#crimefilms — Public Fediverse posts

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