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Tom at the Farm (2013)

Tom at the Farm is a 2013 Canadian psychological thriller film directed by and starring Xavier Dolan. The film is based on the play of the same name by Michel Marc Bouchard, who co-wrote the screenplay with Dolan. It was screened in the main competition section at the 70th Venice International Film Festival in 2013, and also at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. At Venice, the film won the FIPRESCI Prize. Tom at the Farm was also nominated for eight Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Motion Picture. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_at_the_Farm A grieving man meets his lover's family, who were not aware of their son's sexual orientation. source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2427892/ ***SPOILER ALERT*** F: Good evening everyone. This is our third movie of the week directed by Xavier Dolan. With "Tom at the Farm", we started real slow. We see our main character, Tom (Xavier Dolan), going around a house loo...

Narc (2002)

Narc is a 2002 American neo-noir crime thriller film written and directed by Joe Carnahan and starring Jason Patric and Ray Liotta. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narc_(film) An undercover narc dies, the investigation stalls, so the Detroit P.D. brings back Nick Tellis, fired 18-months ago when a stray bullet hits a pregnant woman. Tellis teams with Henry Oak, a friend of the dead narc and an aggressive cop constantly under the scrutiny of internal affairs. They follow leads, informants turn up dead, Nick's wife is unhappy he's back on the street, Henry's protective of the dead cop's wife. Nick reads and re-reads the case file, broods, watches Oak's heavy-handed style, sometimes joining in. The brass want to close out the case, Nick and Henry stay on it, and bits of evidence point them to an auto body shop. What actually happened; will Nick ever know? source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0272207/ ***SPOILER ALERT*** ...

Knocking (2021)

Knocking is a 2021 Swedish thriller film directed by Frida Kempff and written by Emma Broström, based on a short story by Johan Theorin. The film stars Cecilia Milocco, Krister Kern, Albin Grenholm, Ville Virtanen, and Alexander Salzberger. The film had its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on January 30, 2021. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censor_(2021_film) Molly suffers a traumatic incident due to an eerie sound from upstairs in her new apartment. As the noises grow more desperate and sound more and more like screams for help, Molly realizes that her neighbors are not listening when she goes to them for help. In a disturbing search for the truth, Molly realizes that no one believes her, and begins to question herself source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10928086/ ***SPOILER ALERT*** K: The second film of our themed week and yet another psychological thriller that tells the story of Molly (Cecilia Milocco) who has ret...

Ex Machina (2015)

Ex Machina (stylized as ex_machina or EX_MACHINA) is a 2015 science fiction psychological thriller film written and directed by Alex Garland in his directorial debut, and produced by Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich. It stars Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac, and Alicia Vikander. Made on a budget of $15 million, the film grossed $36.9 million worldwide and received critical acclaim. The National Board of Review recognized it as one of the ten best independent films of the year, and it won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects over big-budget movies The Martian, Mad Max: Fury Road, Star Wars: The Force Awakens and The Revenant. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_Machina_(film) A young programmer is selected to participate in a ground-breaking experiment in synthetic intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a breath-taking humanoid A.I. source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470752 F: I have already watched some movies written by Alex Garland (Sunshine, N...

Source Code (2011)

Source Code is a 2011 American-French science fiction thriller film directed by Duncan Jones, produced by Mark Gordon, Jordan Wynn, and Philippe Rousselet, and written by Ben Ripley. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a U.S. Army captain who is sent into a computed reality to find a bomber; additionally starring are Michelle Monaghan, and Vera Farmiga. Plans for a television adaptation at CBS were announced shortly after the film was released. However, these plans were scrapped in December 2014 in favor of a film sequel. The sequel is in development with Mark Gordon returning to produce and Anna Foerster attached to direct. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_Code A soldier wakes up in someone else's body and discovers he's part of an experimental government program to find the bomber of a commuter train. A mission he has only 8 minutes to complete. source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0945513/ ***SPOILER ALERT*** K: The Sci-Fi movie “Source code” directed by Du...