture #TelevisionRadio #UkNews #WorldNews #SecondWorldWar

‘Playing a god became a safety net’: Chris Hemsworth opens up about Thor, money and his insecurities https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/03/chris-hemsworth-interview-crime-101-thor-marvel-alzheimers #ChrisHemsworth #Film #Culture #CrimeFilms #DramaFilms #Marvel #Thor #Alzheimers #Documentary

Heat at 30: Michael Mann’s electric crime thriller is a film of fire and sadness https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/dec/15/heat-at-30-michael-manns-electric-thriller-is-a-film-of-fire-and-sadness #RobertDeNiro #MichaelMann #Crimefilms #Thrillers #AlPacino #Culture #Film

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery review – Josh O’Connor excels in another deadpan delight https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/nov/26/wake-up-dead-man-a-knives-out-mystery-review-josh-oconnor-excels-in-another-deadpan-delight #KerryWashington #JoshO'Connor #JeremyRenner #DanielCraig #RianJohnson #AndrewScott #Comedyfilms #Crimefilms #GlennClose #JoshBrolin #Culture #Comedy #Film

‘Shattered my whole world’: the wild story behind stranger-than-fiction drama Roofman https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oct/14/roofman-movie-jeffrey-manchester #ChanningTatum #KirstenDunst #Comedyfilms #Dramafilms #Crimefilms #Culture #Comedy #Film

Dead Man’s Wire review – Gus Van Sant calls the shots with surreal true-crime thriller https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/sep/02/dead-mans-wire-review-gus-van-sant-true-crime-thriller-al-pacino-colman-domingo-myhala-venice-film-festival #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Venicefilmfestival #GusVanSant #Crimefilms #Festivals #AlPacino #Culture #Film

No Other Choice review – sensational state-of-the-nation satire from Park Chan-wook https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/29/no-other-choice-review-park-chan-wook #Venicefilmfestival #ParkChan-wook #Comedyfilms #Crimefilms #Dramafilms #SouthKorea #Festivals #Culture #Comedy #Film

Pierce Brosnan: ‘Pink Floyd were my landscape. I was a hippy’ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/29/pierce-brosnan-pink-floyd-were-my-landscape-i-was-a-hippy-the-thursday-murder-club #Filmadaptations #PierceBrosnan #RichardOsman #Crimefilms #Culture #London #UKnews #Books #Film

Caught Stealing review – Darren Aronosky’s violent, chaotic and highly enjoyable crime flick https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/27/caught-stealing-review-darren-aronofsky-mother-the-whale-baseball #Television&radio #DarrenAronofsky #Filmadaptations #AustinButler #Comedyfilms #Crimefilms #ZoeKravitz #ReginaKing #Thrillers #MattSmith #Culture #Comedy #Books #Film

‘The 90s were remarkable – we weren’t all living in existential terror!’ Darren Aronofsky on memes, gags and AI https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/25/darren-aronofsky-memes-gags-ai-caught-stealing-tiktok-google-deepmind #DarrenAronofsky #AustinButler #Comedyfilms #Crimefilms #MattSmith #Culture #Film

Criminally good: the return of the high-class crime flick https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/23/criminally-good-the-return-of-the-high-class-flick #PaulThomasAnderson #DarrenAronofsky #Filmadaptations #KellyReichardt #Crimefilms #SpikeLee #Culture #Books #Film

The Thursday Murder Club review – Richard Osman bestseller provides solid, star-stuffed entertainment https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/22/the-thursday-club-review-richard-osman-bestseller-provides-solid-star-stuffed-entertainment #Filmadaptations #PierceBrosnan #JonathanPryce #RichardEGrant #RichardOsman #DavidTennant #Olderpeople #Comedyfilms #HelenMirren #BenKingsley #Crimefilms #CeliaImrie #DanielMays #KatyBrand #Culture #Society #Comedy #Books #Stage #Film

The Naked Gun review – Liam Neeson deadpans impeccably in outrageously amusing spoof reboot https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jul/30/the-naked-gun-review-liam-neeson-spoof-reboot #PamelaAnderson #Comedyfilms #DannyHuston #Crimefilms #LiamNeeson #Culture #Comedy #Film

The Bad Guys 2 review – gang of cuddly animal criminals get pulled back in for one last heist https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jul/25/the-bad-guys-2-review-gang-of-cuddly-animal-criminals-get-pulled-back-in-for-one-last-heist #Television&radio #AnimationonTV #RichardAyoade #Comedyfilms #Familyfilms #SamRockwell #Crimefilms #Television #Culture #Comedy #Film

Deep Cover review – Bryce Dallas Howard leads improv actors into London’s underground https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jun/12/deep-cover-review-bryce-dallas-howard-orlando-bloom-nick-mohammed-sean-bean-paddy-considine #BryceDallasHoward #Comedyfilms #Crimefilms #SeanBean #Culture #Comedy #Film

Echo Valley review – Julianne Moore and Sydney Sweeney suspense thriller stretches credulity https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jun/10/echo-valley-review-julianne-moore-sydney-sweeney #KyleMacLachlan #JulianneMoore #Crimefilms #Thrillers #FionaShaw #Culture #Stage #Film

The Mastermind review – Josh O’Connor is world’s worst art thief in Kelly Reichardt’s unlikely heist movie https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/23/the-mastermind-review-josh-oconnor-kelly-reichardt #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Cannesfilmfestival #KellyReichardt #JoshO'Connor #Dramafilms #Crimefilms #Worldnews #Festivals #UScrime #Culture #USnews #Film

A Private Life review – Jodie Foster is a sleuthing shrink in French-language Hitchcockian mystery https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/21/vie-privee-a-private-life-review-jodie-foster-daniel-auteuil-cannes #Cannesfilmfestival #FrederickWiseman #MathieuAmalric #JodieFoster #Dramafilms #Crimefilms #Thrillers #Festivals #Culture #Film

Highest 2 Lowest review – Spike Lee and Denzel Washington remake Kurosawa in fine style https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/19/highest-2-lowest-review-spike-lee-and-denzel-washington-remake-kurosawa-in-fine-style #Cannesfilmfestival #DenzelWashington #AkiraKurosawa #Crimefilms #Thrillers #Worldnews #SpikeLee #NewYork #Culture #USnews #Film

Dossier 137 review – tense gilets-jaunes thriller divides cop’s loyalties over police brutality https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/15/dossier-137-review-tense-gilets-jaunes-thriller-divides-cops-loyalties-over-police-brutality #Giletsjaunesprotests #Cannesfilmfestival #Dramafilms #Crimefilms #Worldnews #Festivals #Culture #France #Europe #Film

Miami Vice: new movie on the way from Top Gun: Maverick director https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/apr/29/miami-vice-new-movie #Television&radio #UStelevision #Crimefilms #Television #Culture #USnews #Film

Sew Torn review – seamstress thriller turns into Run Lola Run-style alternative-reality caper https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/25/sew-torn-review-seamstress-thriller-turns-into-run-lola-run-style-alternative-reality-caper #Lifeandstyle #Crimefilms #Thrillers #Culture #Sewing #Craft #Film

The Alto Knights review – double De Niro makes for a laborious true-story mafioso movie https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/19/the-alto-knights-review-double-de-niro-makes-for-a-laborious-true-story-mafioso-movie #RobertDeNiro #Crimefilms #Worldnews #UScrime #Culture #USnews #Film

MURDER WITH PICTURES (1936)

Starring Gail Patrick and Lew Ayres

NSFW

#film #cinema #aiart #cinemastodon #movies #nudity #photography #femalenudity #hollywood #tcmparty #aiimages #filmastodon #blackandwhite #classicfilms #vintage #crimefilms

Long-delayed DiCaprio/Scorsese serial killer film Devil in the White City back on track https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jan/23/dicaprio-scorsese-serial-killer-film-devil-in-the-white-city-back-on-track #Periodandhistoricalfilms #LeonardoDiCaprio #Filmadaptations #MartinScorsese #Crimefilms #Worldnews #UScrime #Chicago #Culture #USnews #Books #Film

From Mulholland Drive to Twin Peaks via Lost Highway: all David Lynch’s films and TV shows – ranked https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jan/17/david-lynch-films-and-tv-shows-ranked #Television&radio #MulhollandDrive #TheElephantMan #DavidLynch #Television #Dramafilms #Crimefilms #TwinPeaks #Thrillers #Culture #Film

‘It’s easy to call what she did evil’: inside Denmark’s Oscars entry, about a serial child murderer https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jan/06/denmarks-oscars-girl-with-the-needle-serial-child-murderer-dagmar-overbye #Crimefilms #Worldnews #Denmark #Culture #Europe #Film

“‘One gasps one's way through POINT BREAK, partly in admiration, partly in shock, often because time to breathe appears limited,’ wrote our critic upon the initial release of Kathryn Bigelow’s adrenaline-fueled game of cat-and-mouse….” 📽️ 🇺🇸 🎞️ #movies #cinema #film #CineMastodon #CrimeFilms #KathrynBigelow

https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/point-break-1991

Ice-T: ‘Anybody that thinks controversy is a way to make money, it’s not. You need lawyers!’ https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/oct/17/ice-t-anybody-that-thinks-controversy-is-a-way-to-make-money-its-not-you-need-lawyers #Television&radio #CharltonHeston #DavidGilmour #TVcrimedrama #HenryRollins #AbelFerrara #Popandrock #Television #Crimefilms #Hip-hop #Culture #Ice-T #Music #Metal #Lemmy #Drama #Film #Rap

‘I filed my copy from Waterloo station loos’: the Guardian’s theatre critics assess The Critic https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/sep/17/ian-mckellen-the-critic-theatre-i-filed-my-copy-from-waterloo-station-loos #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Filmadaptations #IanMcKellen #Dramafilms #Crimefilms #Theatre #Culture #Stage #Books #Film

What we do in the shadows: why film noir will never die https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/sep/04/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-why-film-noir-will-never-die #TheThirdMan #Dramafilms #Crimefilms #Thrillers #Culture #Film #BFI

Maldoror review – true-crime serial killer procedural induces stomach-turning horror https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/sep/03/maldoror-review-fabrice-du-welz-true-crime-serial-killer #Venicefilmfestival2024 #Venicefilmfestival #Crimefilms #Festivals #Worldnews #Belgium #Culture #Europe #Film

Suddenly (1954) (noir crime drama starring Frank Sinatra)

https://fedi.video/w/7tTXH8aEPRsL6nzbSCL8bA

The return of Beetlejuice, Gladiator, Paddington and the Joker – the best films of autumn 2024 https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/aug/26/best-films-of-autumn-2024-beetlejuice-gladiator-paddington #Actionandadventurefilms #Documentaryfilms #Crimefilms #Dramafilms #Culture #Film

"Hindi crime films of the 1950s adopted Hollywood’s aesthetics and vices, but kept Bollywood’s romantic optimism… [proving] to financiers that films about antiheroes and criminals could have mass popular appeal. Although its popularity waned within a decade, BOMBAY NOIR had an indelible impact on the Bollywood industry, where its fingerprints continue to be found well into the 21st century." 📽️ 🇮🇳 🎞️ ⚫️⚪️ #CineMastodon #IndianCinema #Bollywood #FilmNoir #CrimeFilms #Hindi

https://mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/notebook-primer-bombay-noir

Aliens, artists and Abscam: Amy Adams’ 20 best performances – ranked! https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/aug/08/amy-adams-20-best-performances-ranked #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #Filmadaptations #ChristianBale #Lifeandstyle #Comedyfilms #MerylStreep #Dramafilms #Crimefilms #Worldnews #AmyAdams #JDVance #Arrival #TomFord #Culture #Fashion #Comedy #USnews #Books #Film

Aliens, artists and Abscam: Amy Adams’ 20 best performances – ranked! https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/aug/08/amy-adams-20-best-performances-ranked #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #Filmadaptations #ChristianBale #Lifeandstyle #Comedyfilms #MerylStreep #Dramafilms #Crimefilms #Worldnews #AmyAdams #JDVance #Arrival #TomFord #Culture #Fashion #Comedy #USnews #Books #Film

The Instigators review – Matt Damon and Casey Affleck can’t save underpowered heist comedy https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/aug/01/the-instigators-review-matt-damon-and-casey-affleck-cant-save-underpowered-heist-comedy #CaseyAffleck #AlfredMolina #Crimefilms #Thrillers #MattDamon #Culture #Film

Death Wish at 50: a reactionary and repugnant revenge thriller https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jul/24/death-wish-50th-anniversary #Actionandadventurefilms #MichaelWinner #Crimefilms #Thrillers #Culture #Film